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Sponsored Programs Administration

Grant Connections meetings

About us

Grant Connections is a monthly meeting of the Mizzou grants community that offers learning opportunities and covers hot topics in research administration, such as new sponsor guidelines and requirements. 
 

Upcoming meetings

Virtual meetings are usually held at 10 a.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month. You can join the meetings using this Zoom link.

Jan. 28 – Information in Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) for federal funding agencies, including other support, signing, unobligated budget, grad students/Commons ID, human subjects and publications 
Presenters: Hannah Brune, Associate Director, Sponsored Programs Administration; Jeremiah Lotven, Pre-Award Manager, Sponsored Programs Administration; Tommy Thompson, Manager II, Business Administration, Pathobiology Integrative Bioscience; and Nathan Winters, Post-Award Team Lead, Sponsored Programs Administration

Email grantsdc@missouri.edu to be added to the meeting invitation.
 

Grant Connections planning committee

A committee of departmental and central pre- and post-award research administrators leads Grant Connections. Have a topic of interest to the research and grants community? Please share your ideas with one of our committee members: 

  • Alysia Beaudoin, Grants and Contracts Administrator, School of Journalism
  • Hannah Brune, Associate Director Pre-Award, Sponsored Programs Administration
  • Callie Gates, Grant Writer Lead, Bond Life Sciences Center
  • Chad Hampton, Associate Director Post-Award, Sponsored Programs Administration
  • Catrin Johnson, Senior Business Support Specialist, College of Arts and Science
  • Joseph Sall, Manager, Grants and Contracts, School of Health Professions
     

Previous presentations

You can access recordings and materials using your Mizzou login credentials.

DATETOPIC
12-3-2025All about Request for Proposals (RFPs)
Slides | Video | Checklist/timeline examples
10-22-2025Foundation Relations, Limited Submissions and Sponsored Programs
Slides | Video
9-24-2025ChatGPT and other AI in grant writing
Slides | Video | Chat transcript
8-27-2025Federal updates and Q&A session
Slides | Video
7-23-2025Professional development resources and recommendations
Slides | Video
6-25-2025Post-award discussion: answering your survey questions
Slides | Video
5-21-2025Tips and tricks with nonfederal agencies
Slides | Video
4-23-2025Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey and PeopleSoft data
Slides | Video
3-26-2025Procurement and the university bid process
Slides | Video
2-26-2025Connecting pre- and post-award
Slides | Video | PI email
1-29-2025Ask anything Q&A session
Links | Video

 

Contact us

601 Turner Ave., Turner Avenue Garage Room 201
Email: MUResearchOSPA@missouri.edu Phone: 573-882-7560