Research Support Office

The Research Support Office (RSO) assists faculty, graduate students, research personnel and staff with externally funded grants and fellowships. The RSO supports the entire lifecycle of proposal and award activity within two collaborative areas: Proposal Services (Pre-Award) and Award Management (Post-Award). Proposal Services assists with development and submission of proposals and applications, while Award Management supports new and active awards, including financial management, research compliance and post-award oversight.

Proposal Services

• Follow Grant Application Preparation Timeline
• Point of contact between applicant and UT Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP)
• Prepare and circulate Liberal Arts Grants Digest. Subscribe here!
• Assist with proposal preparation and submission
• Tailor assistance to PI and funding opportunity
• Build budgets and budget narratives
• Monitor applications after submission
• Assist with budget revisions, etc.
• Partner with OVPR and UT Foundation Relations on PI application support
• Ensure PI and application are in compliance with current policies and procedures

Award Services

• Research team/expense planning, projections, tracking
• After-the-fact subawards, contracts, no-cost extensions, supplemental requests
• Incoming and outgoing award transfers, funding re-issues
• Administrative compliance and process oversight
• Account issue assistance (including HR, Finance and Business solutions)
• Reporting requirement assistance
• Training, monitoring and resource assistance

Research Support Office Staff

Brook Davis, Manager, Proposal Services, davis@austin.utexas.edu

Sheena Moore, Grants Administrator, sheena.moore@austin.utexas.edu

Lindy Aleshire, Manager, Award Services, melinda.aleshire@austin.utexas.edu

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