View our Getting Started page for an overview of the grant application process at Appalachian and the resources available to help you find funding, write a proposal, and prepare a budget. We also offer workshops and consultations to help you at any stage of the process.
- Helps faculty locate funding opportunities to support their research, outreach, and creative endeavors;
- Provides consultations to help faculty develop their ideas into proposals;
- Offers professional development events, print and online resources, and editorial assistance to help faculty prepare strong proposals;
- Manages the review process for limited submission funding opportunities.
- Provides the authorized institutional signature for submissions to and awards from external sponsors, including contracts, collaborative agreements, etc;
- Negotiates terms and conditions of all externally funded project, service, or research agreements;
- Reviews, negotiates changes, and provides authorized signatures for Material Transfer Agreements (MTA), Data Use Agreements (DMA/RDMA), and Confidentiality Agreements (CDA);
- Serves as the official repository of grant submission and award documents;
- Prepares, negotiates, and signs subawards to collaborating agencies/organizations;
- Monitors programmatic project reporting and award management;
- Offers programs, templates, and online resources to assist both faculty and administrators with the development, internal review, submission, and award management for externally funded activities.
- Facilitates research and creative endeavors by administering programs which provide ethical and regulatory oversight of research involving:
- Human Subjects (IRB);
- Animal Subjects (IACUC);
- Recombinant DNA (Biosafety);
- Radioactive sources and radiation-producing machines (Radiation safety);
- The Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR); and
- International export of information and materials (Export Controls)
- Strives to support to support innovation and commercialization of research by working with the University's Intellectual Property Development Council.
- Creates new Banner funds;
- Assists with budget revisions;
- Manages expenditure transfers;
- Provides cash management;
- Provides financial reporting to grant awarding agencies;
- Provides support to grant project directors regarding program financial management, including requests for no-cost extensions.