Office for Sponsored Programs and Research Activities
Welcome to the Office for Sponsored Programs and Research Activities (OSPRA) website. The OSPRA is a unit within the Office of Academic Affairs created to support research and other scholarly activities of faculty, students and staff. The mission of OSPRA is to facilitate the procurement of external support through research grants, contracts and technical assistance agreements, to administer internal support for research and to document and publicize the scholarly achievements of members of the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV community.
The OSPRA website contains important information concerning opportunities for funding, useful information for applying for funding and policies and procedures that support research and grant activity at Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV.
Specifically, OSPRA assists Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV faculty with:
- Funding searches
- Application preparation and submission
- Budget review/approval (in coordination with the budget office)
- Sponsored programs administration and compliance
If you would like to submit a grant, please notify the OSPRA. Please see the Internal Processes page for more detailed information about working with the OSPRA to submit your grant.
You are invited to contact OSPRA to talk about your research and grant ideas. The OSPRA office is located on the second floor of the Student Union on the McNichols Campus. Contact Ann Serra, Director of OSPRA, at 313-993-1469, by email at serraam@udmercy.edu or by fax at 313-993-1534.
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Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Research & Grants
Welcome to the Research Newsletter, which was established to communicate to the University community and beyond the scholarly research of Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV faculty. As well as to highlight conferences, colloquy and conversations about research.
Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Research & Grants Newsletter
The Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Research & Grants Newsletter (formerly the Research@UDM Newsletter) is published online once per semester. For current and prior issues, follow the links below:
- Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Research & Grants Fall 2020
- Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Research & Grants Winter 2018
- Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Research & Grants Fall 2017
- Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Research & Grants Winter 2017
- Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Research & Grants Fall 2016
- Research@UDM Winter 2016
- Research@UDM Fall 2015
- Research@UDM Winter 2015
- Research@UDM Fall 2014
- Research@UDM Winter 2014
- Research@UDM Fall 2013
Grants Budgeting Video Tutorial
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OSPRA Strategic Plan