Pre-Award Staff

Our Responsibilities

  • Assist with the identification of funding opportunities
  • Review program guidelines prior to the submission of applications
  • Provide assistance in proposal development related to sponsor, institutional, and compliance requirements
  • Review proposals and provide institutional sign-off
  • Receive notice of award from sponsors and ensure that the terms are acceptable
  • Request that account be established
  • Review extension requests and other changes and amendments
  • Provide training to faculty and departmental administrative research staff on pre-award matters
  • Oversee administrative compliance issues; liaison with sponsors on behalf of the institution and the investigator relative to matters that require sponsor prior approval.

Mail grant checks to:

Augusta University Research Institute, Inc.
P.O. Box 945552
Atlanta, GA 30394-5552                                      Attn: Award # / PI Last Name 

icon Staff Assignment Areas

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Ginny Villegas, MPA

  • Director of Pre-Award Services

706-721-2837

  • Academic Affairs (includes AHEC)
  • VP for Administration (Auxiliary Services)
  • General Institution
  • Medical College of Georgia (Administration)
  • Office of the Provost (Academic Affairs and Continuing Education)
  • Research (Office of Sr. VP for Research)
  • Administration/ University Advancement
  • Other General Institution

  • School of Public Health (SPH) - Mentoring 

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Kara MacVean, MBA

  • Assistant Director of Pre-Award Services

706-721-1469

  • MCG - AU-UGA Partnership
  • MCG - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • MCG - Family Medicine
  • GA Cancer Center (GCC)
  • GA Cancer Center - Immunotherapy
  • Information Technology
  • LIBR - Libraries
  • MCG - Clinical Translational Services
  • MCG - Emergency Medicine
  • MCG - Immunology Center of Georgia
  • MCG – Medicine - Infectious Disease
  • MCG - Neurosurgery
  • MCG - Center for Telehealth
  • MCG - Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine (to include BBDI)
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Cindy Mangrum, BA

  • Senior Grants & Contracts Officer

706-721-8238

  • MCG-Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Health
  • UGA Clinical Pharmacy
  • College of Nursing (CON)

  • All Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Projects

  • Dental College of Georgia (DCG)
  • MCG - Georgia Prevention Institute (GPI)
  • MCG - Center for Biotech & Genomic Med (CBGM)
  • MCG – Medicine - Dermatology
  • MCG – Medicine - Hematology/Oncology/
    Gastroenterology & Hematology, Sickle Cell & Georgia Cares
  • MCG – Medicine – Internal Medicine
  • MCG - Ophthalmology
  • MCG - Otolaryngology
  • MCG - Population Health Sciences
  • MCG – Medicine - Pulmonary
  • MCG - Radiation Oncology
  • MCG – Medicine - Rheumatology
  • MCG – Medicine - Nephrology
  • MCG - Pharmacology & Toxicology

  • School of Public Health

  • MCG - Vascular Biology
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Toni Goodly

  • Grants and Contracts Officer

706-721-6484

  • College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS)
  • MCG - Cellular Biology & Anatomy
  • College of Science and Math (CSM)
  • Georgia Cyber Center
  • College of Graduate Studies (CGS)
  • MCG - Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
  • MCG – Medicine - Cardiology
  • MCG – Medicine - Endocrinology & Nutrition
  • MCG - Neurology
  • MCG - Pathology
  • MCG - Pediatrics
  • MCG - Physiology
  • MCG - Psychiatry & Health Behavior
  • MCG - Radiology
  • Summerville
  • MCG - Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery
  • MCG - OBGYN
  • School of Computer and Cyber Science
    (SCCS)
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Vacant

  • Grants and Contracts Officer

706-721-4334

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Vacant

  • Grants and Contracts Officer

706-721-1469

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Melonease Brown

  • Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist

706-721-6479

  • MCG-Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Health

  • Summerville
  • MCG - Otolaryngology
  • MCG - Radiation Oncology
  • MCG - Physiology
  • VP for Administration (Auxiliary Services)
  • MCG - Center for Telehealth
  • MCG - Immunotherapy
  • Information Technology
  • MCG - Pharmacology Toxicology
  • MCG - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS)
  • College of Nursing (CON)
  • MCG - Emergency Medicine
  • School of Public Health (SPH) includes Institute for Preventive & Public Health (IPPH)
  • MCG - Family Medicine
  • Dental College of Georgia (DCG)
  • MCG - Ophthalmology
  • MCG - Georgia Prevention Institute (GPI)
  • MCG - Neurology
  • MCG - Psychiatry & Health Behavior
  • MCG - Neurosurgery
  • MCG - Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine
  • MCG Department of Medicine (includes the following):
    • Hematology
    • Rheumatology
    • Cardiology
    • Dermatology
    • Endocrinology
    • Otolaryngology
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Gastroenterology
    • Nephrology
    • Internal Medicine
    • Pulmonary
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Stephanie Hughes

  • Grants & Contracts Specialist

706-721-2900

  • MCG - Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
  • MCG - AU-UGA Partnership
  • MCG - BBDI Memory and Cognition Program
  • Center for Biotech and Genomic Medicine
  • UGA Clinical Pharmacy
  • MCG - OB/GYN
  • MCG - Pathology
  • MCG - Pediatrics
  • MCG - Radiology
  • MCG - Clinical Translational Services
  • MCG - Orthopedic Surgery
  • MCG - Surgery
  • MCG - Vascular Biology
  • Immunology Center of Georgia
  • Office of Finance
  • Office of the Provost (Academic Affairs and Continuing Education)
  • College of Graduate Studies
  • Curriculum
  • Education Outreach and Partnership
  • MCG - Administration
  • Administration/ University Advancement
  • GA Cancer Center
  • School of Computer and Cyber Sciences (SCCS)
  • College of Science and Mathematics (CSM)
  • Administration
  • Research (Office of SVP Research)
  • MCG - Cellular Biology & Anatomy
  • MCG – Population Health Science
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Vacant

  • Grants & Contracts Specialist

706-721- 6482