Grants and Research Staff
Assistant Vice President for Grants and Research
Email: ferraris@grinnell.edu
Susan Ferrari joined ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø in 2013 and leads the Office of Grants and Research. As assistant vice president, she supports grant seeking by individual faculty and staff members and leads efforts to secure external support for institutional initiatives. Since becoming director of the office...
Associate Director of Grants and Research
Email: borgmeyerd@grinnell.edu
David Borgmeyer joined the Office of Grants and Research as Associate Director in 2025. Borgmeyer brings to ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø many years of experience supporting faculty researchers and teams and developing complex institutional research strategies. His expertise includes individual and group proposal...
Research Compliance Manager
Email: braatenn@grinnell.edu
Norm, a North Dakota native, began his career in research administration and compliance at St. Cloud State, followed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He then focused entirely on research compliance while at South Dakota State University before coming to ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø in November of 2016. In his off...
Associate Director of Grants and Research
Email: schausci@grinnell.edu
Cindy Schaus is an associate director of the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Office of Grants and Research. She joined the ‘Grants Office’ in 2021 to focus on supporting faculty, staff, and the institution in the pursuit of external funding for research, teaching, and campus-wide initiatives. These efforts include...