Provide more infrastructure support. This includes full-time personnel to assist in grant administration in the social sciences. Need recognition that local and regional studies are as important as international studies. Administrative support would be useful in coordinating and managing the many activities associated with conducting research. The new NIH guidelines now prohibit requesting administrative support as a direct cost.
Transport is a major challenge.
It always takes ingenuity even to arrange for students with their own cars to get to research sites, and driving vans is a hassle and nerve-wracking. A system of vans with qualified drivers would make a big difference. . Unique research problems to be investigated Atlanta has a high numbers of exurbs, i.e., small towns that have been incorporated into the metropolitan region by virtue of deconcentration. There is a newness, or youthfulness about the city. It also means it is in the midst of dealing with problems that will significantly shape its future.