Image of Ryan Watson

Ryan Watson

Grants Management Specialist

Ryan Watson serves as a Grants Management Specialist for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

Prior to joining ARPA-E, Ryan worked at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio for 5 years. At CWRU she served as an Accounting Specialist, where she was introduced to research administration. This introduction led to Ryan starting in procurement and she became a Grants and Contracts Specialist at CWRU in 2019. In this role, she managed a complex financial portfolio of research awards, compiled funding proposals, and created multi-year organizational budgets. Ryan earned the CWRU School of Engineering Staff Leadership Award in 2019 and received a Weatherhead Executive Education: Communications and Professional Skills Certificate in 2020.