Mr. Marquette received an award of approximately $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation to help manage faculty research and development funds. This award will enable the university to develop strategies, processes, and models that small and medium-sized institutions can leverage to increase capacity, access, and visibility in the post-award process.
“Our strategy for this grant is to develop and evaluate interwoven approaches to enhance post-award practices and processes,” said David E., executive director of research and sponsorship programs and co-founder of the award. said lead researcher Katherine Durben. “This funding will allow us to work with PIs to introduce an advocate position designed to bridge the gap between central offices and departments. It will also enable us to increase scalability, efficiency in post-award activities. , we will also develop processes that enable transparency.”
“This grant will work to address the challenge of providing efficient post-award support, which we systematically considered as part of our 2019 NSF ADVANCE award. This is a necessary field that has begun,” said Dr. Jeanne Hossenlop, vice president for research. innovation. “Our ADVANCE program is designed to identify and eliminate systemic barriers that impede the full participation and advancement of diverse faculty and create systemic changes that benefit all faculty. , we feel that continued collaboration between staff and faculty to co-create solutions to common concerns not only benefits and supports Marquette faculty, but is scalable to other universities. .”
A school-record $58.9 million in grants was obligated to Marquette in fiscal year 2024. This represents a 15% increase over last year and a 74.5% increase over 2019. According to the latest NSF data representing the 2022 academic year, Marquette University’s research and development spending was a school record at more than $40.6 million. It exceeded $40 million for the first time, more than doubling the figure from a decade ago.
The winning team includes Durben and Hossenlop as co-principal investigators. Other collaborators are Barbara Ploszay, director of grants management at ORSP; Julia Knox, Process Improvement Analyst, Information Technology Services. and Dr. Anita Manogaran, associate professor of biological sciences and member of the market research committee.
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is the central point for coordination of sponsored projects in the market and is the legally authorized agent for grants, contracts, and guarantees. ORSP represents the sum total of market experience with extramural sponsors and partners throughout the project lifecycle.
The National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. NSF was established by Congress in 1950 to advance science, promote the health, prosperity, and welfare of the nation, and ensure our national defense. This mission is accomplished primarily through grantmaking, which accounts for about 25 percent of the federal government’s support for basic research, research driven by curiosity and discovery, for American universities. NSF also supports solution-oriented research that has the potential to bring progress to the American people.
