负责研究的副总统办公室

The 研究副总裁 promotes research, creative activities, 和 scholarship within the University community through a variety of services including:

Ensuring compliance with government regulations through the

• 研究行政办公室, which assists faculty in identifying 和 applying for external support 和 provides post-award administration of contracts 和 grants;
• 科研诚信办公室，负责管理大学的 研究 和 Scholarly Integrity Assurance Program 并监督 院校检讨委员会 和 Institutional Animal Care 和 Use Committee，除其他职能外;
• 创新管理办公室, which assists faculty, staff, 和 students to protect 和 commercialize innovations that emerge from USM’s research enterprise;
• Office of 研究 Security 和 Export Control, which is responsible for assisting principal investigators to ensure research work is not being conducted in violation of federal rules, regulations, 和/or laws that govern the release of certain information, materials 和/or technical data to foreign nationals; 和 the
• 环境健康与安全办公室, which promotes a successful research enterprise, a safe teaching environment 和 minimizes health 和 safety impacts to surrounding communities.

Serving as a liaison with research institutes, foundations, government agencies 和 行业.

Providing faculty support for travel to meetings with federal agency 程序 officers 在华盛顿特区和其他地方.

Providing proposal development support 和 research start-up 基金 to faculty.

The 负责研究的副总统办公室 offers a grant 程序 for faculty to facilitate planning, writing 和 submitting extramural proposals to support research 以及学术活动. The 程序 provides up to $2,000 to be used for any 活动, travel expense or commodity that helps faculty prepare 和 submit extramural proposals.

Proposals to facilitate interdisciplinary efforts across departmental or college lines 被认为具有更高的优先级. Requests to collaborate with faculty at other institutions to prepare competitive proposals also are considered.

Proposal Development Grants provide $2,000 for a 12-month period (competitively renewable 最长24个月，收费4000美元). Grant recipients are expected to prepare 和 submit one or more extramural, competitive grant proposals within the 12-month award period.

Submit a request (up to two pages) including:

• 拟议的活动
• 发展资金将如何使用
• 简单的预算
• faculty member(s) involved in proposal development
• 程序 affiliation of all participating faculty
• agency(ies) targeted by the planned proposal
• a link to the relevant Request for Proposals or other application guidelines

Forward requests through the appropriate dean(s) to the Office of the Vice President 为研究. Proposals may be reviewed in the spring, with a due date of April 15. For more information, contact the 负责研究的副总统办公室 at 601.266.5116.

The 负责研究的副总统办公室 (VPR) supports faculty travel for meetings with federal agency 程序 officers 在华盛顿特区和其他地方. 我们的目标 of the 程序 is to maximize faculty underst和ing of federal agency 程序s 和 to learn details of federal funding opportunities. 和项目官员一起拜访 provide opportunities for faculty members to provide information about USM in general 和 specific 程序s to those responsible for providing research support funding.

Applications for travel 基金 to meet with agency staff should be made through the 研究发展旅游计划 Form on 的冲程体积 web page. 资金决定是 based on 基金 available 和 are the prerogative of 的冲程体积.

以下期望适用:

• The faculty member must prepare a one-page, four-color document with illustrations to provide to the 程序 officer during the visit. 这份文件应该提交 for review by the Associate VPR (AVPR) prior to travel.
• The faculty member must prepare a brief (about one-page) report on the trip to be submitted before the travel expense report will be processed. 报告应该描述 the purpose of the visit 和 what was learned.
• The report should include contact information for the 程序 office/managers met so 的冲程体积 or AVPR can drop by on subsequent agency visits to reinforce your visit 和 express the University’s support for your work.

The VPR or AVPR is available to meet with faculty before travel to discuss the purpose 以及预定会议的计划.

New Faculty Startup Fund Practices 和 Expectations

Faculty members at the University of Southern Mississippi are evaluated on their respective contributions in the areas of teaching, research, 和 service. 新聘教师 members will come from diverse backgrounds 和 may be provided with startup 基金 at an appropriate level in order to assist 和 expedite the development of an externally funded research /scholarly activities 程序.  

Startup 基金 may be provided for new faculty members to purchase equipment 和 make other expenditures directly related to developing their research/scholarly activities 程序. This funding is not an automatic grant, nor should it be considered an unrestricted pool of 基金 but rather an account established 和 based specifically on the research/scholarly 活动 development needs of the new faculty member 和 the resources already available 在中学、学院和大学.

请求启动支持

When formulating the amount of the startup fund, consideration will be given to the number 和 size of grants as well as the customary indirect cost recoveries generated 在提出请求的单位. Startup 基金 for new faculty members will be requested 和 allocated on a case-by-case basis 和 startup packages will normally be negotiated as part of the regular new faculty recruitment process.

When requesting startup 基金 from the 研究副总裁, please provide a description of the research or creative 活动 the new faculty member will bring to USM, along with a budget 和 explanation of how the 基金 will be used. 还包括 likely sources of grant support, 和 please be as specific as possible (for example, not just “National Science Foundation,” but include a specific 程序, division, 或融资机会). The 研究行政办公室 is available to assist in identification of potential sources of grant support.

管理启动资金

Faculty startup designated (DE) accounts are established for three years with the expectation all 基金 be expended within two years.  这个期望很重要， as the 基金 are provided to enable the new faculty member to establish a research 项目很快. The VPR’s office will distribute half of 的冲程体积 portion of the startup 基金 upon arrival of the faculty member at Southern Miss 和 the other half at the 第二会计年度开始. If a different distribution strategy is important to meet the new faculty member’s research needs, then a request should be made to 的冲程体积.

The startup account will be closed 和 residual 基金 will revert to the designated accounts (VPR 和 Dean) from which the 基金 were awarded initially.  如果全部启动 基金 have not been expended by the end of the third year, a request for those 基金 可以向院长提出书面申请吗.  But, the reasons for extending the time period 必须引人注目.  Should an extension be granted, all expenses during the extended period will be paid from the Dean’s DE account; the startup DE account will not be 重新建立.

Expectations for Faculty Receiving Startup Support

Startup funding is provided with the underst和ing that the new faculty member will use these resources to seek external sources of support. 也请注意接受 of this award requires that any publication (journal article, book, etc.)，其他学者 or creative product (webpage, record, CD, etc.)、表现或结果 from the project must acknowledge the support of 九游会国际.  University patent 和 copyright regulations also apply to work resulting from startup 基金.

All university policies 和 procedures must be followed for startup 和 any other 资金来源(e ..g., Human Resources, procurement, travel, financial).

As part of the new faculty mentoring process, the Department Chair or other designated mentor is expected to monitor expenditures in the individual startup 基金 so that the 基金 are used in a timely fashion 和 in accord with the planned research 程序 described by the faculty member at the time of hiring.

During annual performance evaluations, each faculty member who has had access to startup support during the previous year is required to provide a brief report describing the status of his/her developing research 程序, which should include a summary of how the startup 基金 have been expended as well as document his/her efforts at 获得外部资金. No particular format is stipulated for this report 和 it should be included as part of the annual evaluation documentation each year until 启动资金支出完毕.  It is recommended that departmental tenure 和 promotion committee consider the summary of these annual reports carefully during the third year pre-tenure review 和 appropriate guidance should be provided to the faculty 作为任期前评估的一部分.