About our Office

College of Education Research & Development is a unit within the Dean’s Office of the College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) tasked with strategically leveraging resources to increase CEHD’s research competitiveness. The Research Development team works directly with faculty, Institute administration, strategic partners and funders to facilitate research program funding and award management.

Our Office’s mission is to serve faculty researchers as you conceptualize, develop, and write your proposals to federal agencies and other entities to seek funding for your research projects. We work across all disciplines, departments, and divisions within the College of Education & Human Development with the overarching goal of making the proposal as compelling and competitive as possible — and of making the proposal development process as straightforward and streamlined as possible and ensuring that the management of your award is an easy and stress-free process.

In addition to the management and coordination of the Pre-Award process, CERD Post-Award will assist you with the coordination of award documentation and manage post-award financial activities.

The CERD pre and post-award staff are happy to meet with you in your office to discuss any questions you have about your submission, project account, or outreach activities. Contact us.

To learn more about the research being conducted in the College of Education and Human Development including current projects, funding, research centers and departments, please click here

Pre-Award

The College of Education Research & Development Office (CERD) supports capacity building and success of the research enterprise of the College of Education & Human Development (CEHD). Our office works collaboratively with investigators to prepare high-quality and competitive grant proposals. Our current grant priorities are:

proposal ranging from small private foundation grants to large , complex, multi-investigator grant applications for federal agencies such as NIH, NSF, IES, DoD, and other federal agencies.
Applications related to Dean’s and University initiatives
Junior faculty writing their first major research project grants, e.g., NIH R01 grants.

Our services are open to all faculty members within the College of Education & Human Development. Examples of the services we provide include:

Identify funding opportunities and liaise with funding agencies
Create proposal submission timeline
Suggest additional team members to fill gaps in expertise
Project management for projects ranging from small to large, complex multi-investigator grants
Proposal development and advice on grantsmanship
Provide templates and examples of administrative sections (e.g., facilities, human subjects research, etc.)
Collect letters of support, biosketches, etc.
Coordinate with VPR, SRS, Dean’s Office, etc.
Suggest additional team members to fill gaps in expertise
Edit, revise, and format text and figures; meet page limits
Analyze proposal critiques