CEHD RESEARCH
The Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSP) supports CEHD students, faculty and staff with pre-award and post-award activities and grant activities. Our pre-award staff serves as the initial point of contact for faculty when they are submitting proposals. Our post-award contacts serve as the primary contact for award management.
Support educational researchers through the strengthening of internal and external relationships.
Support educational researchers’ post-award activities, including financial administration and research support.
Support educational researchers’ pre-award activities, including grant searching and proposal development.
A Record High Year for Research Funding
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in research funding in FY 2020
Pre-Award Grants and Contract Officers
- Review RFPs
- Provide timelines for proposal development
- Work with faculty to create budgets and budget justifications that meet sponsor and institutional requirements, include correct rates for salaries, fringe benefits, and indirect costs
- Assist faculty with cost-share arrangements
- Review required proposal documents for adherence to the RFP and upload documents into sponsor systems
- Route proposals for required signatures before submission
Post-Award Grants and Contract Officers
- Track project spending and perform monthly expenditure reviews on all sponsored projects in their portfolios
- Track faculty effort across projects
- Request cost transfers, re-budgets, no-cost extensions and so forth
- Initiate sub-award requests
- Approve grant-related expenditures in Georgia State systems
The ORSP Team
Kathleen Halley-Octa
Director of ORSP
Mi’Yata Johnson-Foreman
Research Associate II
Stacy Ringo
Grants and Contracts Officer II
Letitia Williams
Grants and Contracts Officer II
Shaila Philpot
Grants and Contracts Officer II
Michal Moore
Grants and Contracts Officer II
Leigh Floyd
Grants and Contracts Officer II
Yolande Miller
Fiscal Grant Specialist
Erin Whitney
Administrative Assistant
Resources
- Georgia State University
- University Research Services & Administration – https://ursa.research.gsu.edu/
- Funding Opportunities – https://ursa.research.gsu.edu/proposals-awards/funding-opportunities/
- Internal Grant Opportunities – https://ursa.research.gsu.edu/proposals-awards/funding-opportunities/#internal-grants
- Proposal Writing Resources – https://ursa.research.gsu.edu/proposals-awards/prepare-proposal/#proposal-writing-resources-and-university-data
- Research Technology Resources – https://ursa.research.gsu.edu/research-technology/
- Technology Transfer & Commercialization Resources – https://research.gsu.edu/georgia-state-technology-transfer/
- Core Facilities – https://research.gsu.edu/#
- External Resources
- NCURA- https://www.ncura.edu/default.aspx
- SRI International https://www.sri.com/
- Sponsor Resources
- Department of Ed- https://www2.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html?src=pn
- IES- https://ies.ed.gov/funding/
- NSF- https://www.nsf.gov/funding/
- NIH- https://grants.nih.gov/funding/index.htm
RESEARCH NEWS AND EVENTS
Mason Awarded Grant to Study Affinity Groups, Effectiveness of Anti-Racism Training
College of Education & Human Development Assistant Professor Erin Mason was awarded a $2,259 research grant from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision to study how affinity groups – groups of people who come together around a shared interest – may make anti-racism training more effective. read more ❯
Cole (Ph.D. ’16) Receives Federal Grant to Better Understand, Treat Pancreatic Cancer-Related Muscle Wasting
College of Education & Human Development alumnus Calvin Cole (Ph.D. ’16) received a five-year, $713,515 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to better understand and treat the mechanisms of pancreatic cancer-related muscle wasting. read more ❯
Kwag Receives Grant to Study Korean Americans’ Mental Health
College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Daun Kwag was chosen for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling’s new Racial Disparities and Oppression Related Research Grant Program. read more ❯
Georgia State Researchers Receive $3.5 Million Grant To Design Writing Curriculum, Resources for Adult Secondary Education Learners, Practitioners
Georgia State University Professor Cynthia Puranik and Distinguished University Professor Daphne Greenberg have received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to support teachers and students in adult secondary education. read more ❯
Contact Us
The Office of Research and Sponsored Projects supports students, faculty and staff in the College of Education & Human Development with pre-award and post-award activities.
Suite 330 on the third floor of the College of Education & Human Development building
30 Pryor St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303