Research Portals
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| The ENGR ADR team (shown below) provides sources and support to increase ENGR faculty's capacity to pursue a wide range of funding opportunities - from ideation, concept development, team formation, to organizational structures for proposal preparation. Auxiliary support is also available to maximize research impact and to share best practices, such as the Big Idea Workshops and the Early Career Proposal Town Hall. |
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Robert Briber |
| Associate Dean for Research engradr@umd.edu 301-405-7313 |
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As the Associate Dean for Research, Robert provides strategic research leadership to support development of capacity and excellence in achievement of the Faculty's research goals and objectives.
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Don Woodbury, Ph.D. |
| Director, Innovation and Partnerships woodbury@umd.edu 301-405-9760 |
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Don focuses on enhancing innovation and impact in the research portfolio, fostering the development of big ideas, creating new partnerships with gove rnment and industry, and promoting innovation and entrepreneurship within the campus and region.
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Elizabeth Lathrop, Ph.D. |
| Proposal Development Specialist lathrop5@umd.edu 301-405-7801 |
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Elizabeth provides critical support to the college's capacity for complex, multidisciplinary research initiatives in response to targeted funding opportunities. Working closely with the faculty, proposal development serves range from formulating a responsive proposal framework and facilitating communication/coordination among an extended proposal team, to providing writing/editing expertise as well as the associated supporting documents. The development of an effective proposal production system - logistics, quality control, communication versioning, archiving systems, among others - will greatly facilitate the impact of the ENGR research enterprise.
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Julie Berry |
| Program Administrative Specialist jeberry@umd.edu 301-405-7765 |
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Provides administrative support for the ADR department as well as to the Assistant to the Dean.
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Ed Angelovich, RA |
| Director of Facilities Operations eangelov@umd.edu 301-405-4332 |
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| Principal facilities leader for the Engineering buildings. Represents the Dean's Office, key responsibilities include the direction and management of all master planning, project design, and construction for facilities renovations and capital projects. Serves as the Clark School's Academic Facilities Officer, and primary stakeholder representative, proactively identifies and executes infrastructure improvements, coordinates space relocations, collaborates with external departments /Colleges throughout campus, and provides technical/operational guidance to faculty, staff, students, and researchers. |
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Nebula Project Initiative The goal of this project is to support the development of Clark School’s cluster of faculty stars: Tenure-Track and Professional-Track (PTK) This project is focused on junior faculty with projects targeting:
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Career Links
| NSF CAREER - ($100K/yr for 5 years; 30-40 awards/yr) | Link |
| DOE OS Early Career - (~$150K/yr for 5 years; 30-40 awards/yr) | Link |
| NASA Early Career Faculty (ECF) - ($200K/yr for 3 years; 8-9 awards/yr) | Link |
| ONR YIP - ($170K/yr for 3 years; 30-35 awards/yr) | Link |
| AFRL YIP - ($120K/yr for 3 years; ~36 awards/yr) | Link |
| NAS Gulf Coast Early Career Fellowship - offshore energy system safety and the well-being of coastal communities and ecosystems | Link |
| NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) - “Faculty Development Grant” on nuclear engineering ($450K for 3 years) | Link |
| DOD DARPA YFA | Link |
| NIH Director’s Early Independent Award (EIA) | Link |
| Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Internal UMD competition is required via VPR’s limited submission portal |
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| VPR Resources: more can be found here: | Link |
| The Vilcek Foundation - Creative Promise in Biomedical Science | Link |
Nebular Cohort - early career faculty:
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ADR special events
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To request proposal development assistance, please visit:ADR proposal development request |
ENGR ADR proposal development basicsBelow is an overview of the different areas where the ENGR ADR Office will be able to provide assistance toward research development and proposal preparation. If you have any questions, please contact: engradr@umd.edu |
