Research

The Office of Research Development (ORD) at NIU has been established to support institutional goals for research, scholarship, artistry, engagement, and the procurement of external funding.

Specifically, ORD supports the NIU community via the following programming:

• ORD collaborates with our partners in the Office of Innovation and Corporate and Foundation Relations to find, develop, and nurture opportunities that lead to diverse funding for the university research portfolio via the NIU Huskie Frontiers Team (HFT).
• The Research and Artistry internal grant program helps faculty develop grant management experience while supporting projects that strengthen competitiveness for external funding or advance scholarship in fields with limited funding opportunities. This program fosters faculty development and promotes innovative research and across disciplines.
• Internal competitions for limited submission funding opportunities: External grant sponsors sometimes place a cap on the number of proposals an applicant institution can submit. ORD coordinates an internal process to select the proposals that will be submitted from NIU to the sponsor in these cases.
• Funding search tools: NIU offers subscription-based databases and other tools to search for funding sources.
• Dependent Care Professional Travel Fund Program: Internal grant to defray incremental, out-of-pocket expenses incurred for dependent care while traveling for work activities.