Grants & Sponsored Programs

The Office of Grants & Sponsored Programs offers many services to faculty, staff, and students in search of external funding.  We can assist you with researching and interpreting external funding sources and guidelines, gathering information and materials, initiating contacts with program officers, or preparing applications and/or proposals. Subscriber services are offered by SPINPlus - the largest repository of funding available. Please call the Office of Grants & Sponsored Programs at 570-662-4809 or email the Director to utilize SPINPlus, or to discuss your project and funding concepts.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to use the Grants Processing Form to initiate a grant search and proposal develoopment process.  Those having involvement with grants and sponsored programs are encouraged to explore the grants management resources and maintain contact with our office to ensure efficiency and compliance.

Sponsored Research Webinar Series

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has a six-part series entitled “Getting Started in Sponsored Research.”  Each session is short (about 30 minutes) and is not institution specific because they designed the series for their sponsored research partners who oftentimes do not have dedicated research staff members or deep experience in managing sponsored research projects.

This webinar series will introduce you to the sponsored research enterprise and provide a 30,000-foot view. Faculty and staff are encouraged to watch all or parts of the series at --
http://www.vanderbiltlinkages.org/gssr-1/