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Research Contracts & Partnerships Agreements

The Research Contracts and Partnership Agreements team offers dedicated support and resources for:

Meeting with researchers and partners to establish goals and mutual beneficial outcomes during the research planning phase
Establishing the appropriate type of agreement for your research partnership
Advising in budget development
Set-up and routing of internal approvals through the Research On Line Application system

Team Members

Director,Research Contracts & Partnership Agreements

Telephone: 519-661-2111, ext. 80120
Email: ccalmett@uwo.ca

Leads and provides expertise to Western Research and the Western research community in implementing sponsored research agreements and institutional partnership agreements.
Provides guidance to researchers and external sponsors acting as a liaison to ensure research contracts meet Western's policies and procedures, collective agreements and best practices.
Supports institutional business units and hospital research partners.
Areas of support include: Master and framework research agreements, industry partners and multi-party research projects.

Contracts Specialist

Telephone: 519-661-2111, ext. 89425
Email: sbrettwe@uwo.ca

Provides guidance and serves as a liaison to ensure research contracts comply with Western policies, Tri‑Agency requirements and best practices.
Reviews and negotiates short‑form Tri‑Agency subgrant agreements funded by CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC.
Reviews and negotiates long‑form Tri‑Agency subgrant agreements funded by CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC involving clinical applications and human participants.
Reviews and negotiates internal grant and AMOSO subgrant agreements between Western, Lawson and LHSCRI.
Reviews and negotiates Robarts Research Institute Core Facility Research Services Agreements.
Reviews and negotiates Engineering undergraduate capstone course agreements.
Reviews and negotiates inter‑institutional research agreements and subgrants (non‑Tri‑Agency funded) involving clinical applications and human participants.

Contracts Specialist

Telephone: 519-661-2111, ext. 80180
Email: gfordyc3@uwo.ca

Provides guidance and acts as a liaison to ensure research contracts comply with Western policies, collective agreements, Tri‑Agency requirements and best practices.
Reviews and negotiates inter‑institutional research agreements, including subgrant and subcontract agreements (domestic and international), including those associated with NMREB‑approved research.
Reviews and negotiates Tri‑Agency and U.S. Government subgrants, including long‑form agreements funded by CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, NFRF, NIH and the US Department of Defense.
Supports not‑for‑profit and foundation grant agreements (international), network agreements and international research partnerships, including European Union agreements and Western International MOUs and research collaboration agreements.
Provides contract support for major research funding initiatives, including the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the Ontario Research Fund (ORF).

Administrative Assistant

Telephone: 519-661-2111, ext. 85315
Email: bmarston@uwo.ca

Facilitates administrative processes to ensure the maintenance of smooth operations within the Western Research portfolio
Supports procurement, accounts receivable, budget monitoring and payroll
Manages logistics, ordering, and tracking for office supplies and equipment
Provides administrative assistance to Research Contracts team with record keeping, document coordination and communications

Senior Contracts Specialist

Telephone: 519-661-2111, ext. 84503
Email: heather.martin@uwo.ca

Leads the review and negotiation of research contracts and agreements with government agencies, foundations and not‑for‑profit sponsors, providing strategic advice and guidance to Western researchers.
Oversees the preparation of subgrant and related collaboration agreements with external institutions arising from funded research agreements, ensuring alignment with funder requirements and Western’s institutional obligations.
Provides high-level institutional oversight, review and approval for single‑source and private requests for proposals from government and not‑for‑profit sponsors and foundations.
Provides leadership in the support and management of community‑based research agreements, ensuring effective partnerships and risk‑appropriate contractual terms.
Ensures research agreements are structured to meet Western’s policies and procedures, collective agreements, funder requirements and sector best practices.

Contracts Coordinator

Telephone: 519-661-4254
Email: nancy.mccreery@uwo.ca

Provides guidance and acts as a liaison to ensure research contracts comply with Western policies, collective agreements, applicable laws and best practices.
Drafts, reviews and negotiates Data Transfer and Data Use Agreements with industry and non-industry parties including providing guidance to researchers requesting controlled-access datasets through the NIH dbGaP database.
Drafts, reviews and negotiates all Non-Disclosure Agreements with industry and non-industry parties.
Drafts, reviews and negotiates all Material Transfer Agreements with industry and non-industry parties.
Drafts, reviews and negotiates Software License Agreements.

Senior Contracts Specialist

Telephone: 519-661-2111, ext. 81351
Email: mkobrzyn@uwo.ca

Acts as a liaison between industry partners and Western researchers working together on research projects.

Provides guidance to researchers on working with industry partners.

Drafts, reviews and negotiates all (i) industry agreements, including technical service agreements and NSERC/OCI/Mitacs matching agreements, (ii) clinical trial/study agreements from government, not-for-profit and foundation partners, and their associated sub-agreements and (iii) clinical equipment transfer agreements.
Ensures negotiated research contracts meet Western's policies and procedures, collective agreements and best practices.