What We Do

WE CONNECT

We work to connect people and people with resources.
We liaise with campus units to achieve efficiencies in the pursuit and management of external funding.
We gather researchers around themes, funding opportunities and challenges to build collaborations and research working groups.
We connect community need with University expertise and experiential learning opportunities.

We provide dedicated post-award grants management for contracts and grants, when administered by one of our units.
We assist in conceptualization, positioning and articulation of research concepts.
We provide seed funding and ongoing support to working groups.
We help identify, build and sustain convergence platforms or shared research infrastructures.

We summarize and report on research activities and their broader impacts.
We advocate for resources, internal and external, to support a thriving research enterprise.
We help tell your story and why it matters.
We lead programs that affect change in our community.