Office of Sponsored Projects
Sponsored Projects
For more information:
Phone: (225) 763-2518 | Fax: (225) 763-3022 | Email: grants@pbrc.edu
Our Mission:
To provide the Pennington Biomedical Research Center community with client-oriented services and appropriate administrative expertise to facilitate the ability of faculty and staff to develop competitive proposals for external funding.
Our Team:
Gabriela Bonvillain, Director
(225) 763-2518
Gabi.Bonvillain@pbrc.edu
Erica Williams Smith, Grants & Contracts Specialist
(225) 763-3054
Erica.Williams@pbrc.edu
Alexis White, Grants & Contracts Specialist
(225) 763-2701
Alexis.White@pbrc.edu
Anne Donnarumma, Grants & Contracts Specialist
(225) 763-2523
Anne.Donnarumma@pbrc.edu
Melissa Sutton, Grants & Contracts Reviewer
(225) 763-2668
Melissa.Sutton@pbrc.edu
How We Can Help:
OUR SERVICES
- Notice/Letter of Intent Review
- Proposal Budgeting
- Proposal Preparation & Review
- Proposal Routing & Submission
- Post-Submission Material Review
- Just-in-Time Requests
- Award Processing (Receipt, Review, and Routing)
- Subaward Preparation and Routing
- Amendment Processing
- Prior Approval Requests (i.e., NCE, Carryover, Change of Personnel)
- Progress Report Review & Routing
- Progress Report Submission
- Award Close-Out
- Negotiations for Clinical Trial budgets and agreements, Lab Services Agreements, and Professional Services Agreements (when PBRC is receiving funds) as well as Unfunded Collaboration Agreements
- Publication Guidance (e.g., open access/embargos, foreign collaborators)
Helpful links
- Proposal Intake Form (link coming soon)
- Search Funding Opportunities
- GeauxGrants
- Institutional Fact Sheet
- Notices of NIH Policy Changes

