Planning Grant: Establishment of a Virtual Sponsored Research Office

非技术描述本项目将支持建立虚拟赞助研究办公室(VSRO)的规划过程。VSRO的概念是成为一种共享资源，帮助历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的教职员工和管理人员准备和提交提案，并向NSF和其他联邦机构提交提案，并提供管理联邦奖项的适当政策和程序方面的培训。HBCU一直在努力提高其竞争性研究地位，部分原因是它们的管理者面临着挑战，他们面临着来自联邦机构和教职调查人员越来越多的要求，同时缺乏跟上不断增长的要求所需的关键基础设施。VSRO的愿景是开发一个创新的在线平台，为HBCU机构客户提供支持服务。这项服务将满足目前没有足够赞助研究能力的中小型HBCU的需要。技术说明规划活动将通过一系列虚拟会议和面对面研讨会征求HBCU研究人员和管理人员社区的意见。从这些活动中，项目组将完成对参与机构的全面需求评估，然后确定什么产品和服务组合最能满足这些社区的需求。将在整个规划过程中考虑提案制定和授标后管理的所有方面，包括但不限于与知识产权和人类研究有关的问题。预计这一规划进程最终将导致制定一项实施VSRO概念的提案。

Non-technical DescriptionThis project will support a planning process to establish a Virtual Sponsored Research Office (VSRO). The concept of the VSRO is for it to be a shared resource to assist faculty and administrators at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in preparing and submitting proposals to the NSF and other federal agencies and provide training in the appropriate policies and procedures for managing federal awards. HBCUs have struggled to improve their competitive research standing, in part due to the challenges faced by their administrators who are facing increased demands from both federal agencies and faculty investigators while lacking the critical infrastructure needed to keep up with the rising demands. The vision of the VSRO is to develop an innovative online platform to provide support services to HBCU institutional ?clients?. This service would address the needs of small and mid-size HBCUs that do not currently have adequate sponsored research capabilities.Technical Description The planning activity wwill solicit input from the community of HBCU researchers and administrators via a series of virtual meetings and in-person workshops. From these activities the project team will complete a comprehensive needs assessment for the participating institutions and then determine what combination of products and services would best meet these community needs. All aspects of proposal development and post-award management will be considered throughout the planning process, including but not limited to issues related to intellectual property and human subjects research. It is expected that this planning process will ultimately lead to the development of a proposal to implement the VSRO concept.