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RESTRUCTURING FOR GROWTH

AND EFFICIENCY:

PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH

MANAGEMENT SERVICES

As the University of Ghana (UG) continues to gain ground as one of the continents
very best research universities, and the quality and quantum of scholarship
endeavours grow, it is imperative that our research support services and structures
evolve to keep pace with the improved stature of the University. Consequently, UG's
Of ice of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID)—the University's
centralized research of ice—has been restructured to provide uniform, streamlined,
high-quality research support to the University community, while also building staff
competencies across the breadth of services that fall under the rubric of the research
support umbrella.

Today, research management services at the University of Ghana are delivered
through six teams that re lect the direction and priorities of the University, as it
continues its drive to attain world-class, research-intensive status. These are:

· Pre-and Post-Award Services Team (PPA) responsible for the submission of
grant proposals, research grants/contract management and administration, etc.
(including the managing and administering of scholarship and fellowship
programmes, and the coordination of research visits to UG by partners and
collaborators). PPA is also responsible for helping to solicit faculty research,
building research teams to apply for grants in the name of the University and
mitigating risk in post-award processes. To accommodate the historical and
geographical dispersion of research activity across the University, the new
structure includes three satellite of ices located at the University of Ghana's: (i)
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research; (ii) downtown Medical School;
and (iii) Institute for Social, Statistical and Economic Research. Working under the
auspices of the PPA team, the satellite of ices help streamline ORID's service
provision, by making grants/contracts support services easily accessible to
scientists, and ensuring that the interests of scholars and the University are
protected.

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