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  • ABOUT US
    • RESEARCH OFFICE
      • RESEARCH OFFICE
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      • Meet Our Team

        We serve as an advocate for UD scholars as they pursue research sponsored by governmental and non-governmental agencies.

    • FACTS & FIGURES
      • FACTS & FIGURES

        • Snippets and stats can't give you the whole picture but they can give you a sense of the scope of research at the University of Delaware.

        • UD Research Facts & Figures
        • Recently Funded Projects
        • Research Office FAQs

      • Our Impact

        See how the university is a significant driver of the region’s scholarship, innovative research and entrepreneurial success.

    • INSTITUTES & CENTERS
      • INSTITUTES & CENTERS

        • Thriving research institutes and centers at the University of Delaware reflect the diversity and rigor of UD’s research interests and activity and our commitment to improving the quality of life in Delaware and beyond.

        • College-Based Institutes & Centers
        • University-Wide Research Institutes

      • Over 90 and Counting

        Explore the wide range of institutes and centers university that are improving the quality of life in Delaware and beyond.

    • UD CORE FACILITIES
      • UD CORE FACILITIES

        • UD’s research core facilities are increasingly becoming important state, national, and international assets. And our portfolio is expanding. Click the name of a facility below or visit our resource to learn more.

        • Advanced Materials Characterization Lab
        • Biostatistics Core
        • Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
        • Center for Biomedical & Brain Imaging
        • Center for Human Research Coordination
        • Comparative Pathology Lab
        • DBI Bio-Imaging Center
        • Fischer Greenhouse Complex and Plant Growth Facilities
        • High Throughput Experimentation Center
        • Mass Spectrometry
        • Materials Growth Facility
        • Pearson Hall MakerSpace
        • Surface Analysis Facility
        • UD Nanofabrication Facility
        • UD Sequencing & Genotyping Center
        • W. M. Keck Center for Advanced Microscopy & Microanalysis Lab
        • X-ray Crystallography Lab
        • All Core Facilities
    • GET CONNECTED
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        Stay connected with UD Research on Twitter, Youtube and more

    • DIRECTORY
      • RESEARCH OFFICE DIRECTORY
        • Vice President for Research Staff
        • Research Administration
        • Regulatory Affairs Staff
        • Research Development Staff
        • Research Communications Staff
        • OEIP Staff
        • Core Facility Staff
        • Corporate Engagement Staff
        • Organization Chart (pdf)

        • 100 Discovery Boulevard • Newark, DE 19713
          ADMINISTRATION: 8am - 5pm
          OFFICES: 8am - 5pm • CLOSED: Sat -Sun

      • Research
        Administrator Directory

        A tool designed to help UD researchers locate contract and grant, and effort reporting staff assigned to their department.

    • CALENDAR
      • Research Calendars
        • Research Calendar
        • Regulatory Affairs
        • Research Development
        • Training Calendar

      • Upcoming Events

        Find upcoming web and in-person training, events and programs designed to enhance the University's research community.

    • VISIT UD

      • Research Office

        100 Discovery Boulevard
        10th Floor STAR Tower
        Newark, DE 19713
        Phone: (302) 831-2136
        Fax: (302) 831-2828
        ADMINISTRATION: 8am – 5pm
        OFFICES: 8am – 5pm
        CLOSED: Sat -Sun
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      • Visiting UD

        The Univerity’s campus is located in Newark, near the northern arc of Delaware’s boundary, and is convenient to many East Coast cities.

  • UNITS
    • RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION
      • Project Development
        • Award Setup
        • Award Management
        • Award Transfers
        • Award Closeout
        • Grant Development
        • Institutional Information
        • Subawards
        • NIH Checklist
        • NSF Checklist
        • PI Eligibility
        • Proposal Development
        • Proposal Writing
        • Uniform Guidance
      • Project Management
        • Billing
        • Budgets & Rates
        • Budget Categories
        • Budget Justification Guidelines
        • Budge Justification Template
        • Cost-Share
        • Equipment Cost-Share
        • Grant Management
        • Facilities & Admin Costs
        • Fringe Benefit Rates
        • Effort Administration
        • Effort Training
      • PROJECT RESOURCES
        • CAYUSE
        • Data Management Plans
        • Gifts & Sponsored Agreements
        • Grant Management Guide
        • NIH Salary Cap Calculator
        • Notices and Announcements
        • OPERA
        • Roles & Responsibilities
        • PeopleSoft Reference Guides
        • Proposal Development Guide
        • Research FAQs
        • Sponsor Terms & Conditions
        • Uniform Guidance
        • OMB Uniform Guidance (Archive)

      • Operational Excellence in Research Administration

        Improving service, process efficiency via enhanced policies, procedures, tools, and systems to enhance administrative effectiveness.

