Susan Carter, the campus’s former Director of Research Development from 2008 to 2017, has been named to the charter class of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) Fellows, an organization she was instrumental in supporting in its nascent phase during her time at UC Merced.
Carter and her team assisted faculty pursuing major multi- and interdisciplinary team-based research initiatives and facilitated grant submissions by junior faculty prior to moving to the Santa Fe Institute in 2017.
“Susan Carter created the Office of Research Development at UC Merced," Vice Chancellor for Research Emeritus Sam Traina said. "She was deeply committed to enhancing the success and careers of all faculty but particularly those at the beginning of their careers, and she was also deeply committed to obtaining training grants and career development grants for our undergraduate and graduate students.
“All of us owe a debt of gratitude for Susan Carter’s contributions to UC Merced.”
Brenda Ortiz
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