NORDP Liaisons Program
li·ai·son
: a person who helps organizations or groups to work together and provide information to each other
NORDP Liaisons is an exciting opportunity for NORDP members to thoroughly advocate for Research Development to external organizations and associations while gaining additional professional experience. While championing NORDP, Liaisons provide an invaluable service to NORDP members by gathering and sharing relevant and useful information as part of a broad and strategic outreach program.
- ALL NORDP members are eligible to apply to become a NORDP Liaison!
- Individuals who become a NORDP Liaison to an organization will be provided with useful resources to get started in their new roles.
- The Strategic Alliances Committee will do its best to accommodate individual requests to add new liaison organizations.
The goal is that the NORDP Liaison program will lead to enjoyable, positive, and engaging experiences that broaden our organizational alliances to the benefit of NORDP members as well as the NORDP organization and that complement your current professional roles!
Role of a NORDP Liaison
- Serve as a point of contact between NORDP and the targeted organization. Some organizations are large enough, that a member may serve as the point of contact for a portion.
- Monitor when Research Development activities are occurring within your targeted organization and to share that information with NORDP’s membership through brief reports to be shared on the NORDP listserv and webpage.
- Increase the visibility of NORDP and the concept of Research Development among these targeted organizations’ members and leadership through email, teleconferences, discussions, posters, and presentations.
- Through interactions, discuss how Research Development and the mission of NORDP compliments a number of themes of current interest within these organizations such as: alternative career paths within academia; increasing national and international research collaborations; and how to build multidisciplinary research teams among diverse groups of individuals.
- When transitioning out of a liaison role, provide points of contact and other relevant information to the incoming liaison.
NORDP Liaisons serve a minimum of 2 years (3 years for AAAS-related Liaisons) and provide quarterly bulleted feedback to the Strategic Alliances Committee who will share this information on the NORDP News blog. NORDP Liaisons are members of the Strategic Alliances Committee, which provides support for this outreach activity through various projects and teleconferences.
Want to learn more? Feel free to contact one of the current liaisons, or talk to one of the co-chairs.
Interested in becoming a NORDP Liaison?
NORDP is interested in expanding its liaison program to include representation in additional organizations. If there’s an organization that you are already a member of, why not become a NORDP liaison to it? Or, check the list below for openings. Don’t see your organization listed? That’s okay, just email one of the co-chairs to see if your organization is a fit for the NORDP outreach strategy.
What qualifications do I need?
We are looking for individuals who have been a NORDP member for at least two years, have served as a volunteer on a NORDP committee (a Conference committee counts), and have a passion for Research Development.
I’m interested, but how do I learn more about NORDP to be an effective representative?
An orientation with an experienced member of the Board of Directors, background readings, and materials to bring to our liaison organization are part of the process.
What’s the next step?
Click HERE to complete an online application. Applications are received and reviewed on an ongoing basis. After an initial review by a committee of liaisons, the Board of Directors confirms you appointment. You can expect to hear within 30 – 60 days.
Have more questions? Talk to Peggy or Rachel, emails below.
NORDP Liaisons
Current NORDP Liaisons: Engaged NORDP Liaisons are now embedded from California to the UK. Look for upcoming news from this group of NORDP Liaisons! (Please note that you will need to login to read organization profiles; however, when available links to the organizations' website are provided.)
- AAAS General Interest in Science and Engineering (Section Y)
NORDP Liaison: Michael Thompson, University of New Hampshire
- AAAS Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering (Section X)
NORDP Liaison: Cassie Rauser, Ph.D., Director, Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Project, UCLA
- Advancing & Evaluating the Societal Impacts of Science (AESIS)
NORDP Liaison: Nathan Meier, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- APLU Council on Research Policy
NORDP Liaison: Alicia Knoedler, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Research, Director Center for Research Program Development & Enrichment, University of Oklahoma
- Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI) | Profile
NORDP Liaison: Susan Carter, Research Development Director, Santa Fe Institute
- Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA) | Profile
NORDP Liaison: Carolyn Ang, Ph.D., Research Development and Collaborations Team, University of Bath United Kingdom (UK)
- Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA) | Profile
NORDP Liaison: Karen Eck, Assistant Vice President for Research, Old Dominion University
- Colleges of Liberal Arts Sponsored Programs (CLASP) | Profile
NORDP Liaison: Amy Cuhel-Schuckers, DMin, CRA, GPC, Director of Faculty Grants and Compliance Resourcing, Franklin & Marshall College
- European Commission
NORDP Liaison: Edel Minogue, PhD, Research Development Specialist, Brown University
- Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities
NORDP Liaison: Barbara Walker, PhD, Director of Research Development -Social Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
- National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI)
NORDP Liaisons: Kimberly Patten, Director of Research Development Services, University of Arizona, Tucson; Nathan Meier, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officers (NACRO) | Profile
NORDP Liaisons: Karen Fletcher, NORDP President, Director, Grants Resources and Services, Appalachian State University: Rachel Dresbeck, Senior Director, Oregon Health & Sciences University; Eileen Murphy, PhD, Senior Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Rutgers University; Kerry Morris, Development Officer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Federal Demonstration Program (FDP)
NORDP Liaison: Jacob Levin, PhD, Director of Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- National Association of Science Writers
NORDP Liaison: Joanna Downer, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research Development, Duke University
- National Institutes of Health (regional meetings) | Profile
NORDP Liaison: Jennifer Webster, Research Development Manager, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) | Profile
Maile Henson, Research Development Specialist, Duke University, Durham
- National Postdoc Association (NPA) | Profile
Samarpita Sengupta, Scientific Writer, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- NSF Office of International and Integrative Activities
NORDP Liaison: Rita Teutonico, Ph.D., Assistant VP for Research Initiatives, Florida International University
- OCLD
NORDP Liaison: Jeff Agnoli, The Ohio State University
- Research America | Profile
NORDP Liaison: Gretchen Kiser, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
- Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment Prevention in STEMM
NORDP Liaison: Gretchen Kiser, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
- Society for Neuroscience
NORDP Liaison: Ines Tomas Pereira, Research Development and Support Specialist, Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University
- University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP)
NORDP Liaison: Jacob Levin, Vice President for Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- USDA NIFA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
NORDP Liaison: Lori Kaser, CRA Grants Coordinator, Grant Development Support Unit, The Ohio State University
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
NORDP Liaison: Brian Ten Eyck, Director of Research Development, Engineering University of Arizona
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