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Gevirtz Research Institute (GRI)
Mission
The mission of the Gevirtz Research Institute (GRI) is to support and enhance faculty, researcher, and student research development, proposal preparation, award administration, and dissemination efforts; to promote awareness and observance of high standards for scientific, professional, and ethical practice in research; and to advance the visibility of research programs in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education.
Staff & Location
The Gevirtz Research Institute is staffed by:
- Jane Close Conoley (jane-conoley@education.ucsb.edu), Interim Director
- Carla Whitacre (cwhitacre@education.ucsb.edu), Research Development Coordinator
- Kelly Hayton (kelly@education.ucsb.edu), Contracts & Grants Analyst
- Nicole Yau (nyau@education.ucsb.edu), Contracts & Grants Analyst
The Institute is located on the second floor, south wing of the Education Building and provides research space, meeting rooms, and technology support for funded faculty and faculty seeking funding.
About Us
The Gevirtz Research Institute provides pre- and post-award support to researchers’ funded projects and serves as the organizing unit for the Gevirtz Schools’ research centers. Institute staff provide support in finding funding sources, developing proposals and budgets, and managing proposal submission and post-award finances and reporting. Staff arrange for meetings among researchers within the Gevirtz School and across campus and across the community to pursue collaborative proposal preparation. Also, Institute staff assist in securing approval from the Human Subjects Committee for human subject protocols.
Additionally, the Institute mentors new faculty in gaining support for their work by organizing proposal writing meetings and offering a program called CORE (Conversations on Research in Education) which allows faculty to present their work for feedback and organizes speakers to share information related to seeking, gaining, and managing research funding.
The Gevirtz Research Institute administers over $4 million dollars in awards each year from many different agencies. These include: the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Education, University of California Office of the President, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the County of Santa Barbara.