Grants
Our Mission
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND GRANTS (ORG)
If you are a faculty or staff seeking a grant, you have come to the right source to obtain information on funding opportunities and project management.
What We Do
The Grants Office assists faculty and staff in the identification of funding sources, preparation of proposals, and offer administrative support during the life of the project and close-out of project activities.
The Director of Grants is the designated liaison official of the University, who coordinates all proposals for externally sponsored activities.
The Grants office works closely with the Accounting Department’s Federal Accountant to assure that fiscal accountability and compliance are maintained. The Office protects the University’s eligibility for external funding by ensuring that all (grants) comply with the University’s general research policies, as well as federal, state, and foundation mandates.
Specifically, we provide the following services:
- Project Administration
- Proposal Development
- Liaison with Funding Agencies
- Maintain Award Files
- Compliance Monitoring
- Review and Approval of Project Funds
- Post Award and Close-out
- Workshops and Seminars
- Standard Information
Product & Services
Faculty Development Grant Program
The FDGP was developed as a result of survey of the University faculty who expressed a desire to develop their scholarly work. The first Faculty Conference on Scholarly Writing was held on November 15-16, 2011. Immediately following the conference, the University Administration made a tangible commitment to continue to encourage and incentivized the scholarly work of the faculty and the FDGP was funded. In its inaugural year, nine grants were awarded for a total of $4000, culminating with the first annual 2012 Faculty Research Symposium at the Committee of 100, McKee B&T Building on April 23, 2013.
The Faculty Development Grant Program (FDGP) provides seed money for research, teaching, and service-related projects designed:
- To assist with the development of research/scholarly activity
- To enhance the effectiveness of individual faculty members.
The FDGP supports those activities that lead to professional growth in teaching and research through increased scholarly writing. These activities may include support to generate preliminary data, analysis of data, or synthesis of the literature that will form the basis of a scholarly publication.
This year’s activities will include a number of workshops on various topics (i.e. Abstracts, Research Literature, Narrative/Design, etc.) and will culminate with the Annual Faculty Research Symposium.
The grant is for all disciplines. All full-time (1.0 FTE) faculty of the University are encouraged to apply
A Notice of Intent to Submit is to be submitted. Contact the Grants office for further details.
Michelle Ramey, Director of Grants
Office of Research & Grants
Email: mramey@oakwood.edu
Phone: (256)726-7405
Grants Office
Phone: 256.726.7405
Fax: 256.726.8407
Mail: grants@oakwood.edu
