Find Support

Many MSU units offer proposal support through grants and contracts specialists, research administrators, and/or business managers. ORD advises working with your unit support personnel; however, if you need specialized assistance or if you need assistance identifying your support personnel, please email development@ord.msstate.edu and we can help you find assistance.

For a full description of proposal development support services offered by ORD, please see our service menu. 

College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

• Natalie Belk, Contract & Grant Specialist II, MAFES
• Mary Ann Latham, Contract and Grant Specialist, MAFES
• Cassie McGee, Special Project Grant Coordinator, MAFES

College of Arts & Sciences

• Silas Knox, Sr. Contract & Grants Specialist

College of Business

• Schanna Beckham, Contract & Grant Specialist

College of Education

• Kyle Baggerly, Contract & Grant Specialist II

College of Engineering

• Ashley Sumner, Contract & Grant Specialist
• Courtney Blaylock, Fiscal Operations Business Manager II
• Dana Lewis, Business Manager, Chemical Engineering

College of Forest Resources

• Haleigh Fason, Contract & Grant Specialist II, FWRC 
                          

College of Veterinary Medicine

• Paige Fleming, Contract and Grant Specialist I

High Performance Computing Collaboratory

• Natalie Young, Research Administrator
• Melanie Jennings, Sr. Contract & Grant Specialist

MSU Extension Services

• Teresa Hawkins, Program & Grant Development Specialist

Social Science Research Center

• Teresa Bryan-Watts, Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist
• Kathy Wooten, Contract & Grant Specialist

Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems

• Criss Bell, ISER & Athlete Engineering Research Administrator
• Christy Bischoff, ISER & Athlete Engineering Research Administrator