Research Services

Research Services supports and promotes the research activities of the School, large or small, funded or unfunded. Specific areas of support include:

• Project Planning and Proposal Development: providing general planning support and assistance with promotion to potential partners, agencies, foundations, and corporations; identifying funding sources, services, and other resources; proposal design, identification and approval of cost sharing resources, and budget development; tracking and disseminating active and upcoming solicitations and programs.
• Research Administration: pre-award support for proposal submission processing and proposal budget approval; post-award management of expenditure compliance, effort certification, financial reporting, and budget alterations; assistance with responsible research compliance, human subject certification, and management of intellectual property agreements; writing support and publication management.
• Research Coordination, Engagement, and Promotion: engagement with campus-wide groups and councils related to research support; coordination of communication with institutional, federal, and philanthropic relations; conference hosting and visiting scholar/collaborator coordination; research promotion support; communications and outreach activities and training. 

Research Services personnel report to Associate Dean for Research J. Stephen Downie, who can be reached through Senior Grants and Contracts Coordinator Tamara Roosevelt.