Lara Ferry
Senior Associate Dean
Dr. Ferry is the Senior Associate Dean of the Knowledge Enterprise in the New College and is specifically tasked with managing research and strategic initiatives. In this capacity she works with New College faculty and administration to move forward strategic research, programmatic, or community-facing initiatives and advance research and external funding within New College. She is also the New College liaison with ASU’s Knowledge Enterprise Development (KED), Arizona State University Research Enterprise (ASURE), and the Entrepreneurship + Innovation Hub at ASU Skysong.
602-543-2817
NewCollegeAwards@asu.edu
Eric Swank
Associate Director of NCUIRE
Dr. Eric Swank serves as the associate director of NCUIRE. He teaches research classes in Social & Cultural Analysis and brings expertise in designing, managing and evaluating undergraduate research experiences. He writes on issues of sexual prejudice and political activism, loves talking research with students, and has published over ten peer-reviewed articles with undergraduate students.
Anna Jahn
Research Advancement Administrator
Anna serves as Research Advancement Administrator for the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Anna focuses largely on pre-award processes, assisting faculty and staff in identifying/setting their research priorities and in seeking extramural funding for those efforts. Anna works to help locate funding sources, prepare proposals with PIs, and ensures that grant proposals are in compliance with sponsor and ASU guidelines. She also supports the post-award team to help ensure that grants are proceeding in a timely manner and reporting requirements are met.
Phone: 602-543-6080
NewCollegeAwards@asu.edu
Abigail Garcia
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SSBS)
Abigail.Garcia@asu.edu
(602) 543-6644
Contact me for: SSBS related post-award questions
Marla Carmona
School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies (SHArCS)
Marla.Carmona@asu.edu
Contact me for: SHArCS related post-award questions
Tomi St John
School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences (SMNS)
Tomi.StJohn@asu.edu
Contace me for: SMNS related post-award questions
Jazmin Villavicencio
Management Intern
Jazmin.Villavicencio@asu.edu
Contact me for: questions relating to budgets
Our expertise includes
- Locating funding Interpreting sponsor guidelines
- Developing proposal budgets and various other proposal component
- Reviewing proposals for sponsor compliance
- Completing institutional forms and obtaining institutional approvals
- Coordinating account activations and account closeouts with ASU’s sponsored projects office
- Projecting budgets and facilitating budget revisions
- Assisting with annual and final reports, and arranging no-cost extensions
- Providing general guidance and resource support for sponsored activities