Find Support

Many MSU units offer proposal support through grants and contracts specialists, research administrators, and/or business managers. ORD advises working with your unit support personnel; however, if you need specialized assistance or if you need assistance identifying your support personnel, please email development@ord.msstate.edu and we can help you find assistance.

For a full description of proposal development support services offered by ORD, please see our service menu. 

College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

• Natalie Belk, Contract & Grant Specialist II, MAFES
• MaryAnn Latham, Program & Grant Development Specialist, MAFES
• Cassie McGee, Special Projects Grant Coordinator, MAFES

College of Arts & Sciences

• Silas Knox, Sr. Contract & Grants Specialist
• Jeremy Figgins, Contract & Grants Specialist III

College of Business

• Schanna Beckham, Contract & Grant Specialist, Division of Business Research

College of Education

• Kyle Baggerly, Program & Grant Development Specialist

College of Engineering

• Teresa Bryan Watts, Program & Grant Development Specialist
• Ashley Sumner, Contract & Grant Specialist

College of Forest Resources

• Haleigh Fason, Contract & Grant Specialist, FWRC – Director

College of Veterinary Medicine

• Stephanie Huffman, Contract & Grant Specialist

High Performance Computing Collaboratory

• Natalie Young, Research Administrator
• Melanie Jennings, Sr. Contract & Grant Specialist

MSU Extension Services

• Matt Capella, Program & Grant Dev. Specialist

MSU Libraries

• Chris Kolb, Business Manager II

Social Science Research Center

Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems

• Cris Bell, Research Administrator
• Christy Bischoff, Research Administrator