Globalization has come to Sponsored Programs. With campuses in both France and Ireland and innumerable collaborative research and educational programs around the world, global concerns have assumed center stage in industry contract negotiations. Not only must individual agreements be negotiated, but the infrastructure, policies and procedures to manage such projects and relationships must be developed. Each of the overseas campuses has unique organizational features and each is developing its own procedures and business practices suitable for their countries. Here in Atlanta, OSP is working with the Office of Legal Affairs, Human Resources, Research Compliance, International Education, Distance Learning and Professional Education and others to develop a suite of policies and procedures for managing international programs.
All these outreach activities directly support achieving short-term research goals but, conducted with an eye on the big picture, move the Institute forward toward its strategic goals.