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Post Awards

The Post Awards (PA) is responsible for the post-award administration of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with the university. Other responsibilities of post award administration include:

  • Handles budgetary and compliance issues
  • Serves as the office of record for all sponsored project
  • Ensures proper and complete close out process of sponsored projects
  • Coordinates all audits related to sponsored projects
  • Prepares and submits financial reports, including cost sharing schedules
  • Approves requisitions, petty cash reimbursements, payroll, travel, and voucher create forms on sponsored project accounts
  • Prepares invoices for reimbursements and tracks federal and state drawdowns
  • Approves all scholarship, fellowship, and stipend requests related to sponsored project accounts
  • Initiates new account set up for sponsored project accounts, F&A accounts, and residual accounts

Post Awards is now a unit under the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs Division. The Post Awards office is located in College Hall Room 111. Please see below for a listing of each grant accountant and their corresponding colleges/departments.

Name

Area of Duties

Cynthia Villarreal-Garcia, M.B.A,            
Assistant Director                              
Email:cynthia.villarreal@tamuk.edu      
Phone: (361) 593-4915

  • Oversees Grant Accountants        
  • Reviews Financial Activities 
  • Establishes New Accounts including Grants and Cost Share
  • Reviews payroll documents for all grant accounts   
  • Monitors Research and Development Fund Accounts 
  • Monitors Internal University Research Awards 

Christy Garcia
Grants & Contracts Specialist III
Email:christy.garcia@tamuk.edu              
Phone: (361) 593-4258

Reviews Financial Activities on Grants & Contracts for:

  • College of Engineering
  • Conner Museum
  • Distance Learning/Continuing Education
  • Athletics
  • Student Health & Wellness

Vickie Frels
Grant Accountant
Email: kuvlf002@tamuk.edu         
Phone: (361) 593-3087

Reviews Financial Activities on Grants & Contracts for:

  • College of Arts & Sciences
  • College of Education
  • Center for Young Children
  • Special Programs
  • Center for Student Success

Stephanie Steen
Grant Accountant
Email:stephanie.steen@tamuk.edu          
Phone: (361) 593-3086

Reviews Financial Activities on Grants & Contracts for:

  • College of Agriculture & Human Sciences

This page was last updated on: January 23, 2013