Who We Are

Project Vision is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded initiative to help colleges discover and match innovative ideas with NSF funding opportunities led by a seasoned team of NSF ATE experts, former College President/CEO, senior college administrators, and former NSF program officers, who couple on-site analysis with follow-up services to help each college build STEM and grant capacity.

About Our Team

Project Vision is comprised of a core team (executive leadership, project management, evaluation) and an expanded team of subject matter experts (SMEs).

Our core team offers a full spectrum perspective on grant opportunities with substantial breadth and depth of technologies and education ecosystems.

Our expanded team of subject matter experts encompass a wide variety of disciplines and with experience managing grants from multiple DUE programs and are committed to supporting Project Vision. SMEs function as mentors to their assigned mentee college, specifically at the growth and implementation level.

Core Team

Kevin Cooper

Principal Investigator
kcooper@irsc.edu

Rassoul Dastmozd

Co-Principal Investigator
PIVOT4Change@gmail.com

David Brown

Co-Principal Investigator

Jennifer Neubauer

Project Manager
jneubaue@irsc.edu

Ben Reid

Project Evaluator
ben@impactallies.com

Subject Matter Experts (SME's)

James Auld

Industry Liaison
ENERGY

Rachael Bower

ATE Liaison
MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Natalia Chekhovskaya

ATE Liaison
PHOTONICS

Frank Dunn

Frank Dunn

Industry Liaison
CYBER & TELECOM

José Herrera

Grant Liaison

John Krupczak

STEM Grant Liaison

Michael Lesiecki

ATE Liaison
MANUFACTURING

Casey O'Brien

ATE Liaison
CYBER & IT

Nick Rotindo

ATE Liaison
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Jill Singer

ATE Liaison
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Mary Slowinski

ATE Liaison

Thomas Tubon

ATE Liaison
BIOTECHNOLOGY

Ken Walz

ATE Liaison
ENERGY

Mary Slowinski

ATE Liaison

Thomas Tubon

ATE Liaison
BIOTECHNOLOGY