Mission Statement

The Academic Research Support Center provides resources and opportunities for faculty, staff, and students in conducting basic and applied research in support of their academic pursuits and to enhance the reputation of Cameron University. Particularly, the center strives to support all pre-award aspects of the proposal development process and to serve as a liaison between external funding agencies as well as internal departments including Payroll, the Provost and the Office of the President.

Services

• Identify external grant opportunities

• Assist faculty and staff in the development of external grants.

• Assist with all pre- and post-award aspects associated with external grants

• Serve as a clearinghouse for Cameron University internal grants

• Assist with Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Human Subjects Training submission and compliance

• Assist undergraduate and graduate students in pursuing practical research experiences

Note

For overviews of the services offered by the Academic Research Support Center or basic information that guide the submission of internal and external grants, download the ARSC Overview Flyer or the Quick Guide

Announcements and Upcoming Events

Upcoming Grant Writing Workshops

The final grant writing workshop for the 2011-2012 academic year will be offered by Gerry Cherry, Certified Research Administrator, on March 7 (Wednesday) in South Shepler 623 between 3:00-4:30 p.m. It will cover specific guidelines and tips completing and submitting external grant proposals. As usually, please make sure to RSVP for the workshops by clicking here.

IRB Application Submission Training - February 3, 2012

As you, Cameron University operates under the University of Oklahoma IRB. In recent years, streamlining on our end and some reorganizations efforts  at OU have made the IRB application process pretty efficient. In that spirit, OU has switched to an electronic IRB submission process (iRIS), which will go into full effect on January 17. To learn about the process and submit IRB applications in the future using iRIS, the OU IRB staff will offer a training session on campus. The training session is scheduled for February 3 (Friday) between 1:00-3:30 p.m. in the small conference room in CETES. It is highly recommended that those of you who are planning to submit or have active IRB protocols attend the training session. To register for the training, please click here.

2012 Faculty Scholarship Exhibit - April 16-20, 2012

The Academic Research Support Center is in the process of planning the 2012 Faculty Scholarship Exhibit. The Exhibit will take place during the week of April 16 in the Reading Room of the Library. It will conclude with a reception on Friday (April 20). If you wish to participate in this important event, please keep the following in mind:

• Eligibility: Scholarly work completed within the previous calendar year

• Submission: Click here to submit information about your scholarly work

• Deadlines:

Online citation submission: March 16, 2012

If applicable, submission of your original scholarly work (or copy) to the Academic Research Director (South Shepler 629): April 2, 2012