Research Support and Operations

The NSI team supports faculty in areas of particular campus research strength relevant to national security, offering services in both pre-award and post-award phases of research projects.

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Contact

Heather Shocker, Principal Program Manager

ÌýÌýheather.shocker@colorado.eduÌý

Program Management

Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC)-focused Programmatic Support

We provide non-technical programmatic support with DoD and IC sponsors, engaging and working closely with all ³Ô¹ÏÍø stakeholders (PI, OCG, CCO, Export Control, the Preserve, etc), industry partners and government sponsors to ensure programmatic success.

NSI Programmatic Support Offers:

  • Proposal and award strategy; important if competitive proposal
  • Execution strategy
  • Clarification of roles and responsibilities and relevant objectives and expectations
  • Full understanding of award obligations, deliverables, and expectations
  • Kick-off meeting to ensure the award is fully understood by stakeholders (technical objectives, budget, milestones/deliverables, schedule, responsibilities, etc..)
  • Comprehensive assessment, planning, management, monitoring, and mitigation of:
    • Stakeholders
    • Communications
    • Schedule
    • Budget and Resources
    • Subcontracts
    • Risks
    • Compliance
    • Procurement
    • Milestones and Deliverables
    • Follow-on/Additional work strategy
  • Deliverables – all deliverables are provided to Sponsor
  • Meetings and communications – attend relative meetings, capture action items, communicate when appropriate with the Sponsor
  • Invoices – ensure all are issued and paid, including for subcontract awards
  • Close-out meeting with primary stakeholders to ensure all actions required are taken and outstanding issues addressed
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Contact

Amy Hoak, Senior Proposal Analyst
ÌýÌýamy.hoak@colorado.eduÌý
ÌýÌý303-735-6738

Proposal Development

We can help faculty:

  • Develop budgets and ensure proposal formats adhere to sponsor guidelines
  • Submit proposals as an Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR)
  • Complete an internal record and assist with sponsor post-submission requests

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Contact

Tasha Abbott, Operations Manager
ÌýÌýtasha.abbott@colorado.eduÌý

Compliance

We help coordinate internal compliance requirements for:

  • Export controls
  • Restricted research
  • Cybersecurity
  • Physical security

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Contact

Sean Owens, Contract Officer
ÌýÌýsean.owens@colorado.eduÌý
ÌýÌý303-735-4830

Contracting

Our OCG contracts support provides NSI researchers and Faculty Affiliates with:

  • Specific expertise and applied experience in national security contracting
  • Assistance navigating university requirements related to national security projects