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Sponsored Programs Administration is excited to announce the launch of electronic routing of all grant and contract proposals created on or after July 1 using our NIU electronic research administration (eRA) system, InfoEd. All approvers, including PI(s)/Co-PI(s) will need a login and password to the NIU eRA portal. Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA); Research Compliance, Safety,...

Internal proposals for the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grants provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are due to Sponsored Programs Administration by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15. A committee of qualified scientists will review the proposals and will submit their recommendations to the Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships (RIPS) on which proposals will move forward for submission...

—- Please note: This event is CANCELLED — The Sponsored Programs Administration is offering a workshop on writing compelling grants with special guest, Dr. Robert Porter, will take place on Friday, Nov. 4, from 1 – 4 p.m., at Altgeld Hall, room 315. Robert Porter, Ph.D., has presented grant writing workshops at leading universities and medical...

Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) recently released four new policies relevant to external funding. To explain these policies and the changes they bring to sponsored funding, SPA will host a series of information sessions in August and September. Sessions will be held during the following times:  Tuesday, August 30, 3 – 4 p.m. (HSC – University Suites); Wednesday,...

An ongoing two-year initiative has focused new attention on the need to better address rigor and reproducibility in research. This heightened awareness of problems identified in the quality (rigor) with which some published studies have been completed as well as the lack of transparency in reporting the details of completed studies led to extensive discussion...

A workshop on grant management is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 22, in Altgeld Hall 315. The goal of this session is to provide administrative and academic perspectives for managing grants. The first part of the session will introduce the support available through Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) for managing sponsored awards and...

Staff from Sponsored Programs Administration are hosting brown-bag lunches throughout the academic year to chat informally with researchers about their interests. The next is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, in Room 304 of Lowden Hall. No registration is required; faculty and any others interested in the research process need only bring...

A workshop on “Planning your Grant Proposal: Working with Sponsored Programs Administration” is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 11, in Altgeld Hall 315. This session will cover support for and requirements of grant and contract proposal development and submission at NIU. Sponsored Programs Administration staff will discuss how they work with investigators...

Staff from Sponsored Programs Administration are hosting brown-bag lunches throughout the academic year to chat informally with researchers about their interests. The next is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Room 304 of Lowden Hall. No registration is required; faculty and any others interested in the research process need only bring...

The Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) has recognized NIU’s Dara Little with its Distinguished Faculty designation. Little serves as NIU’s assistant vice president for research and sponsored programs. She was honored with the award earlier this month at the 2015 SRA International Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Little was the only U.S. research administrator...

Effective immediately, Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) will send only one notice of award to the principal investigator. Principal investigators will receive an award package via email from their grant administrators. This package will be sent to the investigator after the grant account has been set up and will include the following project management forms: Notice...

Staff from Sponsored Programs Administration will host brown-bag lunches throughout the academic year to chat informally with researchers about their interests. The first is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, in Room 304 of Lowden Hall. No registration is required; faculty and any others interested in the research process need only bring...