Research Lifecycle

1. Finding Funding Opportunities

Prior to Preparing a Proposal the PI can find funding opportunities by using Pivot Proquest (Funding Database)

  • Register by using your Georgetown.edu e-mail address and creating a password. Please see  2-step directions for signing up for a Pivot account
  • Search for funding by using different search criteria
  • View a 1-minute tutorial on how to use Pivot Proquest

Please contact ORS Research Development Specialists for any questions:

Jill T. Brasky

Research Development Specialist

jb2719@georgetown.edu

Richard Cecil

Strategic Proposal Development Officer for Main Campus & Law Center / GUMC

rc398@georgetown.edu

Other Resources

  • The Office of Institutional Partnership at Georgetown University  (OIP) – assists faculty in seeking and securing support for their programs, projects and research from corporate, foundation and association donors.
  • The Foundation Directory Online (FDO) provides comprehensive information on U.S. grantmakers and their funding activities. To access the full subscription version of the site, go to the Georgetown library database and scroll down to “Foundation Directory”.
  • Grantspace offers pre-recorded webinars, live online, and in person trainings on various topics related to philanthropy.

2. Steps of the Research Life Cycle

Research Life Cycle is a multi-step process comprised of the 5 steps: Proposal Development; Proposal Review and Submission, Award Notification and Negotiation, Award Management and Award Close Out. Visit the Office of Research Services (ORS) to meet our staff and find contact information for all types of research queries.

All proposals are required to be routed in GU-PASS for institutional review and approval prior to the sponsor’s deadline. All faculty and staff can access GU-PASS “anytime-anywhere” by using their GU Net IDs and passwords and GU-supported browsers (Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer). For FAQ for GU Pass please go here.

To facilitate the navigation on GU Pass we have created this GU Pass Job Aid. If you have never submitted a proposal in GU Pass please contact the GU Pass team ( gu-pass@georgetown.edu) to create an account before submitting a proposal

Key Components of a Proposal

Jill T. Brasky

Research Development Specialist

jb2719@georgetown.edu

Richard Cecil

Strategic Proposal Development Officer for Main Campus & Law Center /GUMC

rc398@georgetown.edu

For additional help with Proposal Development

Carole Sargent, PhD, Director of the Office of Scholarly Publications, is available to help you write the research statement portion of the grant. She has trained for this work by interviewing grants officers at the NEH, NSF, and ACLS, and also earning a certificate from the journal Nature through its masterclasses. She will guide you to analyze examples from past grant winners, talk to selected winners and to grants officers when available and appropriate, and craft a grant description that satisfies all of the organization’s criteria.

Reviewing and Submitting a Proposal

All proposals are required to be routed in GU-PASS for institutional review and approval prior to the sponsor’s deadline. All faculty and staff can access GU-PASS “anytime-anywhere” by using their GU Net IDs and passwords and GU-supported browsers (Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer). For FAQ for GU Pass please go here.

To facilitate the navigation on GU Pass we have created this GU Pass Job Aid.

ORS Grants & Contracts Administrators for Proposal Review and Submission:

All Federal Proposals (except DoD & NSF)

Blair Ribeiro

Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator

br561@georgetown.edu

DoD and Non-Federal Proposals (All Private, Non-Profit and DOD Proposals)

Marie McElroy

Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator

mm297@georgetown.edu

NSF Proposals

Hector Tiongson

Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator

rht3@georgetown.edu

Legal Considerations when reviewing and negotiating and award

ORS Grants & Contracts Administrators for Award Review:

All Federal Awards (except NSF)

Blair Ribeiro

Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator

br561@georgetown.edu

NSF Awards  and all incoming sub-agreements with NSF funding only.  All other incoming sub-agreements will be distributed according to the sponsor type

Hector Tiongson

Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator

rht3@georgetown.edu

All Non Federal Agreements for MSPP & Law Center

Subramanian ChitturSrinivasan (Subu)

Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator

sc2210@georgetown.edu

All Non Federal Agreements for Humanities & Social Sciences, Life Sciences and Math & Physical Sciences

VACANT

Temporarily Assigned to Subramanian ChitturSrinivasan (Subu)

Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator

or112@georgetown.edu

Any requests about Award Review can be sent to: researchadmin@georgetown.edu

Award Management Roles and Responsibilities

  • Award management is done by the assigned Grant Manager, who is usually with the PI’s Department, or in the case of the College, it is with ORS.  
  • Any request for a No-Cost Extension (NCE) or budget revision should be sent to the appropriate Contracts and Grants Administrator as explained in the table above (each Contracts and Grants Administrator is assigned a portfolio based on the sponsor). ORS is responsible for obtaining prior approval when necessary and for reviewing these requests for allowability and supporting documentation, including but not limited to a revised budget and justification for the request(s).

Contact Us

Office of Research Services
37th & O Street NW Box 571014 650 ICC

M-F, 8:30am – 5:00pm
Phone: (202) 687-1958
Email: researchadmin@georgetown.edu