Tala Awada, Ph.D.
Interim Dean/Director Agricultural Research Division University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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402-472-7088 On-campus 2-7088
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tawada2@unl.edu
- Supports teams building, transdisciplinary research and high-profile teams;
- Approves IANR internal/external applications for funding and outside activities reporting in NUgrant and NuRamp;
- Administers the ARD Undergraduate Student Research competition grant program, the Graduate Students Fellowship program, the Larrick/Whitmore Graduate Student Travel Grants;
- Administers the Faculty Hatch Capacity projects, the ARD Miscellaneous Strategic Funding, the ARD Bridge Funding, and IANR Faculty Travel Awards;
- Serves as the administrative point of contact for Research in Activity Insight;
- Serves on the UNL Federal Relations Team;
- Co-leads the LTAR – USDA Network in NE; and
- Assists the Dean and Director, in conjunction with other ARD staff, in coordinating and facilitating IANR’s broad research mission and global engagement.