Research Awards Committee

The Research Awards Committee, composed of faculty from across the Main Campus and including a Faculty Senate appointee, advises the Vice Provost for Research on issues related to internal grants, research awards, and Limited Submission Opportunities (LSOs), and makes final decisions regarding internal grant awards.

Research Awards Committee Membership

• David Caraballo, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• Robin Dillon-Merrill, McDonough School of Business
• Tania Gentic, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
• Matthew Hamilton, Department of Biology
• Qiwei He, Data Science and Analytics
• Erick Langer, School of Foreign Service and Department of History
• Nicole Rizzuto, Department of English
• Jeffrey Urbach, Vice Provost for Research and Department of Physics
• Michelle Wang, Department of Art and Art History
• Christian Wolf, Department of Chemistry

Research Awards Committee (RAC) Meetings, 2025-2026

2025 Faculty Research Awards

Agenda: To review nominations for faculty research awards: The Career Research Achievement Awards and the Distinguished Achievement in Research Awards.

2025 Fall Internal Research Grants

Agenda: Review Proposals for the Summer Salary Supplements, Annual Research Grants, and the Georgetown University Research Leave (GURL).

2026 Spring Internal Research Grants

Agenda: Review proposals for the Pilot Research Grants and Research Infrastructure Awards.