The Office of Research and Strategic Initiatives (ORSI) was established
in July 1996. ORSI
provides administrative management and supervision in planning,
coordinating, and implementing all aspects of research and development
programs and centers at the University. This office is the channel
through which the University interacts with the external research
sector to share its aspirations, achievements and expertise. It
offers services to the faculty, staff, and administration in identifying
funding opportunities and in facilitating their efforts in securing
and managing sponsored and elective research and creative activities.
It also promotes technology transfer; faculty development activities;
strengthening curricula, courses, and laboratories through incorporation
of advances in research-based teaching and learning; and partnerships
and collaboration with other academic institutions, industrial
laboratories, and federally supported research centers to ensure
research experiences that complement undergraduate and graduate
studies. The Vice Chancellor for Research serves as head of ORSI
and has authority to recommend research policy on a campus-wide
basis.
Under
the administrative oversight of ORSI, is the Office of Grants
and Sponsored Programs (OGSP). OGSP was established in 1987. OGSP
is the central unit responsible for serving faculty, administrators,
and community, by coordinating pre- and post-award functions related
to sponsored and elective programs. This service includes coordinating
the acquisition, monitoring, modification, and close-out of grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements. This office, within the
policy of ORSI, has the authority to decide the manner in which
pre-award and post-award activities are conducted campus-wide.
It supports the efforts of the Office of Research by assisting
faculty and others in obtaining external funds and by serving
as an additional link between the University and public and private
funding sources.
