Finance - Office of Research and Economic Affairs
The VPR Finance office is an administrative unit within the Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Affairs (OVPREA).
Duties and responsibilities include:
- VP level financial oversight for OVPREA state, local (non-sponsored) and Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF) funding
- Financial planning and budgeting for operating units
- Human resource issues and activity
- Financial management of ASU’s Indirect Cost Recovery (a.k.a. F&A) revenues and expenditures
- Distribution of Investigator Incentive Awards (IIA)
- Distribution and tracking of OVPREA cost share and infrastructure commitments
- Distribution of royalty income
Staff Directory
![]() | Jay Murphy Executive Director of Finance jay.murphy@asu.edu (480) 965-5749 | ![]() | Daniel Tyrrell Assistant Director daniel.tyrrell@asu.edu (480) 965-0686 |
![]() | Karie Tepper Coordinator Senior karie.tepper@asu.edu (480) 965-1424 | ![]() | Jeri Meeks Specialist jeri.meeks@asu.edu (480) 965-7779 |
![]() | Andrew Gardner Coordinator Senior andrew.p.gardner@asu.edu (480) 965-1643 |
Account Deficit Procedure
Flowchart of Process (PDF)
Investigator Incentive Awards (IIA)
IIA Change Notification Letter to PIs and Dept Contacts
EXAMPLE LETTER – Notification for New Account Setup Only
Questions? Email ovprea.iia@asu.edu
Research Incentive Distribution (RID)
Questions? Email ovprea.rid@asu.edu
P-Cards
Administrative Guidelines Administrative Guidelines for Purchasing Cards (PDF)
P-Card Reconciliation P-Card Reconciliation Forms (PDF)
P-Card Application P-Card Application Form (PDF)
Please visit Purchasing and Business Services for other P-Card Forms.





