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Welcome from the Associate Provost for Research

Welcome and overview

Office of Sponsored Programs

The mission of the Office of Sponsored Programs is to provide the Rowan University faculty with relevant information and guidance for the submission of quality proposals to federal, state, and industrial sponsors, and to provide effective stewardship of awarded funds. Office of Sponsored Programs

Research Integrity and Compliance

An awareness of all the current guidelines and practices of the responsible conduct of research is critical to research activities at Rowan University. So, Rowan's research compliance programs provide support and education for faculty members, students, and staff in regulatory requirements for scientific research. The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) offers free online training and certification for administrators, faculty, and students in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) in all academic fields. Please go to http://citiprogram.org for more information and to register for these courses.

Intellectual Property

The Research Office is your source of information for policies, procedures, and assistance with the management of intellectual property, technology transfer, inventions, licensing, patenting, and technology commercialization. IP/Tech Transfer

Faculty Research Activities

Rowan faculty members are engaged in a variety of research activities across campus. For further information about an individual researcher's interests, selected publications, grant submission, and grant awards, click here.

New Invention Disclosure Form

Rowan University’s intellectual property policy states that “University employees are required to file an invention disclosure form when intellectual property has been developed and protection may be warranted." The Research Office has developed a simplified invention disclosure form (download here) for use by all faculty. This form supersedes the previous disclosure form. Please submit completed form to the Associate Provost for Research, Bole Hall, either as hard copy or electronically with signatures.

Rowan University Intellectual Property Policy

Research Awards - The Research Office is pleased to announce the 2012 call for nominations for three awards for excellence in research, scholarly and/or creative activities by faculty and students. All nominations will be judged by the University Senate Research Committee and the Associate Provost for Research. The entire application must be submitted by the nominating faculty member electronically in Word document format to Dr. Shreekanth Mandayam, Associate Provost for Research, shreek@rowan.edu, cc to Ms. Karen Heiser, heiser@rowan.edu, no later than Noon ET on Monday, February 13, 2012. For questions or additional information, please contact: Dr. Shreekanth Mandayam, Associate Provost for Research, shreek@rowan.edu, (856) 256-5333, or Ms. Karen Heiser, Office of the Associate Provost for Research, heiser@rowan.edu, (856) 256-5150.

Non-Salary Financial Support Grants (NSFSG) Academic Year 2012-2013: Call for Proposals

The Research Office is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for the 2012 Non-Salary Financial Support Grants (NSFSG) for all full-time tenure-track/tenured faculty.
NSFSGs are intended to support faculty projects which may include the following purposes: 1) to advance the full-time faculty member's knowledge in his/her field of expertise; 2) to provide "seed" money to support faculty seeking external grants; 3) to support the creative activity of faculty in all disciplines; 4) to provide equipment (e.g., hardware and/or software) that will enhance the faculty member’s ability to conduct research and produce scholarship; 5) to provide financial support for undertaking surveys, acquiring data, and hiring student workers to process data. NSFSGs are primarily intended to act as a stimulus for attracting additional external support and to supplement and enhance ongoing activity. Therefore, any single grant will not exceed $10,000.
The deadline for proposal submission will be the Monday after Spring Break (March 19, 2012).

NSFSG Call for Proposals 2012-2013
(Click for instructions and forms.)

All proposals will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the University Senate Research Committee. Grant funds will be available in FY-2013 (July 2012 – June 2013) and must be expended completely by June 30, 2013.
Please contact the Associate Provost for Research, Dr. Shreekanth Mandayam at (856) 256-5333 or shreek@rowan.edu, if you have any questions.