Research Office Support

Proposal Development & Submission (Pre-Award)

Grace Thornton, Research Development Manager - gthorn@uga.edu; 706.542.9068

  • Available to discuss research interests and to assist with professional development plans
  • Assists with finding research funding opportunities
  • Works with researchers on narrative development
  • Reviews and edits proposal narratives

Kim Wright, Research Administration Manager – kawright@uga.edu; 706.542.3873

  • Assists with budget development
  • Checks for compliance with RFP, CASB, UGA accounting standards, and completion of all forms
  • Signs on behalf of the Dean and the College and is the Sponsored Programs liaison

Paula Alexander, Grants Coordinator – palexand@uga.edu; 706.583.8234

Glory Griffin, Grants Coordinator – ggriffin@uga.edu, 706.542.2337

  • Assist with budget development
  • Prepare documents for submission

Grants Management Support (Post-Award)

The post-award business managers oversee the financial management of grant and contract awards including providing monthly budget reports to principal investigators and monitoring budget amendments, personnel reports, purchase orders, travel, etc. The business managers are listed below with the departments and programs they work with:

Paula Alexander, Grants Coordinator – palexand@uga.edu; 706.583.8234

    • CSSE, CHDS, and EPSY

Teresa Melton, Business Manager II – tmelton@uga.edu; 706.542.8347

    • Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Education & Human Development

Keith Morgan, Business Manager I – skmorgan@uga.edu; 706.542.4047

    • KINS, LEAP, and CIS

Kimberly Whitten, Business Manager I – ; kwhitten@uga.edu 706.542.2193

    • ETAP, LLE, MSE, and Teacher Quality