College of Education & Professional Studies Office of Contracts and Grants

The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) is the administrative unit within the College that provides leadership in the identification, development and coordination of public and private grant development activities consistent with the college mission, goals, and strategic initiatives. The Director of Office of Contracts and Grants reports to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and is responsible for:

Assisting in the conceptualization of projects, acting as lead writer to support institution-wide grant applications, and provides technical assistance in grant application and management.

Administration of all sponsored programs including submitting, negotiating and receiving awards on behalf of the College.
Supervising the management of externally sponsored research awards and research accounting.
Collaborating with faculty researchers, department chairs, college and school deans, and administrative officers.
Serves as expert and arbiter to Principal Investigators for interpretation, explanation and application of external sponsor research regulations and CSU policies.
Planning and conducting an orientation session for faculty and student researchers as appropriate.

Dr. Trés Stefurak

Director

Dr. Stefurak is the Associate Dean for CEPS and an Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology in the Department of Counseling & Instructional Sciences. His research has focused on juvenile offending, child abuse and policing reform. In his teaching position, he instructs doctoral students in the Combined-Integrated Clinical & Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program. A graduate of the University of Georgia (BA, 1996; M.Ed., 2000, Ph.D., 2004), Dr. Stefurak is also a former middle school special education teacher, a child and family psychotherapist, and an experienced research mentor.

Since entering higher education in 2004 he has been Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on approximately 1.5 million dollars of externally funded scholarly activity. Most recently this has included grants with the Mobile Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice to assist in implementing

He holds memberships in the American Psychological Association and has been awarded the College of Education Award for Distinguished Contributions to Improving our Community in 2012.

Contact Information

Dr. Trés Stefurak
College of Education and Professional Studies, UCOM 3120
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
Phone: (251) 380-2734
Fax: (251) 380-2758
jstefurak@southalabama.edu