Grants Office
Areas of Expertise
- Research development: strategizing and planning for external funding needs from both federal and private sources
- Proposal development: eligibility and criteria review, editing and compliance checking, ensuring proposal is competitive, complete, and compliant
- Budget preparation, review, and approval
- Compliance: ensuring proposals adhere to both federal and college regulations
- Award negotiation and acceptance: review of terms/conditions and reporting obligations
- Contracts and subawards: review, negotiation, approval, and set-up
- Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR): institutional signatory for grant awards and contracts
Justine Beringer
Assistant Director, Grants Office
Hopkins Hall
413-597-3468
Areas of Expertise
- General post-award grant management
- New grant award meetings with PI: review of grant terms & conditions, budget, compliance obligations, etc.
- Quarterly communication/check in with PI
- Maintain/ensure budget compliance, facilitate budget revisions, etc.
- Liaison between PI and finance office
- Plan and submit no cost extensions, budget reallocations and supplements to funder
- Assist with sub-award modifications
- Manage grant funded RECR certification (ethics training through Citi Training)
- Submit salary from grants requests
- Work with PI and DoF office regarding grant funded AP leave and sabbatical salary
- Final reporting review and submission
Areas of Expertise
- Prospect research: building prospect pool for college priorities and funding opportunities for Williams faculty
- Grants records management
- Communications: maintenance of grants office website; publishing of monthly grants office newsletter, GO News; maintenance of GLOW Faculty Proposal Library
- Cultivation/solicitation development: compiling materials for grant proposals
- Post-award grants management/stewardship
- Office management
Dean of the Faculty’s Office
Megan T. Konieczny
Assistant Dean of the Faculty
Hopkins Hall
413-597-2242
Provost’s Office
Controller’s Office
