Pre-Award Contacts by Department

Each department in LAS is served by specific staff members with pre-award expertise. Your department's designated pre-award expert should be the first point of contact for any researcher contemplating a grant submission. These contacts are responsible for supporting proposal budget preparation and internal submission to the Office of Sponsored Programs and will connect you with other resources if they do not offer additional services themselves. Researchers in the humanities and social sciences should also visit the Office of Social Science Research website for more information.

Please reach out to your pre-award contact with as much lead time as possible, especially if your project has co-PIs or you are unfamiliar with the sponsor. 

Department Pre-award Manager Contact Information Title
Anthropology Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Biological Sciences Alejandro Mercado amerca4@uic.edu; (312) 996-2218 Director of Grants and Contracts
Black Studies Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Chemistry Marilyn Jurlow jurlow@uic.edu; (312) 413-0413 Grants and Contracts Associate
Communication Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Criminology, Law, and Justice Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Earth and Environmental Sciences Edna Lynn Fuentes eriver15@uic.edu; (312) 996-6123 Assistant to the Head; Business Manager
Economics Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
English Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Gender and Women's Studies Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Global Asian Studies Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Hispanic and Italian Studies Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
History Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Institute for the Humanities Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Latin American and Latino Studies Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Learning Sciences Research Institute Vonna Moss vonna@uic.edu; (312) 413-7411 Business Manager
Linguistics Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Sciences Janet York Stone jlyork@uic.edu; (312) 355-2873 Director of Research Operations
Philosophy Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Physics Brian Shim bshim2@uic.edu, (312) 996-5368 Assistant to the Head (finance) and Business and Administrative Associate
Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Political Science Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research
Psychology Jennifer Vaisnoras jvais@uic.edu; (312) 413-9182 Director of Administrative Operations
Sociology Eve Ali Boles eali@uic.edu; (312) 996-4408 Director, Office of Social Science Research