Structure of the IBR

The Institute for Behavioral Research operates under the leadership of a Director, Dr. Steven Beach in consultation with an Executive Committee. Housed within the Institute are the Center for Research on Behavioral Health & Human Services Delivery(CRBHHSD) the Center for Integrative Conservation Research (CICR), and the Center for Family Research (CFR) . There are also work groups of researchers (Fellows) who share interests in focused areas of societal concern or developing areas of basic research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. At present IBR houses the Neuroscience Behavior, and Cognition Group, Community, Ethnicity, and Identity in Context Group, Effective Intervention Work Group, Gene-Environment Interaction Work Group, Migration Work Group, and the Violence Work Group. In addition the Institute encourages other emerging working groups.

Each Center/Study Group has a Director and provides both a focus for intellectual stimulation and support for individual research initiative. Each Center/Group Director brings expertise in his or her area of scholarly activity and, in most cases, success with extramural funding. Formats vary, but typically members of each Center/Study Group meet formally or informally throughout the year to discuss recent scholarly work, review research proposals, and exchange information about grant writing and grant proposals.

Supplementing these meetings are regular IBR seminars, conferences featuring nationally recognized speakers, the annual William A. Owens Lecture, and workshops on research techniques, statistical methods, and grant writing. Seminars, conferences, lecture series, and workshops are widely publicized and open to the public.