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College of Life Sciences Research Development and Research Administration Support
BYU Central Support Services
HBLL Librarian Research Support Specialists
As a team we aim to:
- Reduce faculty stress with regards to external funding
- Support faculty with proposal needs
- Help faculty members submit external funding applications with confidence
- Avoid last minute submissions
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Life Sciences Office of Research Development

Victoria Garrow

Research Development
College of Life Sciences
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Debbie Silversmith

Research Administration
Director of Sponsored Projects
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BYU Central Support Services

Research Development Central Office

Located in the McDonald building, the BYU Research Development Central Office hosts campus wide research based training and events.

The RD Central Office manages a large internal grants program called the Interdisciplinary Origination Awards (IDR), and serves as a central coordinating office for limited submission competitions

Research Administration (RAO)

Located in the Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building (ASB), the mission of the BYU Research Administration Office (RAO) is to support faculty, students, staff, and university administration in efforts to encourage and enable research, creative activities, and other expressions of academic scholarship.

The RAO consists of the following offices:

Sponsored Projects

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)

Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC)

BYU AAVP of Research

The Associate Academic Vice President over Research & Graduate Studies has responsibility for facilitating research on campus including sponsored research programs, research regulatory compliance, research development, facilitating positive research impact beyond the university, and the allocation of funds that support the general research effort at BYU.
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BYU Grant Writing

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Librarian Support Specialists Dedicated to the College of Life Sciences

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Megan Frost

Megan@byu.edu
2323 HBLL
801.422.5466


Exercise Sciences

Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science
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Mike Goates

Michael_Goates@byu.edu
2324 HBLL
801.422.6012

Biology

Plant & Wildlife Sciences

Public Health
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Greg Nelson

Greg_Nelson@byu.edu
2313 HBLL
801.422.9066

Cell Biology & Physiology

Microbiology & Molecular Biology

Neuroscience
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