The Institute provides two primary sets of services to help encourage and support interdisciplinary research efforts as well as efforts to obtain external funding. The first set includes pre-award and post-award services. The second set includes infrastructure development and support. These services are provided to any College of Education R & D Center, academic department, study group, or individual investigator.
Pre-Award Services
- Provide support in organizing interdisciplinary teams of researchers to explore external funding possibilities
- Provide support in identifying external funding opportunities by linking faculty interdisciplinary research interests with available funding opportunities
- Provide support in writing grants, on-line submissions, budget development and analysis
- Advise PIs on budget strategies, policies, and guidelines
- Assist PIs in final negotiations with UGA and funding agencies
- Provide PIs with information about cost sharing
Contact Grace Thornton (gthorn@uga.edu) or Kim Wright (kawright@uga.edu) for more information.
Post-Award Services
- Provide financial management assistance
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, sponsor, and University regulations about sponsored-project administration
- Prepare monthly financial status reports for PIs
Contact Kim Wright (kawright@uga.edu) or Teresa Melton (tmelton@uga.edu) for more information.