RES provides administrative support and oversight for grants awarded to IBER investigators. The mission of the IBER staff is to facilitate the administrative side of grant funding, so that researchers can focus on the research itself, with assurance that the bureaucratic side is well-managed.

RES Research Administrators advise IBER-affiliated faculty researchers on funding agency requirements, interprets agency and UC policies, and offers general grant management guidelines.

IBER acts as a friendly interface with granting agencies, the Sponsored Projects Office, and RES.

RES staff members handle the employment of graduate student researchers and other personnel funded by research grants, order equipment and supplies, and reimburse travel and other expenses. Budget projections and expenditure reports are prepared on a regular basis.