Services We Offer
The office of the Associate Dean for Research seeks to minimize pre-award barriers to proposal submission. COSSPP grants analyst Laura Kitchens lkitchens@fsu.edu helps faculty prepare proposal applications. Assistance is available for help with common tasks such as budget development, coordinating with FSU’s Sponsored Research Administration / Research Foundation and ensuring proposal compliance for submission.
Moreover, COSSPP sponsors programming and training activities geared toward faculty development and offers seed funding programs to enhance faculty research. Over $120,000 in research support funding has been awarded by COSSPP since 2019.
Our short Pre-Award video highlights the services offered by our office with regards to pursuing external funding and proposal submissions. The video is available at this link, and it includes helpful information on getting started with externally funded research in COSSPP, creating budgets (minute 2:52), as well as specific details on working with the Research Administration Management Portal, RAMP (minute 3:41).
Our short Post Award video highlights the services our office provides after an award has been issued. The video is available this link and it includes helpful information on project initiation (minute 1:47), allowable costs and encumbrances, using myFSU BI reports (minute 3:34), and the PI’s responsibilities in managing sponsored projects (minute 7:57).
Research Website Quick-links
Office of Research (Main Page Link)
- Office of Research Development
- Proposal Resources
- Proofreading Services
- Sample Budget Justification
- Boilerplate Language
- Limited Submissions
- Successful Proposal Database
- PIVOT Funding Database FAQs & Training Video
- Office of Research Development: Events
Data Management Plans (Library Link)
IRB (Main Page Link)
Internal Funding: Council on Research & Creativity (Main Page Link)
Finding Funding
- PIVOT
- Grants.gov
- Social Sciences Research Funding Search (Duke)
- Foundation Funding
- Grad Student Funding
Specialized Funding Opportunities
Faculty Development & Advancement
Finding Research Data
Policies & Other Resources
Post-Award Resources
Approver Resources
Email COSSPP grants analyst Laura Kitchens lkitchens@fsu.edu for assistance.
*SRA/RF requires 3 business days to review your submission. Please contact Laura Kitchens 2 weeks prior to your proposal due date to prepare materials and route for Department Chair and Dean signatures.