Our Team
J. Brandon Begarly, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs
Office: Shuster Hall, Room 303
Email: brandon.begarly@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-8357
Valerie Luria, Associate Director
Please direct your questions regarding any of the following functions to Valerie's attention at valerie.luria@lehman.cuny.edu (ext. 8093)
- Proposal Budget Preparation
- Summer Salary
- Personnel Activity Reports
- Release Time
Donnaree Smith, Grant and Contracts Administrator
Please direct your questions regarding any of the following functions to Donna's attention at donnaree.smith@lehman.cuny.edu (ext. 7456)
- Cayuse Support
- Proposal Tracking
- New Account establishment
- I-9/e-Verifications
- Request for Reports
- Account Access
Garcia Johnson-Stapleton, Office Administrator/Assistant to the Director
Please direct your questions regarding Research Foundation to Garcia’s attention at garcia.johnsonstapleton@lehman.cuny.edu (ext. 8107)
- I-9/E-Verification
Services
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) is Lehman College's pre-award hub. We assist with all aspects of proposal development from conception to post-award administration. ORSP also serves Lehman College as the official liaison to the Research Foundation of CUNY. Our goal is to alleviate the administrative burden associated with proposal preparation and support Lehman faculty in finding funding for their research. Specifically, we provide the following services:
- Budget Preparation
- CV Conversions to Biosketches
- NIH/NSF Templates and Outlines
- Compliance Review
- Submission
- Cayuse Support
- Finding Funding
- Liaise with Program Officers
- Facilitate collaborations between internal and external faculty
- Data collection and metrics
