Research

• Office of Institutional Research
• Office of Grants and Sponsored Research
  • Funding Sources
• Human Subjects, Animal Use and Safety Issues in Research
  • Institutional Review Board – IRB
  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee - IACUC

Guides to Grant Writing

• Foundation Center Proposal Writing Short Course
  The FoundationCenter’s Learning Lab contains a proposal writing short course.  While it is geared to fundraisers and not the academic researcher, it provides basic information that can be adapted to all situations.  Access it at http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html
   
• A Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal,  by S. Joseph Levine, Ph.D., provides writing hints and examples for each of the major sections of a proposal: project overview, background information/problem statement, project detail, available resources, needed resources (including the budget), evaluation plan, and appendices.  It also has a wide array of links to other proposal writing resources.  Its web address is www.learnerassociates.net/proposal
   
• Grantsmanship Tutorial
  The Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s tutorial is designed to assist investigators as they prepare the grant proposal.  This is a quick no-nonsense guide that most faculty investigators, regardless of discipline, would find useful.  To access the tutorial go to www.aecom.yu.edu/ogs/Guide/Guide.htm

Research Support

• Summer Support of Research
• Research Reductions  of one course per semester are available.  The faculty member must demonstrate research productivity and must have a significant project.  Principle investigators may buy back a course from grant funds through the University’s Salary Offset Policy.  Application is made to the Dean through the Chair and Departmental Personnel and Budget Committee.
• Research Leaves
  The possibility of a research leave is available to a faculty member after 12 semesters of full-time teaching.  The leave may be for a semester at full salary or two semesters at half salary.  The faculty member is required to present a proposed program of research/development activity.  Application is made to the Dean through the Chair and Departmental Personnel and Budget Committee.
• Graduate Assistants and Fellows
• Research Month
  The research activities of St. John’s students and faculty are increasingly diverse and impressive: grant dollars continue to rise; publications are flourishing; students are presenting papers at conferences.  We have good reason to celebrate our accomplishments each April in a series of events.