Sashin Harilall
Head of Research Grants
Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), Durban, South Africa
Sashin Harilall is the Research Grants Manager at AHRI. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, an Honours degree in Business Management from the University of South Africa, and has spent the past decade working in a non-profit organisational environment. He is responsible for managing a team of grants officers that are involved in pre-award management, grants and contracts, post-award grants management and research support. This entails assisting investigators compiling and submitting grant proposals, business registrations, drafting agreements, financial management, reporting, publication/open access support and ensuring both donor and institutional regulations are met.
Harilall is passionate about research administration and his goal is to make a positive impact by lessening the encumbering red tape usually associated with grants administration – giving PI’s and their teams more time to focus on their scientific goals.