Stephanie Sichler, CRA
Director, Sponsored Projects Development

Stephanie leads pre-award strategy at NMT, focusing on opportunity fit, proposal planning, compliant budgets, and on-time submissions. She partners with faculty, centers, and institutes on single-PI and large, multidisciplinary efforts, and coordinates closely with SPA, OCAR, Compliance, and OIC to align terms, data, and reporting requirements. Contact:  stephanie.sichler@nmt.edu 

Sara Grijalva
Pre-Award Negotiations Manager (SPA)
Sara leads pre-award agreements and award negotiations, including NDAs, MOUs/MLUs, MTAs/DUAs, teaming agreements, and subawards. She aligns terms with sponsor policy, publication and IP protections, data security, and export control, and streamlines collaboration set-ups with domestic and international partners. Contact:  Sara.Grijalva@nmt.edu

Judith McShannon
Manager, Research Development (SPD)
Judith manages proposal routing and on-time submission to federal sponsors, including Research.gov, Grants.gov, and agency portals. She coordinates final institutional checks, ensures required forms and approvals are complete, and releases proposals for submission. Contact: Judith.Mcshannon@nmt.edu

Vacant (New)
Research Administrator 
Supports proposal development, routing, and submission for grant/cooperative agreement opportunities governed by CFR-based requirements. Coordinates institutional checks, required forms/approvals, and releases proposals for submission.

Primary federal outlooks: NSF core programs (Engineering; Math/Physical Sciences); NIH (Life Sciences); DOE Office of Science; Quantum (cross-agency)

Support area (Departments): Biology; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Communication, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences; Computer Science & Engineering; Earth & Environmental Science; Electrical Engineering; Materials & Metallurgical Engineering; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Mineral Engineering; Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering; Physics

Vacant (New)
Research Administrator 
Supports proposal development and submission for sponsored awards and grants under CFR-based requirements. Coordinates final institutional checks, ensures required forms and approvals are complete, and releases proposals for submission.

Primary federal outlooks: Water Resources & Technology; Energy Initiatives & Innovation; Aerospace & Space-Adjacent Research; Atmospheric Research; Satellite and Space Surveillance

Support area (Departments): New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources; Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC); Langmuir Laboratory; Hantush-Deju National Hydrology Innovation Center; Magdalena Ridge Observatory – Initiative (MRO-I); The National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI); Outreach; Upward Bound; Campus Police; Student Affairs; Center for Leadership & Engagement/AMP; Auxiliaries; New Mexico Bureau of Mine Safety; Business and Technology Management

TBD 
Research Administrator 
Supports proposal development and submission for sponsored awards and grants under FAR-based requirements. 

Primary federal outlooks: Defense, National Security & Homeland Security,  Advanced Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Space Surveillance & Autonomous Systems

Support area (Departments): Playas Research and Training Center (PRTC); Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis (ICASA); Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC); Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO)