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Research Administration

Department Research Administrators (DRAs) provide budget development and comprehensive support for all administrative requirements related to proposal submission to both federal and non-federal sponsors. DRAs also provide award management via financial analysis, reporting and spending projections for faculty and principal investigators (PIs).

Our office fosters a climate of research compliance through monthly audits of all transactions on both research and discretionary accounts as well as management of labor verification reports per the policies of the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP). Contact your DRA with any questions.

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General Research Services

For more information, contact: thayer.research.administration@dartmouth.edu

Award Management

  • Federal terms and conditions
  • Sponsor terms and conditions
  • Financial analysis
  • Projections

Compliance

Labor Verification

  • Labor schedules for PI and research staff compensation
  • Graduate student stipends

Proposal Preparation

  • Budget development
  • Proposal administrative requirements
  • Sponsor guidelines for submission
  • Internal deadlines for OSP review
    • Seven business days prior to sponsor deadline: OSP Review of abstract/SOW, budget, budget justification, subcontract financial package, and compliance questions
    • Two business days prior to sponsor deadline: Final proposal due

Clinical Research Services

For more information, contact: thayer.clinical.research@dartmouth.edu

Protocol & Consent

  • Drafting
  • Submission to IRBs
    • Dartmouth College Committee for Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS)
    • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH)

Protocol Registration in D-HH Systems

  • OnCore – clinical trial management system
  • eReg – electronic regulatory management system for clinical studies

Other Clinical Team Services

  • Assist with initial training of clinical team on study protocol; gather training records and CVs.
  • Set up of applicable studies on clinicaltrials.gov – federal website.
  • Work with D-HH Clinical Trials Office (CTO) to open study to enrollment.

Resources

OETT
Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer

RAPPORT
Proposal preparation

Whistleblower Policy
Reporting of suspected violations and protection of reporting persons

Staff

Erica Alston
Senior Research Administrator
+1 (603) 646-9071
Erica.N.Alston@dartmouth.edu

Tracy E. Ballou
Director of Research Administration
+1 (603) 646-0616
tracy.e.ballou@dartmouth.edu

Rutecleia Barros
Senior Research Administrator
Rutecleia.P.Barros@dartmouth.edu

Kelly Blue
Junior Financial & Research Analyst
+1 (603) 646-2633
kelly.j.blue@dartmouth.edu

Barbara Briggs
Assistant Research Administrator, Pre-Award
+1 (603) 646-2640
Barbara.L.Briggs@dartmouth.edu

Christy Collins
Research Administrator I, Pre-Award
+1 (603) 646-8794
christine.l.collins@dartmouth.edu

Kelley Davis
Research Administrator II
+1 (603) 646-9271
Kelley.A.Davis@dartmouth.edu

Cathleen Duffy
Senior Research Administrator
+1 (603) 646-9956
cathleen.d.duffy@dartmouth.edu

Sally Mansur
Clinical Research Manager
+1 (603) 650-1913
sally.b.mansur@dartmouth.edu

Stefanie Maze 
Pre-Award Research Administrator I 
stefanie.r.maze@dartmouth.edu

Barbara Muhitch
Senior Research Administrator
+1 (603)-646-9087
barbara.a.muhitch@dartmouth.edu

Gary Nesmith
Senior Research Administrator
Gary.Nesmith@dartmouth.edu

Kathy Phipps
Clinical Research Manager
+1 (603) 646-5793
kathy.j.phipps@dartmouth.edu