Main Campus Research

Main Campus Research activities are under the direction of the Vice Provost for Research, Professor Jeff Urbach. A faculty member of the Department of Physics at Georgetown since 1996, Jeff has served in the position of Vice Provost since January 2024. The goal of the office is to expand and enhance the research portfolio on the Main Campus, and to fully integrate students into the research enterprise. For questions about main campus research, please send an email to viceprovostforresearch@georgetown.edu.

Resources for Georgetown University Researchers

Research at Georgetown is managed primarily by Georgetown Research Services, which includes the Joint Office for Research Administration (for sponsored research administration), the Office of Human Subjects Protection (for IRB), and the Office of Research Oversight (for compliance and research integrity). Relations with foundations and corporate partners are managed by the Office of Institutional Partnerships, and the Office of Technology Commercialization connects our research with application by supporting innovation and entrepreneurship.

Policies specific to the Main Campus are summarized here, including policies for use of internal Georgetown research funds, our internal grants program, research leave, visitors, travel requirements, cost sharing, and IDC coupled research funds.