McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
Office of Research Administration
Our Mission
The mission of the McCormick Office of Research Administration is to support excellence and growth in research and to promote compliance and efficiency in the management of sponsored funding.
What we do
McCormick Research Administration is responsible for the administration of sponsored funding across the school's departments and research centers throughout the stages of the sponsored funding life cycle: location of funding opportunities, proposal preparation, award set-up, award management and monitoring, and award close-out.
McCormick Budget Templates
- McCormick Budget Template
- McCormick Budget Template with Cost Sharing
- Template Update History (revised 11-2-11)
News
- Beth Seaton will be the new Director of McCormick Research Adminstration starting 2/27/12.
- Andrea Zakrzewski will be the new Associate Director of McCormick Research Administration starting 2/27/12.
- Kelly Morrison will be the new Cost Share Office in the Office for Sponsored Research starting 1/9/12.
- Nathan Youngblood will be the new Research Coordinator in the McCormick Office of Research Adminstration starting 12/12/11.
- Andrea Zakrzewski will be the Interim Director of McCormick Research Administration in addition to her position as the EECS Department Research Administrator.
- Jarrod Routh will be the new Research Administrator for the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (IEMS) Departments starting 11/1/11.
- Deb Cundiff will be the new Business Administrator for the Biomedical Engineering Department at McCormick starting 10/31/11.
- Elizabeth Adams will be the new Executive Director of the Northwestern Office for Sponsored Research in Evanston beginning 10/17/11.
- Starting 7/18/11 Kelly Morrison is the new Research Administrator for the Mechanical Engineering department.
- McCormick Research Administration's library of DVD and VHS training videos from the National Council of Research Administrators (NCURA) is now available to be borrowed.
- Susan Morris (Research Administrator, BME) and Elizabeth Adams (Director of McCormick Research Administration) will present "Checklists: Setting a Standard for Efficient, High-Quality Customer Service" at Northwestern University's 2011 Best Practices Forum on May 24th.
- Download the presentation (PDF).
- Administrators from WCAS, VPR Centers, and McCormick (including Elizabeth Adams and Marta Russell) presented a workshop on cost sharing process and mechanics in February. See the Cost Sharing Primer power point presentation here.
Faculty Feedback
- Thank you for your time and making this proposal submission successful. I don’t know what I would do without you.
- I was impressed by [the McCormick Research Administrator's] alacrity, complete understanding of all the matters discussed, as well as her excellent representation of Northwestern and your office.
- Thank you for your help with this proposal. Your organizing its progress gave me more time for writing and editing.
Submit your own feedback to McCormick Research Administration.
Contact Information
Interim Director of Research Administration
Phone: 847-467-0343
Fax: 847-467-0362
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