September 25, 2024
The Institute for Advanced Study is thrilled to share that Juliet Burba, IAS Grants Developer, has been named one of ten 2024 Research Technical Staff Awardees by the University of Minnesota’s Research and Innovation Office.
The Research Technical Staff Award recognizes staff for their distinguished service to the University of Minnesota research community and celebrates exemplary leadership that positively impacted their colleagues and advanced the University's mission.
One of Juliet’s nominees shared: “Juliet’s outstanding contribution to grant development greatly advances the University of Minnesota’s mission to address the most pressing social issues of our time. Juliet is a wonderful colleague whose ability to think nimbly and connect people across disciplines and system campuses has and will continue to enrich and transform the University. Her dedication and willingness to go the extra mile is rare and speaks to her commitment to greatly impact the University’s cutting-edge research and support stellar faculty. She is a truly exemplary model for this award.”
We could not agree more. Without her, the flourishing IAS Incubator program—which offers practical, collaborative support to faculty, instructors, and staff from across the University system as they seek external funding for concepts that will become IAS administered projects—would not be what it is today.
Thank you for your work, Juliet. We are grateful for all you do for the IAS, our affiliates, and the University.
Juliet Burba has served as a grants developer for the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota Twin Cities since 2019. In this role, she collaborates with IAS-affiliated faculty and staff to develop grant-fundable projects, cultivate partners, seek funding opportunities, craft proposals, and coordinate submission of funding requests to internal and external funders. Successful submissions have ranged from $500 to $5 million. Prior to this role, Burba served as outreach historian and administrator for the Charles Babbage Institute at the U of M and director of collections and exhibits at the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis. She holds a PhD in history of science and technology from the University of Minnesota.