Pre-Award Administration Staff
Kimberly Silvis Cherewick
Assistant Director
ksilvis@uga.edu
255D Brooks Hall | 706-542-6078
Kim is the Assistant Director of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research and a Decentralized Limited Signatory Authority for the University of Georgia Research Foundation. Kim is responsible for assisting the Director in overseeing all operations of the Institute: Research, Personnel, Financial, Strategic Planning, and Faculty Development Programs. Kim supervises both pre- and post-award activities, working closely with the OIBR Grants Coordinator and Business Managers, and she remains proactively involved throughout the life of the research projects.
Kim takes great pleasure and pride in the opportunity to provide extensive service to University of Georgia faculty, both emerging and eminent scholars, in pursuing their goals of inquiry. She enjoys leading the OIBR team as we implement new ideas to increase interdisciplinary collaboration and outreach across the University of Georgia and beyond.
Chris Thornton
Grants Coordinator III
csthor@uga.edu
255B Brooks Hall | 706-542-2983
Chris has been with UGA since 2020 where he worked in the central Sponsored Projects Administration office. He joined OIBR in August of 2022 with experience in pre-award research administration duties including assisting Principal Investigators with the development and submission of proposals for external funding. Chris is a Decentralized Limited Signatory Authority for the University of Georgia Research Foundation.
He also has experience in writing grants and searching for funding opportunities as gained during his time working with Wounded Veterans organization and the Charleston County School District.