Quyen Wickham

I serve as Arizona State University’s Capture Manager, leading institutional strategy for large-scale, complex funding opportunities across federal agencies and priority research domains.

My work focuses on early-stage positioning—engaging funders before solicitations are released, aligning internal strengths with external priorities, building interdisciplinary teams, and shaping initiatives that are competitive at scale. I partner with faculty, research leadership, and external collaborators to move ideas from concept to coordinated institutional strategy.

With more than 20 years of experience in research development, I bring a systems-level perspective to proposal strategy, team science, competitive intelligence, and institutional planning. Prior to establishing ASU’s first centralized Capture Manager role, I served as Senior Proposal Manager within the Research Development office, supporting submissions totaling more than $450M across NIH, NSF, DOE, NASA, DoD, USAID, and other sponsors.

My background includes over a decade in molecular and cell biology research, nine years in science education and professional development, and graduate training in organizational and leadership communication. This interdisciplinary foundation informs my approach to science communication, collaboration design, and long-range funding strategy.

Faculty seeking guidance on large-scale opportunity alignment, interdisciplinary teaming, or early-stage capture strategy are encouraged to reach out.