Pre-Award Specialists in the Office of Sponsored Programs provide support for a number of functions related to grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other research-related functions. Details regarding specific support areas and the primary points of contact are provided below. For general pre-award questions, please contact:

Jeremy Miner, Associate Director, Pre-Award Administration
minerj@uwm.edu or 414-251-9255 

Are you seeking pre-award assistance with industry sponsors or contracts, such as:

  • Review and approval of a contract with a sponsor, including a master contract?
  • Work with an industry sponsor, including the submission of a SBIR or STTR grant application?
  • Create a subaward for a collaborator at another institution on your funded project?
  • Review and approve a confidentiality agreement?
  • Review and approve a data use agreement?

If yes, please direct your inquiries to or-osp-contracts@uwm.edu


Are you seeking to apply for a grant, cooperative agreement, intergovernmental personnel assignment, or subaward?

If yes, UWM’s schools, colleges, divisions, departments, and units are supported by Pre-Award Specialists:

School/College/Division/DepartmentPre-Award Contact
21st Century Studies, Center for
Anthropology
Architecture and Urban Planning, School of (SARUP)
Art History
Biomedical Engineering
CEAS Dean’s Office
Cartography & Geographic Information Science Center (CGIS)
Communication
Continuing Education
Economic Development, Center for
Education, School of
Electrical Engineering
English
Ethnic Studies
General Studies, College of
Health Sciences
Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management
History
Honors College
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
International Education, Center for (CIE)
Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies
L&S Administration
Nursing, College of
Office of Research
Office of Undergraduate Research
Philosophy
Physical Infrastructure and Transportation, Institute for
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration, Master of
Public Health, School of
Research on International Economics, Center for (CRIE)
Social Welfare, School of
Sociology
Survey & Policy Research, Institute for (ISPR)
University Relations & Communications
Urban Studies Program
Brooke Gilbertson
Brooke Gilbertson
  • Pre-Award Specialist, Office of Sponsored Programs


Academic Affairs
Administrative Affairs
Aging & Translational Research, Center for
Arts, Peck School of the
Business, Lubar School of
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Conservation & Environmental Science
Cultural Resource Management
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Economics
Field Station
Foreign Languages & Literature
French, Italian & Comparative Literature
Freshwater Sciences, School of
General Education Administration
Geography
Graduate Education (McNair)
Graduate School
Information Studies, School of (SOIS)
Jewish Studies, Center for
Language Resource Center
Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Center for
LGBT Studies
Libraries
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
NIEHS Children’s Environmental Health Sciences Core Center
Spanish & Portuguese
Student Affairs
Student Success
University Information Technology Services (UITS)
WUWM
Jeremy Miner
Jeremy Miner
  • Associate Director, Pre-Award Administration, Office of Sponsored Programs
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Geosciences
Math Sciences
Physics
Jelena Kutlaca
Jelena Kutlaca
  • Pre-Award & Subawards Specialist, Office of Sponsored Programs
UWM Foundation
Erika  Kirkstein-Zastrow
Erika Kirkstein-Zastrow
  • Pre-Award Assistant, Office of Sponsored Programs

Are you seeking Pre-Award assistance with industry sponsors or contracts, such as:

  • The review and approval of a contract with a sponsor, including a master contract?
  • Work with an industry sponsor, including the submission of a SBIR or STTR grant application?
  • Create a subaward for a collaborator at another institution on your funded project?
  • Review and approve a confidentiality agreement?
  • Review and approve a data use agreement?

If yes, please direct your inquiries to or-osp-contracts@uwm.edu.