    • RESEARCH & REGULATORY AFFAIRS
      • BY AREA
        • Research Integrity
        • Health and Safety
        • Research Roles / Responsibilities
        • Intellectual Property
        • Export Regulations
        • Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs
        • Human Subjects
        • Animal Subjects
        • Recombinant DNA
        • Research Security
      • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
        • IP Overview
        • Patents
        • Copyrights
        • Trademarks
        • Trade Secrets
        • Tangible Materials
        • Data
      • RESEARCH INTEGRITY
        • Integrity
        • Code of Conduct
        • Conflict of Interest
        • Ethics
        • Misconduct
        • Responsible Conduct
        • Research Compliance & Ethics Program
      • EXPORT REGULATIONS
        • Bayh-Dole Act
        • Export Overview
        • Export Control Training
        • Online Courses
        • Gifts for Research Purposes
        • FAQs
      • MALIGN FOREIGN TALENT RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS
        • Federal Regulations
        • Sponsor Policies
        • MFTRP Definitions
      • HEALTH AND SAFETY
        • Environmental Health and Safety
        • Biological Safety
        • Chemical Hygiene
        • Radiation Safety
        • Recombinant DNA

      • Foreign Involvement

        Best practictes and resources

    • RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
      • RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
        • Committees
        • Funding Opportunities
        • External Funding Opportunities
        • Internal Grants & Awards
        • Limited Submission Opportunities
        • New & Young Faculty
        • Newsletter Archive
        • NIH Proposal Academy
        • NSF Career Proposal Academy
        • Proposal Development
        • Recently Funded Projects
        • Research Listservs
        • Strategic Planning
        • Thematic Workshops & Symposia
        • Training
      • PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
        • Eligibility
        • Services Offered
        • Approval Process
        • Timeline and Data Tracking
        • Resources
        • Proposal Development Assistance Request Form

      • From ideation to submission and beyond!

        Let our Grant Facilitators assist you in developing your next proposal.

    • ECONOMIC INNOVATION & PARTNERSHIPS
      • ECONOMIC INNOVATION & PARTNERSHIPS

        • Achieve new levels of economic development by bringing together the collective and integrated talents of University of Delaware and the state’s business, academic and entrepreneurial communities.

        • OEIP Home

      • Office of Economic Innovation & Partnership

        The partner of choice in matters of economic development, commercialization of innovation and building businesses

    • STAFF DIRECTORY
      • RESEARCH OFFICE DIRECTORY
        • Vice President for Research Staff
        • Department Administrators
        • Regulatory Affairs Staff
        • Research Development Staff
        • Econ. Innovation & Partnership Staff
        • Research Communications Email
        • Organization Chart (pdf)

        • 100 Discovery Boulevard
          10th Floor STAR Tower
          Newark, DE 19716
          ADMINISTRATION: 8am - 5pm
          OFFICES: 8am - 5pm • CLOSED: Sat -Sun

      • Research
        Administrator Directory

        A tool designed to help UD researchers locate contract and grant, and effort reporting staff assigned to their department.

  • MY RESEARCH
    • FOR FACULTY & PIs:
      • RESOURCES
        • PI Eligibility
        • Getting Started in Research
        • Conducting Research
        • Core Facilities
        • Frequently Asked Questions
        • Funding Opportunities
        • Funded Projects
        • Institutes and Centers
        • Limited Submission Funding
        • Training
        • Grants Management Guide
        • Intellectual Property Guide
        • Proposal Development Guide
        • Regulations
        • Research Security
        • Statement of Responsibilities
      • STAYING CONNECTED
        • Research News
        • Communicating Research
        • News Coverage
        • Research Calendar
        • Research Listservs
        • Research Magazine Subscription
        • Research Newsletter Subscription
        • Research Communications (Contact)

      • Are you eligible to be a Principal Investigator (PI)?

        Find out what it takes to become a PI and how we can help you complete this process.

    • FOR STUDENTS:
      • Our Students

        • UD is a research-focused university with a wide array of programs, departments, schools, centers and organization with an enrollment of over 23,000.

        • Graduate Research
        • Graduate Tuition Rate Policy
        • Undergraduate Research
        • UD Online
        • International Students & Scholars

      • Student Research

        Learn how UD students can contribute to the University’s objectives of creating, synthesizing, and disseminating knowledge.

    • FUNDING
      • RESOURCES
        • Funding Opportunities
        • External Funding Opportunities
        • Internal Funding Opportunities
        • Chemours Discovery Research
        • GUR Grants
        • UDRF Program
        • UDRF-SI Program
        • UD/ANL Seed Grant
        • Seed Grants
        • Limited Submissions
        • New & Young Faculty
        • UD Recently Funded Projects
        • Library Resources (Pivot)

      • Funding Opportunities Abound at UD

        Find the latest internal, external and seed grant opportunities availble to researchers at UD.

