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Updated resources on how to find funding, write proposals, manage your work, and get published. - CITI training and webinars
The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) library of current topics important to researchers at any level. Free access is available to ASU faculty, staff, and students. - #asu-general-research
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Get ready to research
Whether you’re new to ASU or new to the research community, our faculty have access to expertise waiting to help you start, continue, and elevate your research endeavors.
This quick guide includes the most common and impactful services and support for faculty researchers throughout the entire research life cycle, from locating funding opportunities to commercializing new technologies.
Sponsored award leadership
An overview of principal investigator and sponsored award leader responsibilities throughout the entire project or program life-cycle.
Researcher Basics
Actionable guidance for ASU faculty and staff on how to:
• find funding opportunities
• write and submit proposals to potential sponsors
• plan and manage your research
• publish your work in journals or books
• take advantage of ASU’s resources for researchers along the way
Subscribe to Research Development newsletter
ASU’s Research Development team provides resources that prepare faculty, staff, and leaders to find funding and submit high-quality, highly competitive proposals.
Search for ASU experts
Connect with colleagues, build collaborations, find field leaders and faculty by expertise, and share your scholarly works and research interests.
Find Research Advancement staff
RA staff assigned to your unit assist faculty in identifying funding opportunities, developing proposals, managing sponsored funds, and answering other questions regarding the proposal and award process.
Request time with your RA to discuss your research goals and for assistance tailoring your Pivot account to streamline your research funding opportunity searches.
On-demand resources
Utilize the Resources tab at the top of this site to quickly access a library of optional micro-courses, and webinar libraries to review best practices, templates, resources, events, and workshops.
Contact the Office of Research Compliance
The Office of Research Compliance was established as a resource for investigators and the university as a whole to achieve and maintain ethical principles and compliance with federal, state, and university regulations governing research.
ASU researchers are required to complete training on associated compliance topics (depending on their research endeavors or responsibilities) before they can start their research. Requirements may include:
Example proposals
Reviewing successful proposals can be an encouragement and assist new authors in understanding how great proposals should read.
Example proposals are available from select sponsors:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) sample applications and documents
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) sample grant applications
- U.S. Department of Education (ED) sample grant applications
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) sample application narratives
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has a search tool for online information provided by federal agencies and a process to request items such as approved grant applications from federal sponsors.
Mentorship
Research at ASU isn’t just about individual projects, it’s about building a research community where we use our strengths to uplift new and emerging researchers.
Find a mentor
- Utilize experts.asu.edu to find potential ASU mentors who may be in similar fields or have excelled in your goals.
- Contact your College or School’s Academic Dean of Research (ADR) for assistance with research partnerships.
- Network at research focused events at ASU.
Be a mentor
- Reach out to new faculty and research staff in your College or School to offer guidance.
- Offer open office hours specifically for talking to new researchers or host short research-focused presentations and discussions.
- Share research opportunities with students
- Introduce research topics and best practices in academic settings.
- Include advanced mentorship activities and paid student research assistant positions in your own research funding proposals.
- Present or host a discussion at a student club or organization.
- Connect students with internship opportunities.
- Share the information provided in Students, Events, and Resources tabs.
Events
Research-focused events occur throughout the year to help provide insight and best practices for common research activities, such as finding funding, writing grant proposals, working with human subjects, or even working with ASU’s supercomputers.
Tip: Your college or department may have additional events tailored to your field or departmental goals.