About Us
The Office of Research and Innovation serves as the University’s centralized unit for the coordination and collective management of externally sponsored research and programs.
Functions
Pre-Award Assistance
- Disseminate information about grant opportunities and funding agencies to faculty and staff.
- Offer grantsmanship and proposal-writing workshops and seminars.
- Provide assistance to faculty and staff in clarifying and interpreting agency guidelines, requirements, and regulations, as well as university policies and procedures.
- Assist Principal Investigators with proposal preparation, editing, and reviewing of budgets to ensure accuracy and compliance with agency and University guidelines.
- Process sub-recipient commitment forms.
- Evaluate proposals for internal authorization and funding agencies.
Post-Award Assistance
- Serve as the point of contact between funding agencies and the institution.
- Participate in award administration training along with Principal Investigators (PI) as required by the agency.
- Provide post-award guidance to PI.
- Process and accept grant awards.
- Maintain files related to awards and subawards.
- Collaborate with grant accounting to ensure accurate and timely setup of grant accounts.
- Develop grant-funded contracts, subcontracts, subaward agreements and amendments.
- Coordinate with other university grants and sponsored programs offices in obtaining contracts, subcontracts, subaward agreements and amendments.
- Review and submit budget and scope of work changes to funding agencies.
- Support compliance with reporting standards.
- Ensure compliance relating to human subjects and animal care and use.
Reporting on ORI
- Track all proposal submissions and awards.
- Prepare and submit reports to the administration regarding submissions and awards.