COS Faculty Expertise Profiles
Charna Howson has responsibility for all pre-award grant and contract management activities and non-fiscal post-award management in the departments she serves. This includes working with faculty and staff to develop and conceptualize sponsored projects, identify and research potential sponsors, obtain applications and guidelines, shape proposals, and submit materials to sponsors in either hard copy or a variety of electronic formats. As Associate Director, she assists the OSP Director in the formulation of OSP policies and procedures. She also manages production of the OSP Newsletter, selection of electronic sponsor databases, COS Faculty Expertise profiles, distribution of funding announcements, and requests for project specific sponsor searches.
Charna serves the following departments:
- A+ Schools
- Accounting
- Anthropology
- Biology
- Broadcasting & Cinema
- Career Services Center
- CAS Office of Research
- Communication
- Communications Sciences & Disorders
- Continual Learning
- Counseling & Educational Development
- Dance
- Educational Research Methodology
- English
- Graduate School
- Genetic Counseling
- Geography
- Gerontology
- History
- Human Development/Family Studies
- Institute for Health, Science, & Society
- Leadership & Service Learning
- Nutrition/Foodservice Systems
- Public Health Education
- Recreation, Parks & Tourism
- Religious Studies
- Romance Languages
- School of Health & Human Performance Dean's Office
- School of Music
- School of Nursing
- Specialized Education Services
- Special Support Services
- Student Health Services
- University Libraries
- Women's Studies
- Contact Charna at 336.334.4316
- Email Charna
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