The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation supports VCU’s research enterprise through all steps of the process, from project development to commercialization and licensure.
We also support a large number of institutes, centers and core laboratories that promote interdisciplinary collaboration and ensure investigators and researchers have the assets needed to advance their groundbreaking research.
You’ll find these resources, along with a number of training opportunities and helpful guides, throughout our website.
Institutes and centers
Supporting collaborative, cutting-edge research across disciplines
Core laboratories
Facilitating research in the biomedical, life, physical and social sciences
Supply centers
Providing on-site inventory of frequently used scientific products at competitive prices
Prepaid card program
Allowing studies to pay participants quickly and easily using a reloadable debit card
Research development
Our research development team offers one-on-one consultation, small group meetings
and group training sessions throughout the grant life cycle. Support services include:
- Project development
We assist with project design, liaise with funding agencies and provide grant writing training throughout the year. - Funding opportunity searches
We identify and disseminate funding opportunities and match opportunities with investigators. - Team-building
We identify and maintain a list of collaboration tools, and can help connect you with internal and external collaborators. - Proposal development
We assist with guideline interpretation, proposal planning and building competitive budgets.
One VCU Research Strategic Priorities Plan funds
The One VCU Research Strategic Priorities Plan funds support new and emerging research projects in alignment with the SRPP. The three-pronged funding approach was established to further develop diverse, inclusive, collaborative research teams and enhance trans- and multidisciplinary research and creative practice across VCU.
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