DRDA: Division of Research Development and Administration
Sponsored Projects Services

• helping identify potential sponsors
• preparation and submission of proposals
• project administration, including problems related to budgets, personnel, space, sub-contracts, reporting and accountability, patents, negotiations with the sponsor
• Submission of documents required to close out the project.
• training in research administration policies and procedures

DRDA Project Representatives provide liaison with specific groups of sponsors. They keep apprised of agency policies and programs in technical, scientific, and scholarly fields and can devote attention to the specific requirements of the sponsoring agencies.

If you are uncertain as to whom to contact, you may call DRDA Information at 764-5500 or contact Marvin G. Parnes, Director of Research Development and Administration at 764-7230 or mgparnes@umich.edu.

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