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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, staffed by Beth Koenig, Kirsten Walters & Glenna Whitmill promotes and facilitates faculty, staff and student research and assists faculty and staff in seeking, applying for, and managing grants from government funding sources.

What can we do for you?

* Provide information about grant opportunities
* Provide information about funding agencies
* Help you navigate the internal approval process
* Help you develop a grant proposal
* Help in facilitating partnerships/collaborations
* Help you in the grant application process
* Help you develop your grant budget
* Help with business office forms
* Provide ideas for seeking institutional support
* Provide resources for research

We look forward to assisting you in the grant-seeking process. For more information on grant-seeking at St. Kate's, including how to get started seeking funding, please see the menu on the sidebar.


"Research is formalized curiosity. It's poking and prying with a purpose."
~ Zora Neale Hurston

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
~ Carl Sagan

"It is not the fruits of . . . research that elevate man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive."
~Albert Einstein