The U.S. National Science Foundation Payments and Analytics Branch (PAB) delivers comprehensive post-award financial services for the agency's awards and commercial activities.
The branch:
- Manages award payment processes and awardee compliance.
- Administers research.gov financial services.
- Advises on post-award financial management and requirements.
- Reconciles payments and expenditures with NSF systems.
- Processes payments for contracts, travel and other expenses.
Leadership
Justin Poll
Branch Chief
Who to contact
Post-award financial and payment questions
Contact your NSF grant accountant from the list below for financial and payment questions or inquiries that aren't addressed in the post-award financial frequently asked questions (FAQ) document.
Accountant assignments are based on the state or U.S. territory in which your organization is located.
Dorothy Battle
- Email: dbattle@nsf.gov
- Phone: (703) 292-4440
- Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Virgin Islands, foreign awardees
Cheryl Coppet
- Email: ccoppet@nsf.gov
- Phone: (703) 292-2663
- District of Columbia (DC), Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Lucentia (Tia) Davidson
- Email: ldavidso@nsf.gov
- Phone: (703) 292-4464
- Arizona, Alaska, American Samoa, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington
Sherri Payne
- Email: spayne@nsf.gov
- Phone: (703) 292-7957
- Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Syeda Shah (Sehrish)
- Email: sshah@nsf.gov
- Phone: (703) 292-7833
- Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont
Other questions
Please contact dfmpab@nsf.gov or (703) 292-8280 (Option 3) for questions regarding:
- SF 1164.
- IPA/VSEE.
- GUEST/travel.
- Non-Award Cash Management Service (ACM$) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) payments.
For all other grant payment and commercial payment questions, please email dfmpab@nsf.gov.
Resources
Post-award financial FAQ
View guidance and frequently asked questions about research.gov Award Cash Management Service (ACM$), program income reporting and other cash management topics.
Commercial (non-grant) related FAQ
View guidance and FAQs about travel-related payments, panel reimbursements, vendor and contract payments, the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) and other cash management topics outside of grants.