Research advancement

Proposal development

The Center supports faculty throughout the grant development and submission process, including:

• Developing research topics into competitive external funding proposals.
• Preparing grant proposals and budgets and managing the submission process through ASU ORSPA.
• Serving as a liaison between ASU ORSPA and external funding agencies.

Project management services

The Center offers comprehensive project management support for funded research:

• Managing the financial aspects of grants.
• Assisting with the human subjects approval process.
• Coordinating and hosting research events, workshops and conferences.
• Managing publicity and external communications related to funded projects.
• Processing paperwork and collaborating with home departments on the hiring of student workers and graduate research assistants.
• Consulting on best practices in research administration and project execution.
• Building relationships with internal and external partners, organizations, constituencies and funders is critical to advancing research initiatives.
• Ensuring compliance, reporting, and accountability within the university and to sponsoring agencies.

Selected funded research projects

The Center has supported a wide range of externally funded research projects. For example:

• Comparative Secularisms: Religion, Politics, Gender, Ford Foundation, $775,000 over 4 years, Religious Studies, PI)
• Facing the Challenges of Transhumanism: Religion, Science, Technology, Metanexus Institutes/Templeton Foundation, $400,000 over 4 years (Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, History, PI)
• The Dynamics of Religion and Conflict, National Science Foundation, $643,000 over 3 years (Steve Neuberg, Psychology, PI).
• Finding Allies in the War of Words: Mapping the Diffusion and Influence of Counter-radical Muslim Discourse, DOD-MURI/Minerva Research Initiative, $5 million over 5 years (Mark Woodward, Religious Studies, PI)
• The Role of Religious Beliefs and Institutions in Generosity, University of Notre Dame/Templeton Foundation, $350,000 over 2 years (Carolyn Warner, Political Science, PI)