Research Support Programs

Research Incentive (RI)
OHIO has a history of reinves ting a portion of the recovered indirect costs back in the principal investigator, department, and the Dean of the college for research purposes. Distributions of these indirect costs are made on a monthly basis in the month after the expense which generated the indirect cost charge. A general operating fund account is established for each principal investigator receiving research incentive funds. The project portion of the account number conforms to the following format “RIXXXXXXX”. The Research Incentive program is intended to provide faculty with a source of funds to cover costs that otherwise might not be supported by grant funds, such as publication costs, conference travel, research assistants, or research assistant travel. Investigators are also encouraged to use the funds as bridge funds between awards, to fund equipment upgrades and/or repairs, software upgrades, and even as match toward future awards. Restrictions on using the funds are minimal. The funds may not be used to pay any portion of the in vestigators salary, including summer. The funds may not be used to support personal items such as visas, or personal attorney fees. Unspent balances in Research Incentive accounts have historically been allowed to carry-forward to the next fiscal year. Investigators are encouraged to utilize the funds to leverage their research efforts in the most effective manner.

TIP: The Research Incentive program is intended to provide faculty with a source of funds to cover costs that otherwise might not be supported by grant funds, such as publication costs, conference travel, research assistants, or research assistant travel.

Research Challenge (RC)
The Research Challenge program is a 1:1matching program funded directly by the Ohio Board of Regents. The challenge given to OHIO is to utilize these State funds to leverage funds from private and federal sources through collaborative research efforts and through research that has promise for future commercialization. Limitations on use of the funds are few. Please refer to http://www.ohiou.edu/research/fundingsources.html for a complete list of qualifications and guidelines for the program.

TIP: The Research Challenge program is managed by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

Faculty Research Support
The Faculty Research Support Program is designed to assist tenure track faculty at OHIO in carrying out their re search, scholarship and creative activities by providing support for publication and subvention, travel support, and emergency equipment repair funds. The fund does not support conference travel of any kind. It is expected that faculty who are currently funded on grants support their associated costs for publication and related travel when the sponsor guidelines and funded award budget permits these expenses. Faculty are encouraged to include such expenses in proposals submitted for external funding. Should the external funding agency limit the amount that can be spent, the Faculty Research Support Program can help pick up the difference. Faculty who are not presently funded should make the most use of this program. Research Scientists who do not hold a tenure track appointment must contact the Vice President for Research for special permission to be considered. Please visit http://www.ohiou.edu/research/
fundingsources.html for the current allocation and directions for applying to the program.

Ohio University Research Committee (OURC) Chair's Discretionary Fund
Through this fund small awards of up to $500 are made for research, scholarly and creative activity as a result of a direct request of the OURC Chair. See http://www.ohiou.edu/research/fundingsources.html for contact information.

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