Research Administrator Adam Malisch works directly with the Director of Research and Sponsored Programs, Sabine Dillingham, to provide non-fiscal post-award services to PI/PDs who have obtained external awards. Sabine and Adam work together with PI/PDs and the following groups and individuals to ensure compliance with requirements of funding entities and internal policies and procedures. Please see the Meet Our Staff tab for contact information and additional background about Sabine and Adam.
Business Office
Senior Accountant, Amanda Pilkerton
- Assists with setting up accounts for new awards
- Reviews grant expenses for compliance with award
- Reconciles grant expenses to the awarded budget (i.e. match CARS objects with award budget)
- Invoices granting agency for expenses incurred
- Reconciles revenue received with expenses
- Files interim and final financial reports
- Calculates and posts indirect costs when applicable
- Makes sure we’re following OMB Circulars A-21, A-110, and A-133, GAAP, and any other State or Federal regulations
Departmental Fiscal Associates
Schaefer Hall – Jenn Kersch
Kent Hall – Lucy Myers
Goodpaster Hall – Lea Waldridge
Montgomery Hall – Caitlin Wakefield
Margaret Brent Hall – Penny Shissler
Anne Arundel Hall – Lori Marks
- Coordinate fiscal post-award management with Senior Accountant & faculty
- Assist with award budget management, payroll, orders, reimbursement, invoices, activity logs and CARS reports
Note: PI/PDs have ultimate responsibility for award compliance and expense management; completion of HR payroll documents required before PI/PD or student can begin work on sponsored project
The Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Committee Co-chairs, Dr. Jennifer Tickle and Dr. David Morris
- Evaluates research using human participants that is conducted by members of the St. Mary’s College of Maryland community
- Operates under the guidelines enacted by the Office of Human Research Protection, a branch of the U.S. government’s Food and Drug Administration
- Has the authority to approve, require modification in, or disapprove all human subject research
- Reviews all human subject research including student projects
- Proposes changes in previously approved human subject research
St. Mary’s IACUC
Committee Chair, Dr. Gina Fernandez
According to U.S. federal law, institutions that use laboratory animals for research or instructional purposes must establish an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to oversee and evaluate all aspects of the institution’s animal care and use program. All research at St. Mary’s College (including classroom activities and SMP research) involving non-human vertebrate animals must be reviewed and approved by the St. Mary’s IACUC.
The Office of Institutional Research and Reporting
Director, Dr. Anne Marie Brady
Source for official institutional information
Collect, analyze, and interpret institutional data on students, faculty, and staff members
Coordinate internal and external requests for institutional information