FSU has two systems used to review, approve and execute contracts - the Research Administration Management Portal (RAMP) Agreements Module and the SpearMart Contract Module.
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July 2023
June 2023
Research Development provides lectures and presentations to assist research faculty develop proposals.
Research Development provides access to a table of Limited Submissions funding opportunities that have upcoming deadlines. You can also find tables of key funding opportunities in the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Health, Science & Technology, and those in other disciplines or that cross multiple disciplines.
Effective research mentoring relationships are critical to developing the next generation of researchers. The mission of the FSU research mentor academy is to promote a culture of support for research mentoring and to provide training in optimizing mentoring relationships for mentors with their mentees at all levels of their research careers.
Effective July 31, 2023, Florida State University will be required to have a plan to provide appropriate training and oversight on the responsible and ethical conduct of research beyond students and postdocs to also include faculty and other senior personnel who will be supported by NSF to conduct research.
Departments can now identify department users as an Administrative Editor in RAMP. Click here to learn more on this role and how it benefits your department.
Great news! The Project ID (Financial Account ID) has been indexed into the RAMP Grants Site Search feature. Searching for an associated award workspace by a Project ID just got a whole lot easier. Just enter the Project ID, click the search icon and the associated award workspace hyperlink will be displayed.
Sponsored Research Administration (SRA) is excited to post the inaugural monthly activity metrics report. These metrics include information such as Award and Award Modification Average Processing Times, Number of Proposals Submitted to Sponsors, and much more. Click here to learn more.
In research, it’s important to distinguish between a subrecipient (or subawardee) and a contractor since there are different rules and regulations that govern the relationship between the pass-through entity, which is the university issuing the subaward, and third-party entities.
May 2023
A powerful new enterprise analytics tool is available at FSU. Microsoft Power BI Premium can query numerous university systems—including Student Central, myFSU Financials and myFSU Human Resources—and extract valuable insights and trends. Use the tool to support research, secure grant funding and much more. Microsoft Power BI Premium offers an enhanced experience over the existing myFSU BI and Power BI Pro tools and is changing the enterprise analytics experience at FSU. Microsoft Power BI Premium is available to faculty, staff and departments by request.