Welcome, new UB faculty. Here are some quick links and tips to help get your research started.
Your associate deans for research can help with the research practices in your units.
Grants are resources given to organizations for stated purposes or activities to be carried out without substantial sponsor involvement.
Cooperative Agreements establish relationships between organizations and sponsors, in which both parties pursue stated goals or activities. You can expect substantial sponsor involvement with these agreements.
Contracts are negotiated procurements that correlate with a sponsoring agency's specific goals, usually outlined in a formal announcement.
| Characteristic | Grant | Cooperative Agreement | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|
Basic Purpose | Provide Assistance with few restrictions | Provide assistance with substantial involvement between parties | Procure tangible goods or services |
Solicitation Method | Application kit or guidelines | Request for proposals | Request for bid or quote |
Award Instrument | Short, may refer to general conditions | Describes involvement, party relationships | Long, detailed specs, clauses, regulations and expected results |
Involvement by Sponsor | Generally, none | Substantial involvement | May be extensive |
| Rebudgeting | Flexible | Usually allowed | Occasionally allowed within restrictions |
Equipment Title | Grantee | Varies | Contractor |
Patent Rights | Generally liberal | May be involved | Provision in contract |
| Publication | Unrestricted | May ask to be informed | May require prior review/deletion of proprietary information |
| Technical | Annual summary report | Frequent reports | Detailed, often monthly |
The associate deans for research in your college or school are a good first stop. Department chairs and senior faculty make good colleagues and mentors as well as assisting with professional connections outside UB.
Consider the following resources to help further your research activities:
There are various funding sources. Grants.gov serves as a clearinghouse for federal grants. Limited submission grants (those in which an institution can submit only one or two proposals) must be reviewed and selected before being submitted. UB and SUNY grants which are usually seed grants are beneficial to get a project started and make it more feasible for larger grants.
Sponsored Projects Services (SPS) submits proposals and administers grants. This office can help with the proposal development as can the Office of Research Advancement (ORA). Technology Transfer (TT) helps with patenting and commercializing research.
UB's Policy Library houses most university research policies in one convenient location.