1. Finding Support For Your Research Where will your curiosity take you?

2. Our mission To encourage, facilitate, and support the Grand Valley Community in its scholarly pursuits. www.gvsu.edu/csce

3. Research Protections Program Office of Sponsored Programs Technology Commercialization Office Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

4. Consulting on designing your research Finding funding ($) for your research In some cases, approving your research project Protecting your research What we can do for you?

5. Presidential Research Grants ($1000/award) – March 15 Deadline for Spring/Summer Research – April 15 Deadline for Fall Research – www.gvsu.edu/gs www.gvsu.edu/gs Academic Conference Fund ($750 or $500/award) – $ for disseminating your research – Rolling Deadline – www.gvsu.edu/ours (available for graduate Students) www.gvsu.edu/ours National Fellowships – Work with your Program Director – Usually submitted through the Office of Sponsored Programs (check guidelines or OSP) Your Research Advisor – most external funding sources allow for gs stipend cost – 6-9 month lag time on decision Common Funding Sources

6. Research Protections Program Christina Moord RPP Coordinator 331-3197 GVSU Uses IRB Net Human Subjects Submission Factoids (2012 data) 580 HRRC Submissions (37% New Projects, 20% Continuing Reviews, 31% Revisions, 12% Closures) It takes ~22 days from submission of protocol to determination 95% of the protocols are approved with only 1 revision Protocol submissions have increased by 10% last year.

7. Technology Commercialization Office Linda Chamberlain Fellow 331-2281 Evaluates intellectual property of faculty and students Assists in the protecting of the intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trademarks) Assists faculty with collaborative agreements with both public and private institutions

8. What is research? the systematic process of collecting and analyzing information in order to increase our understanding of the phenomenon with which we are concerned Research originates with a question Research requires a clear articulation of a goal Research follows a specific plan of procedure Research requires the collection and interpretation of data in attempting to resolve the problem Research builds on previous research

9. Consider a general area in which you want to conduct your research Start reading in your interest area including theses of current or former students Start formulating ideas as you read Keep a research notebook or journal Once you have decided to a research project consider – – Do you need approval from RPP? (Human, Animal, or Lab) – Do you need funding to be successful? – Can the project be done in the timeframe of degree? – Where and when should I disseminate my work?