Office of Sponsored Research

If you have research project or program that you would like assistance funding, please reach out to our office to set up a meeting using the Request for Opportunity Research. We can perform a funding search for you and help you find resources to put together a successful proposal. Periodically, we will also reach out to the campus community with opportunities that align with our research mission. We are happy to meet with you if you feel that one of these opportunities matches your research goals.

If you have already found a grant or other RFP (request for proposal) opportunity, please complete our Intent to Submit form and our office will follow-up with next steps.

Our office will help to put together a project timeline and work through all portions of the proposal and submission process. This will include assisting in collecting data, organizing application components, and developing a budget using our Budget Template. Please also review our Policy for Institutional Subawards at this stage, as most grants will not be eligible for subawards.

We hope to provide numerous opportunities for assistance in creating your proposal. This may include external webinars, on-campus seminars, one-on-one meetings, as well as copyediting. Once an Intent to Submit form is completed, our office will set up weekly meetings with you to answer questions and plan section deadlines working toward the submission deadline.

To ensure that all relevant parties on campus are aware of your proposal, you must submit a Proposal Transmittal Form. This form must be signed by several campus partners prior to submission, so it is encouraged to start this process no less than two weeks before the grant deadline.

With final approval and review, we will help to compile and submit applications. We will work with those who are granted an award to steward through the process. For those who are not successful, we will work through reviewer comments to help with resubmission or look at other funding sources.

Along with our Senior Grants Accountant, our office will assist with award paperwork and management. This includes being a point of contact for questions, extension requests, and updates.

Whether a grant is a few months or multi-year, we will help with all reporting requirements and submissions. We assist with deadline reminders and budget breakdowns to help summarize outcomes.