
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.
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

Jaiwan Harris
Director

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

Leigh Floyd
Grants and Contracts Officer II

Yolande Miller
Fiscal Grant Specialist

Erin Whitney
Administrative Assistant
Resources
- College of Education & Human Development
- Georgia State University
- External Resources
- Sponsor Resources
RESEARCH NEWS AND EVENTS
Georgia State Associate Professor Natalie King Receives National Science Foundation’s Prestigious Alan T. Waterman Award
The National Science Foundation has named Georgia State University Associate Professor Natalie King one of the 2023 recipients of its Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers.read more ❯
Online Learning in Mathematics Education for Students with Learning Disabilities
Assistant Professor Jonte Myers co-authored a paper in TEACHING Exceptional Children on how educators can teach mathematics content online while ensuring that students with learning disabilities are supported.read more ❯
Designing a Co-Created Mathematics Teacher Education Course
Assistant Professor Karie Brown authored a book chapter on how she designed and taught a co-created mathematics education course that included regular feedback from her students about what they wanted to gain from the class.read more ❯
Positioning Theory Helps Math Educators Understand Impact on Students
Assistant Professor Daniel Edelen co-authored an article on how positioning theory can help educators see how they invite students to learn mathematics in their classrooms.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