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Name Contact Info Phone FBSO Team Rachel Ashton fcfast-geol@uga.edu 706-363-9320 FAST Caitlin McDonald fcrest2@uga.edu 706-363-9320 REST Post-Award Jennifer Frank fcrest2@uga.edu 706-363-9320 REST Pre-Award Tiny Jones fcpap2@uga.edu 706-363-9320 P&P Alison Jibilian fcbsc2@uga.edu 706-363-9320 BSC
As a member of Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Research Enterprise Support Team, Jennifer serves as a contact for pre-award grant administration between the Franklin College Business Services Office (FBSO) and UGA’s Office of Sponsored Project Administration (SPA). She closely interfaces with Principal Investigators and Sponsored Programs in the submission of grant proposals.
As a member of Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Research Enterprise Support Team, Lori serves as the contact for post-award grant management between the Franklin College Business Services Office (FBSO) and UGA’s Office of Sponsored Project Administration (SPA). She specializes in post-awarding support, such as monitoring grant awards for accuracy and compliance with standards and providing post-award guidance. She manages and prepares…
The opportunity for professors to learn from one another is time very well spent on the first day before classes that will make the next few months even more productive. Great work by faculty trying to better understand each other, their coursework and, most of all, how to meet their students’ needs. The new Science Learning Center has been wonderful for students and professors alike. Facilitating better communication between faculty and…
The hottest new area of scientific investigation, moving forward thanks to the work of UGA faculty and graduate students, is featured in the current issue of UGA Research magazine: a recently developed gene-editing tool commonly known by the acronym CRISPR, which makes it possible to snip out and replace segments of DNA inside the cells of living organisms with extraordinary precision. The technology is only about three years old, but it’s both…
Dr. Chanita Hughes-Halbert will deliver the keynote address for the Race and Health Disparities Forum on Friday, April 8 at 1:20 pm in 348 MLC. Her talk, Precision Medicine and Disparities: Using Behavioral Science to Enhance Equity, will be followed by a panel discussion of interdisciplinary scholars who study health disparities, and a networking reception at 3pm in the MLC North Tower.  The event is presented by the…
The battle against tropical diseases continues apace with major headway coming in the form of public-private funding collaborations that keep great researchers focused on developing effective new treatments: University of Georgia researchers in collaboration with Anacor Pharmaceuticals have received a $5.3 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to develop a new drug for the treatment of Chagas disease, which they hope will be ready to enter…
The Budget, Accountability, Reporting and Compliance (BARC) Coordinator provides analytical and process management support to the daily operations of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. This position will have primary responsibility for the monitoring of bi-weekly and monthly payroll processing and HCM approval authority for the Life Sciences and Humanities divisions in Franklin College as well as the English and Art departments. Position…
They also heard from a series of UGA undergraduates involved in biological research, including Dervin Cunningham of Albany, who admitted that when he first visited UGA he never imagined he could be doing the kind of research he does today – investigating how a fungus attacks tomatoes and how tomatoes resist. Great job everyone - students, faculty, our new Provost and high school staff who helped get the students to campus. As Dr. Farmer…
 A collaboration between the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences division of biological sciences, Lamar Dodd School of Art and the department of marine sciences, a new “Seascape” mural in the Biological Sciences building, will be formally unveiled on Friday August 31 at 4 p.m. in the third floor hall of biological sciences. “Seascape” is the first in a series of murals by scientific illustration students in the school of art to adorn the…

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