Research Development
Research Development
Office of Research Development
The Office of Research Development (ORD) at Rowan University is dedicated to empowering faculty, staff, and administrators in securing competitive external funding to advance innovative research. Our expert team collaborates closely with researchers to elevate the quality and impact of grant proposals, ensuring alignment with sponsor guidelines, fostering clear and compelling communication, and assembling dynamic, interdisciplinary teams. With a commitment to academic excellence and research advancement, ORD provides comprehensive services designed to maximize funding opportunities and drive scholarly success. Explore our resources and discover how we can support your research journey. For more information, contact us at ord@rowan.edu.
Announcements
Grant Workshops
Virtual workshops are regularly offered on finding funding, the submission process, managing awards and related topics to support the research community. For more information, please visit the Fall 2024 workshop schedule.
NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program
The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program (MRI Program Website) increases access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's higher education institutions and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. An MRI award supports the acquisition of a multi-user research instrument that is commercially available through direct purchase from a vendor or for the personnel costs and equipment that are required for the development of an instrument with new capabilities, thereby advancing instrumentation capabilities and enhancing expertise for instrument design and fabrication at academic institutions. More Information
EPA Thriving Communities Program
Dear Colleagues,
As you might be aware, we have an opportunity to apply to the EPA Region 2, Thriving Communities program administered by Fordham University. Several faculty members participated in development sessions with the program’s co-lead, Dr. Julie Gafney, this past spring. This program will provide awards “to help uplift disadvantaged and hard-to-reach communities” in the region (NY, NJ, PR, VI) ranging from $75K to $350K. A priority will be placed on projects that leverage community-driven projects. Projects related to Assessments, Capacity Building, and Shovel Ready projects will be considered.
Per Dr. Gafney’s recommendation, if you are thinking about a larger-scale project, you may wish to consider applying early in the process, as the window for completion will be three years from the launch of the RFP.
RFP can be found here: https://www.fordham.edu/about/living-the-mission/thriving-communities/application.
For your reference, here are the EPA’s and Fordham’s award announcements:
If you have any additional questions, please contact Sean Fischer at fischers@rowan.edu.
New Rowan University's Statistical Consulting Group
Get expert, low-cost support from the Rowan Statistical Consulting Group (SCG). The benefits of working with our faculty statisticians include:
- Lowering study costs by optimizing statistical methodology aligned with your research needs
- Grant and future publication preparation support related to statistical methodology and analyses, including responses to reviewer comments - shown to improve funding outcomes!
- Peace of mind knowing that your study used appropriate and effective statistical analyses.
- Receiving an additional portion of indirect costs returned when you include a Rowan SCG statistician in your grant.
SCG faculty have expertise in a variety of fields and approaches. Examples include:
- Biostatistics: study design, data cleaning, and statistical analyses such as t-test, ANOVA, chi-square, regressions, survival analysis, modeling, multivariate analysis, meta-analysis, propensity-score matching
- Data Mining/Deep Learning/Machine Learning: dimensionality reduction, classification, clustering, decision trees, neural networks
- Platforms: SAS, R, Python, JMP, SPSS
We have experience working with a variety of clients and projects, including academic institutions, hospitals and health care systems, and non-profit organizations.