Our Services

Our Commitment

The Marshall University Research Corporation is committed to an active, growing and successful research enterprise that will help address today’s challenges, improve the quality of life in the community and provide an engine for economic development.

Our Services

In support of this commitment, the corporation delivers the following professional services to members of the university community:

  • Identifying potential sponsors
  • Interpreting proposal guidelines and developing budgets
  • Coordinating institutional approval for proposal submissions
  • Negotiating awards with sponsors

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  • Guiding investigators in administration of funded projects
  • Serving as the fiscal agent for grants/contracts
  • Providing personnel and payroll services for grant-funded positions

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  • Providing information about responsible research conduct
  • Supplying guidelines for research involving human and animal subjects
  • Coordinating the university’s institutional review boards
  • Maintaining public trust through disclosure and management of conflicts of interest

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  • Facilitating the invention disclosure process
  • Obtaining patents, copyrights and trademarks
  • Collecting and disbursing royalties
  • Developing technical and market assessments
  • Marketing university technologies to industry partners
  • Providing business assistance to startup companies

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  • Training in grantsmanship
  • Locating grants to support projects (Funding Search Request Form)
  • Conducting outreach and relationship building with funders
  • Developing internal and external project partnerships (Partner Search Request Form)
  • Project management for grant applications
  • Reviewing and editing grant applications
  • Writing and submitting grant applications

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We look forward to working with you

Whether you are a member of the university’s faculty interested in pursuing external funding or are a company inquiring about applications for Marshall research in your business, we encourage you to make use of the information available on our website, and to contact us if we can be of any assistance.