This $505,455 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaborative research initiative among five Emerging Research Institutions (ERIS) in Rhode Island. The project aims to address collective challenges in the state's research administration landscape by: 1) developing shared resources and a research administration learning community; 2) building and diversifying the Rhode Island research administration pipeline;...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $555,545 to Salve Regina University to enhance research administration capacity across five emerging research institutions (ERI) in Rhode Island. The collaboration, titled "Revisioning Research Administration in Rhode Island for Emerging Research Institutions (ERIS)," aims to: Develop shared resources and a research administration learning community; Build and diversify...
This Project Grant award of $565,558, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program, supports a collaborative effort among five Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs) in Rhode Island to re-envision research administration capacity in the state. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year award include: 1) developing shared resources and a research administration learning community, 2) building and diversifying the...
This $2,054,789 federal Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the "E-CORE RII: Rhode Island Inclusive Network for Excellence in Science and Technology" (RII-NEST) project. Led by the University of Rhode Island in collaboration with several other Rhode Island academic institutions, the project aims to strengthen research infrastructure and capacity in Rhode Island, including the...
This $2,933,494 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) is funding the "Collaborative Research: Tri-Alliance for Post-Award Innovation" project. The objective is to transform post-award support for faculty at Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs) by: 1) building capacity for post-award service structures, 2) developing shared education and training resources, and 3) piloting innovative cross-divisional support roles....
This $2,361,186 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program aims to transform post-award activities at three Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs) - Loyola Marymount University, Santa Clara University, and the University of San Francisco. The "Tri-Alliance Consortium" project will: 1) build capacity for post-award service structures, functions, and data collection; 2) develop shared education, training, and resource...
This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the convening of a Forum on Emerging Research Institutions (ERIS) over a 3-year period. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will lead this effort to improve the coordination of national efforts to increase the research and development capacity and engagement of ERIS, minority-serving, rural, and historically under-engaged institutions in U.S. academic STEM...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,776,442 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to establish an undergraduate program in research administration and management. The project aims to develop a modular, credit-bearing curriculum that can be adopted by two- and four-year institutions nationwide, as well as three African universities, to create a pipeline for a skilled workforce in research administration...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program grant of $1,685,430 awarded to the University of St. Thomas will support the development of a research administration infrastructure to help the university effectively manage its growing portfolio of externally funded research. The key objectives of this 4-year project are to: 1) optimize institutional processes for managing sponsored projects, 2) build knowledge and training resources for principal investigators...
The University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office, doing business as URI - Research, received a $456,973 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award on February 15, 2024. The award will fund research to design a novel class of "telechelic triblock copolymers" that can create colloidal gels with independent elasticity and viscosity properties. This flexibility will enable more efficient and cost-effective materials for battery technology,...
This $1,316,524 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund a collaborative research initiative called "Revisioning Research Administration in Rhode Island for Emerging Research Institutions (ERIS)". The primary awardee is Roger Williams University, which will coordinate a partnership of five emerging research institutions in Rhode Island - Providence College, Rhode Island College, Roger Williams University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Salve Regina University.
The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) develop shared resources and a research administration learning community, 2) build and diversify the Rhode Island research administration talent pipeline, 3) create user-inspired projects connected to statewide needs, 4) develop collaborative research and sponsored projects proposals among the ERIS institutions, and 5) ensure long-term sustainability and broader impact. The project will employ a mix of innovative programs, such as micro-credentials and a grant administration certificate, along with evidence-based best practices like learning communities and inter-institutional collaboration. The collaborative will generate new knowledge, evaluate the initiatives, document the model of partnership, and widely share the results through national channels.