Vassar College Grants Office

The Grants Office is a collaborative effort between the Office of the Dean of the Faculty and the Development Office. The Office mission is to assist faculty and administrators in identifying external funding sources (including foundations, corporations, and government agencies) for both institutional grants and those in support of faculty research projects, to assist faculty members in the preparation and submission of research proposals, to prepare and submit proposals for institutional support, and to administer grants and awards from external sources. The Grants Office also provides administrative support to the Faculty Research Committee.

Primary contacts for faculty seeking external funding for individual, or collaborative research projects are as follows:

Humanities (humanistic social sciences), and Arts: Dionne Carty-Jackson

Sciences (natural and social), and Mathematics: Jim Olson

Institutional grant proposals: Jim Olson and Amanda Thornton

Institutional grants administration: Amanda Thornton

Administrative support: Mary Elizabeth Griffith and Ellen McGuire

Name Title Email Location Telephone
James Olson Director of Corporate, Foundation & Governmental Relations jaolson B-223 437-5376
Amanda Thornton Director of Grants Administration amthornton MN-112 437-5309
Dionne Jackson Assistant Director of Corporate, Foundation & Governmental Relations dijackson B-223 437-7092
Mary Elizabeth Griffith Administrative Assistant magriffith MN-112 437-5490
Ellen McGuire Administrative Assistant elmcguire B-323 437-7652

Grants Office
Main Building North Room 112
Phone: (845) 437- 5490
124 Raymond Avenue # 176, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604