Institutional Research Offices are the primary source of the data needed to justify the need for grant projects, determine feasible objectives, and demonstrate project effectiveness. Join us for a panel discussion on strategies for initiating an ongoing dialogue between Institutional Research and the grants office. Grant funders are wise to the ways in which grant writers use data to demonstrate need and document success, and they are more focused on accountability and evaluation than ever before. How can these two departments work together, along with technology services, to achieve success?