Dr. Allan Headley, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
Business Administration Building, Room 142
Phone: 903/886-5159, Fax: 903/886-5165, Email: allan_headley@tamu-commerce.edu

• Provides guidance and direction for university-wide research and grant efforts
• Works with university administrators and faculty to promote the university's mission with respect to research
• Develops agreements and collaborations with external agencies and universities
  Serves as Liaison to TEES & Texas A&M Research Foundation
• Provides guidance to faculty and staff in the conceptualization, preparation, and submission of proposals
• Administers internal grants program
• Disseminates information on funding opportunities, program guidelines, application materials, and other relevant information to university community
• Identifies suitable federal, state, and private foundations as sources of funding
• Helps with the development of pre-proposals when required
• Makes contacts with government and private funding sources
• Works with faculty/staff to ensure that drafts of grant applications meet specifications of funding agencies
• Helps with budget development

Sylvia Kelley, Vice President for Advancement
Business Administration Building, Room 274
Phone: 903/468-8183, Fax: 903/468-8185, Email: sylvia_kelley@tamu-commerce.edu

• Provides direction for fundraising and institutional advancement initiatives.


• Works with university administrators and faculty to promote fundraising efforts.


• Serves as a liaison to the Texas A&M-Commerce Foundation.


• Builds, maintains and strengthens positive relationships with individuals and groups outside the university to promote fundraising efforts.


• Directs a comprehensive fund raising program to include annual giving, major gifts, corporate giving, foundation giving, planned giving, special events fund raising, capital campaigns, and related programs.


• Maintains a comprehensive and accurate fund raising database to include all alumni of record and all past and prospective donors.


• Serves as the liaison to all campaigns and fundraising committees as well as the Foundation Board and any other entities that are established in relations to university advancement efforts.

Tonya Kramer , Director of Corporate & Foundation Giving
Business Administration Building, Room 271
Phone: 903/468-8197, Fax: 903/468-8185, Email: Tonya_Kramer@tamu-commerce.edu

• Provides assistance to faculty, administrators and capital campaign staff in developing funding proposals to private, corporate and governmental entities.


• Assists faculty members and staff in identifying funding sources and developing proposals to obtain funding.


• Offers research assistance, resources and guidance for funding approaches.


• Disseminates information on funding opportunities to the university community.


• Builds, maintains and strengthens positive relationships with individuals and groups within and external to the university community.


• Assists in maintaining a comprehensive and accurate fund raising database.

Natalie Henderson, Sponsored Programs Coordinator
Graduate Studies & Research, Business Administration Building, Room 142
Phone: 903/886-5161, Fax: 903/886-5165, Email: natalie_henderson@tamu-commerce.edu

• Helps with routing proposals for final approved
• Final submission of proposals
• Copies
• General Questions
• Convert files into PDF format
• Processes NSF fastlane proposals
• Processes proposals through grants.gov
• Monitors and helps with internal grants
• Facilitates contacts with A&M Research Foundation

Sarah Baker, Accountant, Grants & Contracts
Financial Services, Business Administration Building, Room 199
Phone: 903/886-5045, Fax: 903/886-5899, Email: Sarah_Eggleston@tamu-commerce.edu

• Helps with calculating salaries and benefits for your budget
• Verifies accurate calculation of your budget
• Post award activities such as time and effort reporting, account establishment and reporting

Dr. Tracy Henley, Chair of Institutional Review Board (Human Subjects)
Psychology and Special Education, Henderson Building, Room 201
Phone: 903/886-5594, Fax: 903/886-5510, Email: thenley@tamu-commerce.edu

• The Institutional Review Board reviews all research projects or other activity that involves human subjects
• See guidelines and form
  /gradschool/research/researchfiles/irb.html

Dr. Arun Goyal, Chair of Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
Biological & Environmental Sciences, Hall of Sciences, Room 218
Phone: 903/468-6064, Fax: 903/468-5997, Email: Jena_Hamra@tamu-commerce.edu

• The Animal Care & Use Committee reviews all projects or other activities that involve animals.
  
• See guidelines and forms
  www.tamu-commerce.edu/gradschool/research/researchfiles/animal_care/animal_care_b.asp