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Jon Barnhart

Director, Research Advisory Services

Jon Barnhart joined EAB in 2012 as a Research Associate, where he worked across the higher education membership forums conducting short-term research projects. Jon helped to launch the University Research Forum in the summer of 2015, and has led research projects for the forum on industry partnerships, international engagements, foreign interference, and research growth strategy.

Prior to joining EAB, Jon worked for several political consulting and fundraising groups around Washington DC. He currently resides in Orange County, California.

Areas of Expertise
Strategy, Finance and Operations, Research Enterprise
Specialties
Industry Partnerships, Research Administration, Research Compliance, Research Funding/Research Growth, Pre-Award and Post-Award Offices, Research Faculty Support, Security and Risk Management

Upcoming Events

Roundtable

2024 PAE Executive Roundtable

Join EAB's annual fall roundtable for professional, continuing, and online (PCO) education leaders where you'll have the opportunity to engage in highly interactive, executive-level conversations about the most pressing challenges facing higher education today. Agenda details forthcoming.
Roundtable

From Backlog to Balance: Deferred Maintenance Strategies for Campus Leaders

After labor, physical space is the largest expense item on most campuses, and it has only grown in the last couple of decades. As student populations have expanded, the activities of academic and administrative units have changed, and material costs for space and infrastructure have ballooned, with institutions spending $600 per sqft for construction on the average higher ed building—more than double what it was a decade ago.
Roundtable

2024 PAE Executive Roundtable

Join EAB's annual fall roundtable for professional, continuing, and online (PCO) education leaders where you'll have the opportunity to engage in highly interactive, executive-level conversations about the most pressing challenges facing higher education today. Agenda details forthcoming.
Roundtable

Cultivating Top Talent – Special Session for Deans

Recruiting top research and faculty talent can expedite expenditure growth and boost an institution's reputation. However, it's often prohibitively expensive and, when done poorly, can create a toxic culture among existing faculty. Investing in developing stars helps grow an institution's research "base" and network of collaborators needed to attract other stars. But, it doesn't always yield desired growth goals, and rising stars often get "poached" by other better-resourced schools.
Roundtable

2024 PAE Executive Roundtable

Join EAB's annual fall roundtable for professional, continuing, and online (PCO) education leaders where you'll have the opportunity to engage in highly interactive, executive-level conversations about the most pressing challenges facing higher education today. Agenda details forthcoming.
Roundtable

Telling the Story of Research

Long-term growth of the research enterprise requires effective, strategic communication about the value of university-led research. With federal funding growth stagnating, universities must appeal to a broader set of stakeholders, such as corporate entities and philanthropic donors.