Contact OSR

The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) assists faculty in the review, submission, negotiation, and acceptance of extramural grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for research, training, and other sponsored programs*. OSR is part of a larger organization, Office of Research Administration, headed by David Mayo, Senior Director for Research Administration. 

OSR works closely with Post-Award Administration, and Export Compliance. In carrying out its mission, OSR also relies on other administrative units, namely the Office of Research Compliance, the Office of the General Counsel, and the Office of Technology Transfer.

OSR Staff

David Mayo, Senior Director for Research Administration
(626) 395-6219

Elizabeth Hisserich, Assistant Director
(626) 395-4317

Gaylene Ursua, Senior Contract and Grant Officer
(626) 395-3353

Lisa Miller, Senior Contract and Grant Officer
(626) 395-3339

Jenny Mercado, Contract and Grant Analyst
(626) 395-2115

Lucy Viramontes, Contract and Grant Analyst
(626) 395-2372

David (Leo) Gonzalez, Contract & Grant Analyst
(626) 395-3408

Cristina (Cris) Lopez, Contract & Grant Analyst

Ro Alton, Contract & Grant Analyst
(626) 395-2257

Christina Avina, Contract & Grant Assistant
(626) 395-2882

Martin Granados, Contract & Grant Assistant
(626) 395-4566

Mitch Burgess, Data Specialist
(626) 395-8705

Janel Pharr, Department Assistant
(626) 395-6357

OSR is organized into teams, and each academic division within Caltech has been assigned to a particular team. This structure is intended to provide more continuity of service to the divisions so that one group of individuals will be responsible for a particular division's transactions, from proposal submission to award closeout. The team member who processes a particular proposal will also normally be the one who negotiates the resulting award.  Each team is comprised of at least one Contract & Grant Officer and one Contract & Grant Analyst.  OSR assignments are structured as follows, but divisions should feel free to contact any team member with questions; if that team member cannot answer the question, they will refer you to one who can: