Finding Support For Your Research

Where will your curiosity take you?

Our mission

To encourage, facilitate, and support the Grand Valley Community in its scholarly pursuits.

www.gvsu.edu/csce

Research Protections

Program

Office of Sponsored Programs

Technology Commercialization

Office

Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

• Consulting on designing your research• Finding funding ($) for your research• In some cases, approving your research

project• Protecting your research

What we can do for you?

• Presidential Research Grants ($1000/award)– March 15 Deadline for Spring/Summer Research– April 15 Deadline for Fall Research– www.gvsu.edu/gs

• Academic Conference Fund ($750 or $500/award)– $ for disseminating your research– Rolling Deadline– www.gvsu.edu/ours (available for graduate Students)

• National Fellowships – Work with your Program Director– Usually submitted through the Office of Sponsored Programs (check guidelines or OSP)

• Your Research Advisor – most external funding sources allow for gs stipend cost– 6-9 month lag time on decision

Common Funding Sources

Research Protections Program

Christina Moord

RPP Coordinator331-3197

• GVSU Uses IRB Net• Human Subjects Submission Factoids (2012 data)

• 580 HRRC Submissions (37% New Projects, 20% Continuing Reviews, 31% Revisions, 12% Closures)

• It takes ~22 days from submission of protocol to determination

• 95% of the protocols are approved with only 1 revision• Protocol submissions have increased by 10% last year.

Technology Commercialization Office

Linda Chamberlain

Fellow331-2281

• Evaluates intellectual property of faculty and students

• Assists in the protecting of the intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trademarks)

• Assists faculty with collaborative agreements with both public and private institutions

What is research?

the systematic process of collecting and analyzing information in order to increase our understanding of the phenomenon with which we are concerned

• Research originates with a question• Research requires a clear articulation of a goal• Research follows a specific plan of procedure• Research requires the collection and interpretation of data in

attempting to resolve the problem• Research builds on previous research

• Consider a general area in which you want to conduct your research

• Start reading in your interest area including theses of current or former students

• Start formulating ideas as you read• Keep a research notebook or journal• Once you have decided to a research project consider –

– Do you need approval from RPP? (Human, Animal, or Lab)– Do you need funding to be successful?– Can the project be done in the timeframe of degree?– Where and when should I disseminate my work?