Robert got his start in research administration at the University of Texas at Austin, where he worked in a variety of post-award financial roles. He now works on subrecipient monitoring in the Office of Sponsored Projects at Yale University. Since 2014, he has volunteered with the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), a cooperative initiative among federal agencies and research organizations designed to reduce the administrative burden associated with research grants and contracts. He is now co-chair of the FDP’s Expanded Clearinghouse Subcommittee.