Research Administration
For general assistance, please email us at COMResearch@usf.edu or contact our leads:
Erin Bhagvat
MCOM Pre Award Director
ebhagvat@usf.edu
Heather Clark
MCOM Post Award Director
hac@usf.edu
Range of Services
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- Search Funding Opportunities (Upon request, will search for specific opportunities)
- Distribute e-notices to faculty and staff about opportunities and deadlines
- Provide advice on funding opportunities and the requirements of sponsors
- Develop relationships with potential sponsors to identify their future funding priorities
- Post funding opportunities on website
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- Work with faculty to ensure all application efforts are well coordinated and deadlines can be met.
- Ensure proposals adhere to funding agency and university guidelines
- Prepare and review the administrative portions of the proposal, including:
- editing and formatting biographical sketches
- budget development (advice/assistance on costing and pricing of proposals)
- drafting budget justifications
- providing boilerplate information and templates
- completing application forms (SF424 & PHS398)
- sub-award development
- Assist with completing compliance paperwork
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Expedite internal processing and routing using Bulls iResearch
Ensure approval by the appropriate authorized signatures
Confirm with Sponsored Research that submissions comply with funding agency guidelines and USF institutional policies
Confirm submission with Sponsored Research
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Assist with completing USF Forms (Bulls iResearch)
Advise faculty on the terms of awards
Monitor compliance with the terms of awards
Assist faculty and departments with grant management (Request extensions and modifications as needed on active awards)
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- Mediate between departments and central offices on various grant issues
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- Meet one-on-one with faculty and staff to educate them on the research process (e.g. teach faculty how to search for funding opportunities using e-resources such as Community of Science (COS), and Grants.gov)
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- Provide research data at the College, Department and PI level for research expenditures, awards and proposals