The Office of Sponsored Programs
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) reports to the Associate Vice
Provost for Research, Jilda Diehl Garton. OSP provides research faculty
with full-service "cradle to grave" support and administration
for all research contracts and grants at the Georgia Institute of Technology
through a number of functional units. Duane Hutchison is the Director
of Sponsored Programs.
OSP provides progressive and responsive assistance in several areas
of research administration including specialized educational, informational,
and technological support to research administrators and faculty. OSP
offers a robust slate of workshops and brown bags sessions plus a certificate
program in sponsored research administration.
There are six functional areas are for contract administration (1)
Industry Contracting; (2) the Federal Division (NSF, NIH, DOE, NASA,
etc); (3) the SubContracting Division; (4) the Industry Flow Through & International
Division; (5) the Department of Defense Division; and (6) the Universities,
Foundations, State and Local Government Division. They
are responsible for submitting all proposal and grant applications
for sponsored research and instruction on behalf of Georgia Tech. Services
include review and interpretation of contract and grant requirements,
determination of appropriate terms and conditions, and establishment
of pre-contract agreements, as well as the monitoring of all active
contracts and grants, including modification of existing agreements.
Bob Simpkins is the Associate Director of OSP, while Christopher D'Urbano
is the Manager of the Industry Contracting Office.
Please see our complete
staff directory if you need to contact someone in OSP. Click
to view our organization chart including
the divisional managers. You can also view
the relationship of Georgia Tech, GTRI, GTRC and GTARC
for research contracting purposes.
Office Location:
505 10th Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0420
Federal Express/UPS/Courier Address:
c/o Georgia Tech Research Institute
430 Tenth St., NW
North Bldg. Rm. 003
Atlanta, GA 30318
Directions:
Corner of Hemphill Ave and 10th Street.