Increase and diversify the number of science and social science faculty and students engaged in biomedical and biobehavioral research.

• Co-funded pilot of National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) institutional membership in collaboration with Provost and Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity (2015)
• Sponsored two grant strategies workshops at the Consortium on Faculty Diversity (CFD) Annual Conference at Swarthmore College (2015)
• Planned NCFDD workshops for Spring 2018 in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts:
  • Solo Success: How To Thrive In The Academy When You're The Only __________ In Your Department
  • Building A Publishing Pipeline: Concrete Strategies For Increasing Your Writing Productivity.
• Partnered with strategic grant services firm to develop customized Grants 101 and NSF CAREER trainings (2017)
• Developed customized discipline-specific NIH workshop in partnership with Psychology Department (2017)
• Developed customized “Introduction to NIH” training (2017)
• Participated in SRA International Spring Intensive Training Programs (2017)
• Developed customized Broader Impacts training for faculty (2018)
• Developed customized discipline-specific NIH workshops for Mathematics and Statistics, Computer Science, and Psychology (2019)
• Supported faculty participation in a broader impacts training by Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS)

Develop both in-person and virtual networks in order to stimulate greater collaboration with external communities and partners.

• Developed and presented Banner grants module webinar for a peer school’s grants, finance, and enterprise systems teams, in collaboration with Business Office (2014)
• Presented on professional development strategies at the SRA Delaware Valley Chapter Meeting (2015)
• Published “Reorganizing Sponsored Research Operations at a Small Liberal Arts College” in SRA Catalyst newsletter (2016)
• Facilitated discussion groups on BRAD and NIH at the Colleges of Liberal Arts Sponsored Programs (CLASP) conferences at Hamilton and Pomona Colleges, respectively (2015 & 2016)
• Presented at the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Region II conference (2017)
• Facilitated three PUI discussion groups at the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) annual conference (2017)
• Host of Colleges of Liberal Arts Sponsored Programs (CLASP) at Swarthmore College, including an NIH pre-conference and Certified Research Administrator review session (2017)
• Participated in EARMA Research Administration Master Class on European funding (2018)

Address gaps in existing pre- and post-award processes by standardizing and enhancing Sponsored Research Office (SRO) support structures for grant development, improving responsible conduct of research compliance, and developing tools and processes for effective assessment of project effectiveness and dissemination of project results.

• Completed three-week NIH Residency Training in Bethesda, MD (2014)
• Conducted voluntary NCURA Peer Review of college-wide sponsored research operations (2014)
• Ongoing review and implementation of recommendations
• Clarification of sponsored research staff’s roles and responsibilities in job descriptions (2015)
• Bifurcated “SPIR” into separate Sponsored Programs and Institutional Relations offices (2015)
• Developed new grants presentation as part of the Provost’s Office’s New Faculty programming (2014)
• Hired limited-term program assistant for administrative and data management support, which provided critical support for the HHMI capstone report (2014 - 2016)
• Sponsored PRIM&R At Your Doorstep IRB Training, organized by Swarthmore College IRB (2015)
• Secured new partnership with firm providing strategic grant development services, including prospect research and proposal reviews, to expand SP’s capacity to serve faculty and enhance grant competitiveness (2017)
• Transitioned to new Pivot funding database (2017)
• Purchased CITI online “Biosafety and Biosecurity” training (2017)
• Attended NERCOMP “Data Lift Off” conference and shared data governance best practices with leaders of subsequent College-wide data governance initiative (2017)
• Provided partial funding for database for SCAFRO grants network (2017)
• Participated in BRAD-funded IACUC training at Franklin & Marshall College (2018)
• Secured software, consulting, and training for electronic routing (2018)
• Commissioned external workload analysis using the “Proposal Complexity Scoring Matrix” (2018)
• Attended the Federal Demonstration Partnership meeting in Washington, DC (2019)
• Revamped boilerplate documentation for NIH proposals (2019)
• Approval of one additional FTE (three-year limited-term) for the Sponsored Programs team resulting from personnel request using case-building data from BRAD-funded initiatives and analyses conducted with BRAD sustainability funds (2019)
• Approval of Provost's Office/Sponsored Programs technology request for a new comprehensive grants and compliance system with significant start-up funding allocated from the BRAD grant and permanent funding in the Provost's Office operating budget (2019)
• Two successful NIH/DHHS grants and one successful private grant resulting from BRAD-funded strategic grant services (2017-2019)
• Purchased CITI online “Export Compliance” training (2019)
• Attended NIH Regional Seminar (2019)
• Participation of sponsored programs, advancement, and business office staff in SRA Delaware Valley Chapter meeting at Penn (2019)
• Attended NCURA Region II & VIII Fall Meeting (2019)
• Consulting for Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) capacity-building under the direction of IRB & Research Compliance Manager (2020)
• Offered Traliance export controls training to campus administrators, organized by Swarthmore College Research Compliance and Sponsored Programs (2020)
• Participated in Academic Impressions’ “Networking Fundamentals for Research Development Professionals” virtual training (2020)
• Offered access to iSRA Virtual Conference to sponsored programs, research compliance, library, and legal staff (2020)
• Attended the Federal Demonstration Partnership virtual meeting (2020)
• Certified Research Administrator (CRA) credential earned by Associate Director (2020)
• Sponsored Programs reporting shift to Provost's Office (2020)
• Purchased and began implementing a comprehensive grants and research compliance system (2021)