Sponsored Projects Accounting Contacts

Award Setup Team

The Award Setup Team specializes in processing and setup of all notice of awards (NOAs) for SPA awards and will provide Institutional Signature on non-JROC negotiated contracts. Transaction types for this team include:

• At-Risk Requests
• Notice of Awards (initial, continuations, admin revisions, no cost extension…etc.)
• Allocation and Cost Share requests
• Worktag updates

Primary Contact: sponsoredprojectsforms@wustl.edu

Award Setup Team Manager:

Lindsay Danner, Director of Sponsored Projects: ldanner@wustl.edu

SPA Approvals Team

The Approvals team specializes in reviewing and approving grant transactions that require Grant Manager approval in the Workday Business Process. 

Contact the SPA Approvals Team for:

• General questions about approvals
• Allowability
• Administrative Cost Exception (ACE) forms 

For Rush Approvals:

• Such as a requisition requiring approval in a short time period due to a scientific need:
• Include RUSH and the transaction number (not truncated) in the subject line. Example Subject RUSH: EX0000012 
• For payroll transactions, include Employee Name, Period and Job Profile Number in email body 
• For Change Orders include the full title of the Change Order and original Purchase Order number
• To meet an invoice or financial report submission deadline:
  • Include RUSH and the transaction number (not truncated) in the subject line. Example Subject RUSH: EX0000012 
  • CC the SPA contact you are working with on the financial reporting team related to this request 
  • General questions regarding approvals, allowability and Administrative Cost Exception (ACE) forms 

Primary Contact Email: spaapprovals@email.wustl.edu

SPA Approvals Team Manager
Lindsay Danner, Director of Sponsored Projects: ldanner@wustl.edu

Cash Management

Karon Wotawa kmichel@wustl.edu 314-935-9790

Misty Gnade mgnade@wustl.edu

Mail Stop: MSC 1034-0423-02

Effort Reporting

Meredith Fey meredithfey@wustl.edu

Financial Reporting Teams

There are multiple ways to locate which team manages an award.

1. The Award (AW) title

AW00067891:DHHS – Smith, S FSFY26 – Multiple Investigations

AW00025675: Private – Smith, S FSFY26 – Multiple Investigations

AW00025745: Other Gov’t – Smith, S FSFY26 – Multiple Investigations

2. The Award Contract Owner

Devin Bennett – Government Grants Team SPAdhhsgrants@wustl.edu

Laureen Alexander – Private Grants Team SPAprivategrants@wustl.edu

Jenny Kukic – Contracts Team SPAcontracts@wustl.edu

3. Grant Hierarchy

The Grant line’s grant hierarchy. Navigate to the grant line locating the Details Tab, the SPA grant hierarchy will be listed.

Hierarchy	Description	Team and Contact Email
GX00001	DHHS (NIH) Grants	Government Grants SPAdhhsgrants@wustl.edu
GX00002	DHHS (Non NIH) Grants	Government Grants SPAdhhsgrants@wustl.edu
GX00005	Private Grants	Private Grants SPAprivategrants@wustl.edu
GX00006	State & Local Contracts	Contracts SPAcontracts@wustl.edu
GX00007	State & Local Grants	Government Grants SPAothergovtgrants@wustl.edu
GX00008	Private Contracts	Contracts SPAcontracts@wustl.edu
GX00010	Non DHHS Grants	Government Grants SPAothergovtgrants@wustl.edu
GX00011	Federal Contracts	Contracts SPAcontracts@wustl.edu
GX00033	Student Aid Grants	Government Grants SPAothergovtgrants@wustl.edu

Government Grants Team 

The Government Grants Team manages the post award financial and administrative activities for all direct government grants.  This includes sponsors such as NIH, NSF, NASA, DOD, etc. 

Primary Contact Emails: spadhhsgrants@wustl.edu or othergovtgrants@wustl.edu

Government Grant Team Manager
Devin Bennett, Manager, Sponsored Projects Accounting: d.bennett@wustl.edu

Contracts Team

The Contracts Team manages the post award financial activities for all contracts and federally primed subawards negotiated and signed by the Joint Research Office for Contracts (JROC).

Primary Contact Email:  spacontracts@wustl.edu   

Contracts Team Manager
Jenny Kukic, Manager, Sponsored Projects Accounting: kukicd@wustl.edu

Private Team

The Private Grants Team manages the post award financial and administrative activities for all direct private grants.  This includes sponsors such as BJHF, American Heart Association, Gates Foundation, etc.    

Primary Contact Email:  spaprivategrants@wustl.edu   

Private Grants Manager
Laurie Alexander, Manager, Sponsored Projects Accounting: laureen.alexander@wustl.edu

Track Award Set Up and SPA Requests

Departments can track the status of awards and requests submitted to SPA through the following links in Monday.com. A Monday.com license is not required to view these links. Use “Ctrl +F” to search by PI name, RMS record, or Award Number (AW).