The OURS was established to assist faculty and staff with the process of obtaining and administering support for research and scholarly activity. We do so by offering the following services:

External Funding

Funding Information

• Maintaining for faculty/staff use a funding resource center that contains information on federal, state, and non-governmental funding sources, including local foundations and corporations.
• Providing application packets, forms and guidelines for funding programs. If those materials are not available, we will attempt to procure them for you.
• Identifying potential sources of funding and disseminating that information to administrators, deans of the colleges, department chairs, and/or appropriate faculty and staff.
• Conducting computer database, resource center, and/or library searches to identify potential funding sources.
• Contacting the funding agency to clarify guidelines, to obtain answers to program-related questions or to make appointments for program directors to visit with program officers.
• Conducting workshops on specific funding programs or on proposal writing and/or providing reference materials on proposal preparation.

Proposal Development and Processing

• Assisting in the development of ideas and matching them to potential funding sources.
• Clarifying agency guidelines and answering questions regarding proposals or proposal processing.
• Assisting in proposal development, editing, and budget preparation - including justification.
• Securing the required institutional approval signatures.
• Copying and sending proposals to funding agencies.  The OURS will cover all copying and delivery costs.
• Working with faculty and staff members on electronic submission of proposals.

Post Award Administration

• Handling requests to agencies for changes in project.
• Negotiating, issuing, and monitoring subawards
• Assisting in the coordination of technical, patent, and equipment reports.

Internal Funding

• Providing information about, and application forms for, the research grant program of the Faculty Development and Research Committee (FDRC), processing all FDRC applications, and handling the administrative work for the FDRC grants program.

University Compliance

• Processing all the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Participants (IRB) applications for approval and handling the administrative work of the IRB.
• Maintaining all original Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) documentation and representing the University during audits and inspections.
• Coordinating the activities of and maintaining files for the Conflict of Interest Review Board.
• Coordinating the activities of the ad hoc Scientific Misconduct Committee.
• Ensuring compliance with all federal, State of Maryland, University System of Maryland, Towson University, and sponsor-specific regulations and guidelines affecting sponsored projects administration.