Sponsored Research and Programs at SUNY Plattsburgh

Sponsored Research and Programs at SUNY Plattsburgh

What We Do

Our mission is to provide comprehensive and high quality support services to faculty and staff to develop and secure external grants and contracts to implement effective research educational and public service programs in support of the institutional mission. We are your full service support office. The Office of Sponsored Research and Programs is the campus Office of the Research Foundation of SUNY which serves as the legal applicant and fiscal administrator for all grants and contracts awarded to SUNY institutions, faculty and staff.

Services

The following is a list of services that are available on campus to assist you in developing and implementing an externally sponsored project. The Office of Sponsored Research and Programs will assist you in the Pre-Award Process:

• Identifying potential sponsor(s)
• Securing sponsor guidelines and information
• Making contact with a program officer to discuss your proposal
• Developing the proposal narrative and budget
• Word processing and typing the proposal, budget and required forms
• Duplicating the required copies
• Transmitting the copies to the sponsor

Technical Resources

The Office is equipped with PC based equipment. Regardless of how your initial proposal draft has been done using Microsoft Word or other software programs, we will make modifications and updates on the disk in our office to save you and/or the department/center secretarial staff time.

Post-Award Process

After receiving a grant, we assist project directors and staff in all aspects of grant and project management.

Following notification of a funding award, we assist you in the Post-Award Process:

• Implementation of the project
• Budget modification
• Personnel issues
• Development and transmission of periodic progress, semi-annual and final project reports as required by the funding sponsor
• Purchasing
• Payroll
• Travel expenses
• Accounting

New York State and United University Professions Programs

Note: The Following programs are not accepting applications until a negotiated and signed collective bargaining agreement is in place.  For additional information contact the Office of Sponsored Research & Programs, Kehoe Bldg., Room 815, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 / tel. (518) 564-2155. Learn more at: www.uupinfo.org

Professional Development Individual Award Program (PDIAP)

The State of New York/United University Professions Professional Development & Quality of Worklife Committee’s Individual Development Awards Program is intended to assist eligible full-time and part-time employees in the Professional Services Negotiating Unit (08) in the development of their full professional potential in preparing for advancement. Up to a maximum of $1,000 per proposal may be awarded (average award is $200—$350).

NYS/UUP Campus Grants & Campus Grants on Technology

In the past, the State of New York and United University Professions mutually agree upon the following objectives for campus grants:
 

• Encourage cooperative problem solving;
• Strengthen professional development;
• Enhance the quality of working life and the creative use and understanding of technology;
• Foster safer working conditions, while expanding affirmative action programs;
• Provide professional enrichment opportunities;
• Increase communication.

Additional Joint Labor Management Programs
 

• Grants for Employees with Disabilities
• Special Project Funds
• Wright Memorial Safety & Health Training Program
• Enrollment Enhancement Program
• Employment Counseling & Placement Program
• Retraining Fellowship Program

For more information on Joint Labor Management programs, call 518-564-2155. Online at: www.plattsburgh.edu/offices/admin/sponsoredresearch/

Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Affi rmative Action/Diversity Leave Program

This program is intended to enhance employment opportunities for minority group members, women, employees with a disability, or Vietnam-era veterans in the Professional Services Negotiating Unit (08) by assisting them to prepare for permanent or continuing appointment within SUNY. In the past, these leaves were for one full semester and covered both salary replacement and project-related expenses.  This program in not accepting applications until a negotiated and signed collective bargaining agreement is in place.

Contact Information

For more information about sponsored research at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact

Michael Simpson, Director
Office: Kehoe 815
Phone: (518) 564-2155
E-mail: simpsome@plattsburgh.edu

SUNY Plattsburgh
Kehoe 815
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901