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The Office of Research Advancement and Partnerships

Enhancing WSU’s research enterprise by enabling faculty to write award-winning proposals, and providing research expansion activities.

Services

The Office of Research Advancement and Partnership (ORAP), provides faculty with the following support:

Funding searches and announcements
Limited submission proposal competitions
Proposal-writing training
Proposal development, specifically:
- Large proposals – multidisciplinary with a budget greater than $1M
- Junior faculty proposals
- Proposals consistent with strategic WSU initiatives
Research expansion activities
- Activities related to the WSU Grand Challenge initiatives
- Targeted RFP workshops
- Information sessions on many aspects of the research funding process
- Organize focus groups, speaking opportunities, etc. consistent with strategic WSU initiatives
Developing research partnerships

Thank you sincerely for the effort & heart you put into our NIH SEPA proposal. We could not have done it without you, and I learned so much from you along the way.

-Dr. Molly Kelton

Department of Teaching and Learning

Thank you very much for your assistance with our DOE India – US proposal. I appreciate your efforts in making the proposal the best it could be. I appreciate all you do for WSU and other faculty.

-Dr. Noel Schulz