Post-Award
Awards Management
- Establish accounts for awarded grants and contracts
- Provide administrative support for all aspects of execution of awarded grants and contracts
- Review, approve and reconcile all grants and contracts-related spending
- Maintain accurate time and effort reports
- Periodically generate monthly spending reports
- Administer all F&A related accounts and spending
- Administer the Faculty Incentive Program
- Administer the University's matching account
- Administer Tennessee's Public Records Act (T.C.A. 49-7-120) relative to sponsored research and services
Awards Management Staff
Our post-award staff provide dual control and administrative support to Principal Investigators/Project Directors to ensure timely and proper administration of externally-funded activity. The Award Management Specialists’ roles include initiating the set-up of new awards in Banner for finance and human resources functions, reviewing for approval of all financial personnel transactions requested on each assigned award, and conducting periodic comprehensive desk review/audit of each award
- Principal Investigators/Project Directors with Last Names A-F
Mike Zierman
Award Management Specialist
(615) 494-7600
Mike.Zierman@mtsu.edu
Assignment:
- Principal Investigators/Project Directors with Last Names A-F
Joe Driver, MBA
Award Management Specialist
(615) 904-8306
Joe.Driver@mtsu.edu
Assignment:
- Principal Investigators/Project Directors with Last Names G-O
Kym Stricklin
Award Management Specialist
(615) 494-7848
Kym.Stricklin@mtsu.edu
Assignment:
- Principal Investigators/Project Directors with Last Names P-Z
Sharon E. Scott, MBA
Grants Support Analyst
(615) 494-8720
Sharon.Scott@mtsu.edu
The duties of the Grants Support Analyst are to maintain and reconcile grant and match
account budget expenditures; place orders and receive invoices; initiate cost transfers,
salary redistributions, payment authorizations, travel claims and other types of forms
as needed; maintain correspondence files and financial records; and serve as a resource
to the Dean, PI’s and ORSP.