Lori Ciccone, Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Programs

Lori is the Executive Director for the Office of Sponsored Programs. Lori has been an advocate of research, scholarship, and creative activities since her arrival at UNLV. As the executive director, Lori has made significant changes to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) that have helped expedite proposal turnaround submissions by her team, review and negotiations of awards, billing sponsors, and she wholeheartedly supports her staff by empowering them. Lori manages sponsored programs operations, with over 20 personnel, including cradle to grave services of pre-and post-award (financial) grants and contracts administration for research including clinical trials and other scholarly activities. Research administration is a change agent and we all play a role in that success, Lori is honored to continue to serve the UNLV community in her role at OSP.