Welcome to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs’ (ORSP’s) website at Sam Houston State University. The office is located at 903 Bowers Boulevard (across from AB IV) in the Roy Adams House and reports directly to the Provost/Vice President in Academic Affairs. ORSP promotes all aspects of research and other creative endeavors at this institution. This includes the goals of development and implementation of research and scholarly activities, assisting in locating resources to support this activity, creating policies to provide an environment conducive to scholarship, and promoting the importance and visibility of the institution’s research activities.
To accomplish this mission, ORSP under the direction of Dr. Jerry Cook, Associate Vice President, provides expertise and guidance to faculty, staff, and students to facilitate the accomplishment of their scholarly goals. The office will assist with research development, proposal development, proposal submission, compliance (e.g., use of human and animal subjects), and the dissemination of results.
As of May 2009, The Office of Research Administration (ORA), formerly Contracts and Grants, under the direction of Mr. Dan Davis, Associate Vice President, has merged with ORSP to facilitate both pre-award routing, budget development, and grant submission procedures and post-award grant management. Their Web site is: Office of Research Administration (ORA).
Faculty committees that are overseen by ORSP include:
IRB (Use of Human Subjects): A 22-member committee, chaired by Dr. Glen Kercher, reviews proposed research to ensure that the proposed project follows federal guidelines and the accepted ethical principles meet that goal.
IACUC (Use of Animal Subjects): This committee was established to oversee abd evaluate all aspects of SHSU's care and use of laboratory animals for research or instructional purposes.
Faculty Research Council (FRC): A nine-member committee, which is chaired by the Associate Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs and supervises the disbursement of state research enhancement funds to support research carried out by faculty members within the institution. The FRC also supervises the formulation of guidelines and the coordination, organization, and active encouragement of faculty research using these state funds.
ORSP has three on-line funding databases available for faculty use:
This Week's Funding Opportunities (Faculty may access the following link(s) to discover possible funding opportunities each week):
Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices