Research and Sponsored Programs

It is the mission of the West Chester University Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) to facilitate, coordinate, and safeguard the institution’s research and creative activity enterprise. We enhance the university’s ability to be an educational and cultural resource for students, alumni, and citizens of southeastern Pennsylvania by providing faculty with:

• Information on funding opportunities from federal, state, and private‐sector sponsors.
• Proposal development support.
• Introduction to post-award policies and procedures.
• Incentives to form interdisciplinary teams.
• Incentives to develop intellectual property.
• Incentives to integrate research and creative activity into coursework.

We also promote undergraduate research and creative activity by facilitating faculty/student collaborations, organizing Research and Creative Activity Day, and managing awards for student work.

• Provide resources and assistance for grant proposal development.
• Manage and monitor research and creative activity compliance.
• Support the formation of faculty interdisciplinary teams.
• Support the development of intellectual property.
• Support the integration of research and creative activity into coursework.
• Support faculty/student research collaboration.