Research Resources

Advice and consultations regarding Appointment, Orientation, Promotions, and Tenure Advice is available upon request.

View the New Faculty Orientation presentation.

View the Postdoctoral Fellow Orientation presentation.

You can find tools for faculty to navigate the promotion package preparation on the Intranet. View the Promotion and Tenure PowerPoint and the Classroom Peer Evaluation. 

For more information, contact NRSResearch@umaryland.edu.

Learn more about the Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation (CARTI).

The Office of Research and Scholarship can connect you with editing support for publications and grants.

For more information, reach out to NRSResearch@umaryland.edu.

The Office of Administrative Services coordinates mock grant reviews to provide investigators with written feedback.

For more information, contact Steven Pease, assistant dean of research and finance administration, at spease@umaryland.edu.

The Accelerated Translational Incubator Pilot (ATIP) grant provides starter funds for projects specifically focused on innovative, translational research that involves:

• faculty from the UMB Schools of Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, or Social Work
  AND
• UMB/University of Maryland Baltimore County or UMB/Baltimore community partnerships.

The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program Collaborative Innovation Awards are funds that are available to UMB as a “CTSA program hub,” meaning our research and successful alliance with Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) allows UMB researchers access to additional NIH funding opportunities.

Additional internal and external grants are available as well. these the ICTR Funding webpage for more information.

If you have any questions about funding opportunities through ICTR, email ICTR-Navigator@umaryland.edu.

ICTR Studios Consult Services

Multidisciplinary experts provide free, structured feedback for researchers on their individual projects. Studio members have expertise in hypothesis generation, study design, biostatistics, implementation, analysis and interpretation, participant recruitment, and research ethics. Once a studio application is completed, a manager reviews the request and brings 3 - 6 experts to the table to advise the researcher in a 90-minute session. To apply for this support through ICTR, use the ICTR Core Service Request. Note that you must be prepared to use the resource at the time of the request.

More Information on the ICTR Studios Consult Services

ICTR Voucher Program

Up to $10,000 in voucher support is available per applicant, also called the “micro-grant” program. Helps defray cost of other fee-for-service UMB Cores. Applications are reviewed every 3 months. All assistant professors, associate professors, and professors with a minimum of 51% FTE appointment are eligible.

More Information on the ICTR Voucher Program

Please see the NRS Supply Request Form for more information.

The Office of Research and Scholarship provides assistance with Quality Assurance and Institutional Review Board (IRB) processes. Services include but are not limited to; pre-IRB reviews, consultation and advice regarding regulatory and compliance issues, trainings, and education.

For more information, contact Casey Jackson, research quality manager, at casey.jackson@umaryland.edu or nrsresearch@umaryland.edu.

UMSON Statisticians will support UMSON faculty and students pre award by working alongside them to produce proposals and post award by assisting with data analyses and interpretation.

Stats Request Form

More Information on Biostatistical Services

For more information, contact Merve Gurlu, MS, statistician, at mgurlu@umaryland.edu, or Shijun Zhu, associate professor/biostatistician, at shijun.zhu@umaryland.edu.

Internal grants are available for scholars who are looking to partner with a University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) nurse to research nurse-sensitive outcomes in the hospital or community. Awards can amount to $15,000 per year.

For more information, reach out to NRSResearch@umaryland.edu.

Learn more about UMNursing Grants.

UMSON’s Institute for Educators holds scholarly writing seminars every semester. Writing mentorship groups can assist with publication development as well as provide overall scholarly writing advice.

For more information, see the Scholarly Writing Seminar webpage.