Cindy Hope, Georgia Tech's associate vice president for research administration (AVPRA), has been named the new Director of Costing and Financial Compliance (CFC) for the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR).

As a 27-year higher education veteran, Hope was the assistant vice president for research and director of the Office of Sponsored Programs at the University of Alabama before joining Georgia Tech in 2019. At Georgia Tech, she first served as the Office of Sponsored Programs’ director of government and not-for-profit contracts and grants before leading OSP as the associate vice president for research administration.  Hope's last day at Georgia Tech will be August 16th.

Hope previously served on the board of the Council on Governmental Relations and chaired its costing policies committee. She is a former chair of the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), and she served six years on the National Science Foundation’s business and operations advisory committee.

Who to Contact Moving Forward?

Cindy Hope, Associate VP for Research Administration, will be out of the country and unavailable July 8 – July 22, 2024.  Please notify her as soon as possible of anything requiring her attention prior to July 23rd and refer to our Meet Our Teams drop down on the OSP home page, https://osp.gatech.edu/, to locate assistance while she is away.

These resources will also be helpful after her last day with Georgia Tech, August 16, 2024. Additional point-of-contact information will be provided prior to Cindy’s departure from Georgia Tech to serve as COGR’s Director for Costing and Financial Compliance.

If you have any questions please email outreach@osp.gatech.edu.