ORSP urges all faculty to subscribe to Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities, which will allow you to receive funding opportunity alerts via email. To register, please click on the link below.
COS Funding Opportunities is part of the Recommended Grant Searches:
Warning: Be sure you are signed in on your SHSU profile before you register for COS, or you will not have access to all the alert functions.
ORSP has two online funding databases available for faculty use:
- COS Funding Opportunities includes funding opportunities from all disciplines including arts and humanities, medicine, social sciences and sciences. It is one of the most comprehensive databases of funding from government and private sources. For those who are new to COS Funding Opportunities, please click on the link above and visit the new COS User Training. We encourage each of you to review the training webinars so that you can become familiar with this most useful tool for finding funding opportunities. Also, you may review the Brief Overview of COS Funding Opportunities Database. For first-time users, click here to register: Community of Science registration
- FoundationSearch is a database of charitable foundations that may be accessed in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP). Appointments are preferred but not mandatory and can be made by contacting the respective office.
This program is licensed to work at the following offices at SHSU:
1) ORSP in the Roy Adam's House
2) Reference desk in Newton Gresham Library
3) The PACE Center (CHSS), Suite C020
Faculty - Please visit this link to learn more about FoundationSearch.
For useful information regarding the utilization of this database, Guide to FoundationSearch.
ATTN. Faculty: The NIH and NSF Office of Inspector General assign primary responsibility to universities for detecting and preventing research misconduct and for establishing a culture that emphasizes responsible conduct of research. Increasing research at SHSU depends on the University maintaining the highest ethical standards in the conduct of research.
There is a training course offered by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) that you can register for and complete in order to meet this requirement. Please visit this link to complete the process: CITI Course in the Responsible Conduct of Research
For statistical information regarding SHSU: Mini Profiles - Institutional Research & Assessment
To obtain some of the required information for your grant application, you may download:
- Background Information Regarding SHSU - Possible Requirement for Grant Applications
- Institutional Information for Grant Applications
- New Enrollment Demographics for SHSU
Faculty - The following link obtains information regarding the library resources that support information assurance and computer security. This information is sometimes required on grant applications: Newton Gresham Library Resources Statement
This PDF explains SHSU's tax exempt status according to the law. Please visit this page whenever inclusion of this statement is required for your grant application:
