NSU Represented At CGR Meeting

NSU Represented At CGR Meeting

TAHLEQUAH Susan Foster, Director of Research Administration, Nora Finnegan, Account Clerk in Research Administration, Kathryn Schoonover, and D.J. Swepston, Coordinator of Research Administration, recently attended a meeting of the Council on Grantsmanship and Research (CGR) held on the campus of SWOSU. Foster currently serves as chair of CGR.

The council provides a network of support to advance grantsmanship and research among Oklahomas undergraduate institutions of higher education. The council discusses different external funding institutional policies and procedures, identifies potential funding sources and collaborative opportunities, analyzes funding trends, highlights barriers and opportunities to increase grantsmanship and research on Oklahoma campuses, and engages in professional development.

Presenters at the meeting included Brian Lopina and Robert J. Horn of Patton Boggs LLP, attorneys at law, in Washington, D.C., who spoke on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Stimulus Funding Opportunities and how regional universities might participate.

4/14/2009

Published: 2009-04-14 00:00:00