The Research Office

Oakland University provides state-of-the-art research facilities and a rich, collaborative environment for our faculty and students in support of their research and educational activities. OU is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as one of the nation’s doctoral research universities. We are proud of the wide spectrum of research and other scholarly and creative activities made possible by the excellence of our faculty, students, facilities and institutional culture that is inclusive of all disciplines.

The Research Office provides the necessary administrative infrastructure for investigators, and strongly encourages the involvement of students in research. OU is committed to the highest ethical standards in the conduct of research, which are essential for sustaining an excellent research program that contributes to the well-being of our local, national and global communities. We assist with and oversee various aspects of the research enterprise, including: faculty development and training, research development, grants and contracts, regulatory compliance, technology and commercialization.

THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND THE AFTERMATH - UPDATES
June 30, 2025

Direct Control of RFPs returned to Grants.gov and sponsor agencies

It had been true that, under the Musk-controlled DOGE initiatives, federal sponsors could no longer directly post Requests for Proposals to grants.gov.  Rather, they had to submit them to DOGE for review, and DOGE would post them if the RFPs met with their stated directives.  At least 30 expected RFPs had never made it to grants.gov under this process.

Following Musk’s departure from DOGE, sponsors can once again post RFPs directly to grants.gov, without this extra layer of scrutiny and control.  At the very least, time to publication of RFPs will improve and, likely, these 30 missing RFPs will be published.

Some DOGE control of grants still persists.  “Defend the Spend” controls financial flow at the project and institution level, and there are still DOGE personnel embedded at sponsor sites overseeing daily work there.  Nonetheless, this is an important return of control to the sponsor agencies.

Where we have information pertinent to a particular PI, we will be contacting you directly.  And, of course, you should also feel free to reach out to us.  Use one of these email addresses and we will respond to you as soon as possible:
[email protected]
[email protected]

This e-space will be updated in real time as changes occur.  

CAYUSE SP, IRB HAVE A NEW URL
Cayuse SP (proposal preparation), Human Ethics (IRB), and Fund Manager (post-award grant management) have moved to the Cayuse integrated platform.  The new URL is:  https://oakland.app.cayuse.com.  Cayuse for IACUC/IBC can still be accessed with the old URL.  Links and more information are on the Cayuse Research Suite page.  Please contact our office if you have any issues.

SEED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OU FACULTY -- the Research Office is making funding available for small grants to OU faculty for three programs: 1) International Research Experiences for Students, 2) Professor Smith Goes to Washington, 3) New External Collaborations.  Submission is ongoing through InfoReady.

INFORMAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FACULTY TO TALK TO THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH:  Coffee with Dave weekly drop in hours