Nana Oye Akuffo is a Grants Administrator with over twenty years' experience in grants management. Following her Master’s Degree in Administration from Central University College, she undertook studies with grants administrators at Yale University Office for Sponsored Research and the Office of Sponsored Research of the Morehouse School of Medicine. Working with Senior Members of the University, she oversees its research development, implementation, and closure. She assists both students and staff in the areas of training opportunities and involvement in research activities. She played a key role in setting up the Office of Sponsored Research at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, which was set up to streamline the grants administration process at the Institute. In 2018, she was awarded the maiden Research Administrators Mobility Program (RAMP) Scholarship by Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI). The newly established scholarship was designed to provide financial support for an in-house training at the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) at Yale University to observe, learn, and understand more about the business operations and processes involved with sponsored projects at Yale University. She is also a two-time recipient of an NIH funded grant for capacity building for research administrators in Ghana and the West African sub region. In 2024, she was inducted into the distinguished faculty of the Society for Research Administrators International (SRAI). She is a reviewer, mentor and seasoned speaker on grants management and administration.