Proposal Approval Form  Commonly requested data

Associate VP for Research

The Associate VP for Research position has been posted. Apply through HR.

Discover Discovery Workshop Series

Discover Discovery Workshops year-long series has been finalized. Join us on October 4 for "A birds-eye view and your research agenda".  See schedule and register. Discovery inventory

contracts for Investigators: Breakfast Sessions

This year-long series has been finalized. Join us on October 19 for "Building relationships through subawards, MOUs, and master agreements".  See schedule and register.

Funding opportunities

Featured monthly are new funding opportunities relevant for WMU faculty and staff.

The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced the 2017 Summer Stipend Program. The deadline for this year's submission is September 29, 2016 and the grant award is $6,000. NEH allows only two submissions per institution. Review instructions for WMU's internal selection process. PIs should send pre-proposals to their college associate dean for research by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 10, 2016.  Complete information on the NEH's Summer Stipend Program is available at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends

Share the story: scholar talks 2016

Experience some of the amazing work being done at WMU by our outstanding scholars. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU364WB8ChVETdr_6VdQ6rA

Discovery Activities, Funding, and Climate Survey

Results of the Discovery Activities, Funding, and Climate Survey (2014), tabulated by Hanover Research, covered the gamut from resources, experiences with proposal development and submissions, leadership messaging, and the grant-seeking enterprise at WMU.

Discovery experts

Discovery Experts Database is a tool designed to enhance your reach and reputation as a discovery expert. A scheduled update to the system will go online January 4 and will provide a powerful, user-friendly, intuitive interface with easier options for uploading new data. Contact your research officer if you have questions or need assistance updating your profile, or access the user guide.

Discovery Experts Database Frequently asked questions

Pivot subscription canceled

OVPR ended its contract with PIVOT since its service overlaps with those funding search services offered by SciVal. As with PIVOT, users who register for an account with SciVal can save their searches, set up automatic searches, and track identified funding opportunities. If you have any questions about how to use SciVal, please contact your Research Officer.

WMU faculty and staff may use other search tools including the Discovery Experts system, where you can set up funding alerts based on your publications, and the Foundation Directory Online, where you can search funding opportunities from foundations and other nonprofit entities (FDO can be accessed through the University Libraries website.

For federal funding opportunities, faculty and staff can use the grants.gov search engines.

OVPR Research Officers are available to help faculty and staff with their searches.

Congratulations to WMU faculty and staff

External award activity

July 1, 2016 through July 31, 2016

  • Submissions: 39
  • Awards: 17

July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016

  • Submissions: 385
  • Awards: 250

July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015

  • Submissions: 355
  • Awards: 231