Charlotte Forstall, PhD is Senior Associate Director of Programs and Seed Grants in the Office of Research Development. Her role primarily is to oversee university-wide research seed grants and their administration, such as the Transcend Initiative Seed Grant. Before coming to WashU in 2023, Charlotte worked to support faculty research development at Vanderbilt University and Indiana University, Bloomington. At both institutions, she administered university-wide seed grant programs of varying scale to support faculty research and creative work. With a PhD in the Art and Architecture of the Classical Mediterranean, Charlotte supports humanities proposals to external sponsors if her schedule permits.