Housed in each college, each OSP Support Center assists faculty with pre-award application preparation (including budgets), and with the review and submission of all grant applications for investigators in that college. Find your College Support Center.
Code-of-Conduct Policy – Federally Supported Conferences, Workshops and Symposia
Requests for letters of support from the offices of the President, Provost, or Vice President for Research (VPR) are coordinated through the office of the VPR and must be submitted at least two weeks before the proposal submission date. Learn how to request a support letter.
An electronic username is required for NSF FastLane/Research.GOV, eRA Commons/NIH, NASA NSPIRES or any sub-agency of DHHS. Click Agencies Help page for more details on registration guidelines with various agencies.
For your convenience, the Office of Research Development has compiled a database of funding opportunities specific to each college. View the funding opportunities.
This certification will assist in the understanding of internal and external processes, procedures, and regulations. Completion is required for awards to be processed. Learn more about the Sponsored Programs Certification program.
Conducting research may involve the sharing of confidential information or materials with people and organizations outside of Clemson University. To protect your interests as an investigator and that of the University, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) assists with non-disclosure, material transfer, and data use agreements, which offer significant benefits for faculty.
Clemson University encourages faculty to develop collaborations with key stakeholders who have an interest in supporting a line of research. Stakeholders frequently wish to provide start-up or maintenance support to advance a line of inquiry, but require no set deliverables nor consider the funding as philanthropic support. The Catalyst Award Program (formerly Small Restricted Receipts) provides a mechanism to capture and grow these relationships.
Federal agencies are implementing several changes in 2023 to grant application processes to standardize forms, improve transparency, ensure ethical practices in research, enhance research security, and ensure public access to research. The Division of Research recently held two webinars to provide details of the changes. View the Webinars to learn more.
Federal agencies support diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible work, research, and funding environments that value mutual respect and personal integrity, safe and harassment-free environments wherever science is conducted and where people can learn, grow, and thrive. To achieve these goals, agencies are requiring research teams to develop plans that ensure equity and safety across all research work environments. Current requirements for each agency are included below.
