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The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs supports academic research initiatives and grant-seeking at St. Catherine University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

Welcome to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) and to grant-seeking at St. Catherine University! The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is staffed by Glenna Whitmill & Vidhya Shanker.

ORSP uses a comprehensive and integrative approach to facilitate and support faculty/ staff research, scholarship, and academic initiatives.

ORSP provides leadership, education, and mentoring for the entire grant process, including project, proposal, and budget development; research ethics; research design and methods; evaluation; and dissemination/ publication.

What can we do for you?

* Provide information about internal and external grant
opportunities
* Explore your research and project interests
* Guide you through St. Kate's grant approval process for seeking external funds
* Help you develop your project
* Help you develop your grant proposal
* Help you develop your grant budget and budget rationale
* Help in facilitating partnerships/collaborations
* Help you connect with a grant evaluator for project development and evaluation
* Help you connect with colleagues for support in research design
* Provide input and feedback for your IRB application
* Help you in the grant application process
* Provide ideas for seeking institutional support
* Help you manage your award with support in completing paperwork, reconciling and tracking your budget, reporting, hiring students, etc.

ORSP has created a nationally-recognized professional development model to provide leadership, education and mentoring to faculty & staff in five interrelated areas: Grant-Seeking and Management; Research Design and Methods; Research Ethics; Evaluation, Writing, Dissemination & Publication.


We look forward to assisting you in the grant-seeking process!