Contracts and Grants

Gary Esham

Gary Esham is the associate dean for finance and administration. Gary's background includes more than 10 years with the University of Arizona Sponsored Projects Services as a programs administrator, pre-award manager and assistant director. He has since worked for the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston as director of research development services and for KPMG, LLP, as a senior consultant. Gary did his undergraduate work in business administration, with a major in accounting, at the University of Arizona and received a Master of Business Administration from California Coast University. He can be reached by telephone at 520-621-6996 or by e-mail at gesham@optics.arizona.edu.

Mary Puig

Mary Puig spent a number of years in the Accounting Office before becoming a business manager in the department of management information systems at the University of Arizona. She rejoined OSC in 2011 as a finance and contracts analyst, where she assists faculty with preparing and submitting proposals to sponsors, aids in the negotiation of sponsored grants and contracts, prepares finance and management reports for the Dean's Office and assists with the management of college funds. She can be reached by phone at 520-621-2504 or by e-mail at mary@optics.arizona.edu.

She is also a UA Financials Super User.

Laura Ross

Laura Ross is the contract administrator; she prepares budgets and checks formats to make sure the various individual agency requirements are met. She ensures that the appropriate paperwork is routed through the University and that proper procedures are followed. She can be reached by telephone at 520-621-2335 or by e-mail at laura@optics.arizona.edu.

All proposals must be approved by:

Dean Thomas L. Koch, tlkoch@optics.arizona.edu
• The University of Arizona Sponsored Projects Services
• The University of Arizona Office of Research and Contract Analysis

Intellectual property purchases or licenses must follow the rules established by the following agencies:

• Arizona Board of Regents
• The University of Arizona Office of Research and Contract Analysis
• The University of Arizona Office of Technology Transfer

Contract and Grant Opportunities

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation
• U.S. Army Research Office
• U.S. Office of Naval Research
• U.S. Naval Research Laboratory