Office for Faculty Research & Resources

Welcome to the Office for Faculty Research & Resources (OFFRR) web site at Willamette University. The mission of the Office for Faculty Research and Resources is to foster and support faculty research and curricular initiatives in the College of Liberal Arts and School of Education.

Since OFFRR's inception in 2005, ninety-five Willamette faculty and staff members in the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Education were nominated for or submitted 221 proposals resulting in nearly $4,700,000 in external grants and awards.

What We Do:

Assist individual faculty members or groups of faculty in the design and development of research projects and curricular initiatives;
Identify possible sources of funding for faculty research and curricular initiatives;
Publicize funding opportunities for faculty research and teaching programs;
Assist individual faculty members and groups of faculty in preparing proposals;
Assist faculty members in post-award administration and reporting.

Services & Functions:

Funding opportunity research
Targeted funding alerts
Obtain and prepare application forms
Interpretation of agency guidelines
Editing Proposals
Budget development
Liaison with funding agencies
Obtain authorizing signatures
Electronic submission
Award negotiation
Post-award tracking
Grant announcements and publicity

Some of the things you will find on this site:

A list of internal resources and deadlines.
A list of external grant opportunities by discipline.
The policy and procedures for applying for grants.
An institutional fact sheet of data commonly needed for grant proposals.
A project summary form where you can initiate a project with our office.