    • COMMUNICATING RESEARCH
      • RESOURCES
        • Communication Overview
        • Communications Training for Researchers Course
        • Lectures, Posters and Presentations
        • Peer-Reviewed Journals
        • Poster Templates
        • PowerPoint Templates
        • Presentations
        • Scientific Meetings
        • UD Brand Style Guide
        • UD Logo Usage

      • Communicating
        Your Research

        Explore the variety resources we have compiled to help researchers communicate their work.

    • FORMS
      • RESOURCES
        • Animal Subjects in Research Forms
        • Conflict of Interest Form
        • Contracts and Grants Management
        • Effort Certification Forms
        • Export Regulation Forms
        • Human Subject Forms
        • Intellectual Property Forms
        • Material Transfer
        • Reporting Misconduct Form
        • Templates
        • Safety Forms

      • Looking for a Form,
        Policy or Procedure?

        Here is your one stop for everything related to research at the University of Delaware.

    • POLICIES
      • AWARD MANAGEMENT
        • Cost Sharing Policies
        • Effort Certification Policies
        • Equipment Cost Share Policy
        • External Grants
        • Externally Sponsored Agreements
        • Externally Sponsored Project Cost Transfer
      • GENERAL
        • Animal Subjects in Research Policies
        • Computer Software
        • Conflict of Interest Policies
        • Copyright & Fair Use
        • Copyright Processing & Funding
        • Gen Univ Research Prog
        • Human Subjects Policies
        • Radiation Safety Policies
        • Safety Policies
        • Transfer of Equipment
        • UDRF Program Policies
      • REGULATORY
        • Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Policy
        • Export Regulations
        • Intergovernmental Personnel
        • Intellectual Property
        • Misconduct
    • PROCEDURES
      • RESOURCES
        • Animal Subjects in Research
        • Conflit of Interest
        • Contracts and Grant Management
        • Effort Certification Procedures
        • Export Regulations Procedures
        • Human Subject Procedures
        • Intellectual Property Procedures
        • Safety Procedures
        • University

      • Looking for a Form,
        Policy or Procedure?

        Here is your one stop for everything related to research at the University of Delaware.

    • GUIDES & FAQ'S
      • GUIDES
        • Facts & Figures
        • Faculty Handbook
        • Grants Management Guide
        • Intellectual Property Guide
        • Proposal Guide
        • Research FAQ’s
        • Proposal: First-timer FAQ's

      • Our Impact

        See how the university is a significant driver of the region’s scholarship, innovative research and entrepreneurial success.

  • ENGAGEMENT
    • COMMUNICATIONS
      • RESOURCES
        • News
        • Research Magazine
        • Research Magazine Subscription
        • Research Multimedia
        • UDaily
        • Twitter
        • YouTube

      • UD Research Magazine

        A publication showcasing the discoveries, inventions and excellence of the University’s faculty, staff and students.

    • PARTNERSHIPS
      • UD PARTNERSHIPS

        • University of Delaware researchers are making discoveries that are important locally and globally which have spurred on multiple partnerships that have taken wing to ensure UD’s scholarly efforts have the broadest and most sustained impact.

        • Partnerships
        • Partnership News
        • Economic Innovation & Partnerships
        • Research Development
        • UD Research Facts & Figures
        • UD-VA Research Administration

      • UD Partnerships

        Learn about the innovation partnerships between UD and the local, regional and national research community.

    • SUPPORTING RESEARCH
      • SUPPORTING RESEARCH

        • At the University of Delaware we believe the well-being and advancement of our society depend on the never-ending pursuit of knowledge, achieved through open inquiry and the free exchange of ideas and we are committed to support these endeavors in many ways.

        • Commitment to Research
        • Corporate Foundation Relations
        • Communications and Marketing
        • Make a Gift
        • Synthetic Biology Symposium

      • UD's Commitment
        to Research

        Learn about our shared vision for a better world and sustained commitment to research.

  • TRAINING
    • TRAINING
      • RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
        • GUR Training
        • COS Pivot Training
        • NIH Proposal Academy
        • NSF Career Academy
        • UD Research Orientation
        • Uniform Guidance Training
        • UDRF Training
        • UDRF-SI Training
      • RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION
        • Effort Certification Training
        • ConnectingU Courses
        • Credit Card Administration
        • NIH Salary Cap Calculator
        • UD Financials
        • UD as a Sponsor Training
      • REGULATORY AFFAIRS
        • Animal Subject Training
        • CITI Program
        • Conflict of Interest Training
        • Export Control
        • Good Clinical Practice
        • Human Subject Protection
        • Research Security Training
        • Responsible Conduct of Research
        • Responsible Research Guide for PIs
    • RESOURCES/ ONLINE
      • ONLINE LEARNING
        • Communications Training for Researchers Course
        • Conflict of Interest Online Training
        • Effort Certification Online Training
        • GUR Preparation
        • Responsible Research
        • UDRF Online Training
        • UDRF-SI Online Training
        • ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
        • Citi Program
        • ConnectingU
        • Morris Library

      • Online Training

        Online training resources, ready when you are!

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