Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
The university's role in a society is as ever changing
as the society itself. Today's universities create new roles and
respond to new requests from society. The role of the university is
to make a contribution to society in myriad ways in which the academy
is uniquely qualified, such as:
- Fundamental research to discover and understand our
universe;
- Creative endeavors which frame our consciousness and
underscore our humanity;
- The more time-consuming aspects of inventing technology
in partnership with the private sector; research on humans and their
world which informs generally and advises improvements in our undertakings;
and
- Partnerships with our communities to enhance them economically,
socially, politically, and, especially, educationally.
Within the University of New Orleans, the Office
of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) strives to further these goals
in several ways. ORSP has both a compliance monitoring role as well
as a service role to assist faculty in their acquisition of external
funds that further academic pursuits. The compliance role embodies the
traditional components of academic research which guarantee its higher
level credibility; proper ethics and protection of human subjects; proper
animal care and use; scientific integrity; financial integrity; and
avoidance of conflicts of interest. The service component of ORSP entails
more of a partnership with the faculty in furthering their various research
agendas. Some of those components include: providing leadership to
small or large groups of faculty on projects requiring partnership with
outside resources, assistance in identifying federal sources, announcement
of special competitions, assistance and advice in proposal preparation,
proposal submission and dealing with all the financial and non-financial
aspects once an award is secured. All of these services are provided
to insure that faculty has an overall positive experience in their pursuit
of external funding. Thus, the ORSP provides a partnership role both
externally and internally to the University, in numerous ways, all toward
the common goals of furthering UNO's overall research agenda and development
of a wide array of sponsored programs. This website is an attempt to
provide vital information to facilitate realizing those goals, as well
as linkages to personnel who can assist the faculty in all phases of
their work. We hope you will take a moment to familiarize yourself with
our sitemap; and we look forward to being contacted by all of you within
the University community who share these common goals.
The Goals and Objectives of the University of New Orleans Office of Research and Sponsored Programs are outlined in the Research Strategic Plan 2009-2012.
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