Services Provided by the Research Office
Our goal is to be a full-source, user friendly office, supporting every aspect of the research and teaching driving the College’s strategic advance. If you need something you do not see here, give us a call and we will try to accommodate.
Pre-award services:
Proposal Development
Identification of funding sources for faculty research
Fund trips to meet with program officers
Fund trips to work with collaborators, develop partnerships / consortia
Engage consultants to review draft concept / proposal
Help secure seed funding
Support for development of collaborative and transdisciplinary faculty research groups
Proposal Submission:
Editorial support
Preparation of budgets and supporting documentation
Help secure cost sharing, if required
Proposal preparation (including: identifying and meeting funding agency guidelines, copying and packaging proposals, obtaining all signatures required on PSU proposal clearance forms, and electronic research administration)
Proposal submission
Revise budgets for sponsors
Post-award services:
Contract negotiations
Account set-up
Monthly reports to faculty
Administration of subcontracts
Grant management
College liaison w/the University’s Office of Sponsored Programs
Tracking of cost-sharing
Salary distributions/supplemental compensation
Notification of account termination dates
Account close-outs
General services:
Grant transfers
Notifications to faculty of changes in federal agency policies
Departmental training for staff
Research
Contact Us
Research Office
119 Sparks Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-8030
Fax: 814-863-7287