College of Liberal Arts

CLA Grants, Fellowships,
and Research Funding
209 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

clagrant@umn.edu
Phone: 612-626-9612

Who We Are

Barbara Scott MurdockBarbara Scott Murdock

Barbara Scott Murdock is housed in the Institute for Global Studies. With a background in biology and public health, she has 25 years of experience in writing articles, book chapters, white papers, and proposals, and has served as editor of two books and two periodical publications. She has been a project manager at the Minnesota Department of Health; a senior research fellow in the University of Minnesota’s Center for Environment & Health Policy; director of water and health programs at the Freshwater Foundation; and editor of the Health & Environment Digest, a publication for environmental health and management professionals across the U.S. and Canada. She has authored papers in Science, Technology, and Human Values, and in Environmental Science & Technology. She holds a BS from the University of Chicago, an MA from Duke University, and an MPH from the University of Minnesota.

The grant proposal development services she offers include:

  • Assistance with funding searches.
  • Proposal work plan development.
  • Collaborative proposal development.
  • Proposal assistance and review.
  • Substantive editing of proposals
  • Proposal package preparation
  • Budget development
  • Submitting internal and external proposals
  • Working with SPA
  • Applying for IRB approval
Gayle AndersonGayle Anderson

Gayle Anderson, Grants Management Coordinator housed in CLA Fiscal Administration, brings eighteen years experience in financial management to her work. Gayle has an extensive background in grants management and coordination, and her experience and established relationships in the University research community enable her to provide valuable assistance to Principal Investigators and Department Administrators as they navigate University/Agency grant submission processes and post-award management. She works closely with Dean Jim Parente and serves as the CLA proposal approver just prior to his signature.

She is available to assist PIs, department administrators and accountants with the following –

  • Budget Development
  • Interpreting Agency requirements/guidelines
  • Serve as resource for policy questions (pre- and post-award)
  • Proposal (Budget) Review
  • Serve as liaison between PIs, CLA administrators and University central research systems /offices. i.e. SPA, SFR, OAR, OVPR, EGMS, ECRT and others.

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