RESOURCES

We are here to support you! Prof Karine Dupre, Associate Dean Research and Creative Scholarship AAD Research and Creative Scholarship Facilities (RDF & Prices Fork)

  • AAD Research and Creative Scholarship Facilities: Vision and Goals
  • RDF Booking request form
  • RDF Policy and Procedure
  • AAD Research Facilities Committee: Jonas Hauptman (Design), Elizabeth McLain (SOPA), Thomas Tucker (SOVA), Bobby VANCE (Architecture).

Impact resources

  • Impact statement and table of impact evidences
  • UK impact evidence best practices

Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) (https://osp.vt.edu/)

VT Fast LINK + LICENSE + LAUNCH

TEMPLATES

  • Visiting Scientist Agreement
  • Sponsored Studio or Experiential Learning Template

Do you have questions about sponsored research or need help with your next proposal? Contact us\!

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

AAD and OSP require that ALL external proposals be ready to submit 7 calendar days before the sponsor deadline, to accommodate reviews and approval processes in a timely manner. Research funding comes from a variety of sources including government agencies, industry, foundations and nonprofits. The links below are a great start to finding funding announcements.

Research and Creative Scholarship Newsletter

Check out this month’s newsletter for the latest opportunities, resources updates, and faculty successes. Click below to stay updated and make the most of new resources! Share your research and creative scholarship news HERE

Explore our past editions to catch up on previous updates and opportunities. Click on the links below to access archived newsletters:

  • 2025 Newsletters - all months combined
  • 2024 Newsletters - all months combined

Research Training and Seminar Recordings

Other Resources

  • List of VT recognized book publishers
  • List of VT recognized journals (the main rule is that journals should have DOI)
  • AAD Budget Checklist
  • AAD Budget Estimate Worksheet
  • AAD Artist Exhibition/Performance/Screening Checklist
  • Accessibility & Federal grant proposal: a summary
  • AAD Research and Creative Scholarship handbook

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION TOOLS

Summit (https://summit.cloud.vt.edu/)

All proposals, including those to foundations and industry partners, are developed in Summit, a proposal development and internal submission system.

Data Management Planning Tool (DMPTool) (https://dmptool.org/)

This tool allows you to create, review and share data management plans that meet institutional and funder requirements.

Subcontract, Consultant, or Contractual Service?

The External Entity Determination Questionnaire is available to help determine the correct category of your external collaborator.

RESEARCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

A condensed list of Policies and Procedure s is provided on OVPRI’s website. For a complete list of Virginia Tech policies, visit: http://www.policies.vt.edu.

Proposal Procedures

Proposals may not be submitted directly to any external sponsor without the prior authorization of OSP. Please read the OSP Procedure 20002 Proposal Submission before preparing your proposal. All faculty/project personnel must certify that their effort, the salary costs applied to a sponsor program, are in compliance with regulations and VT policies, and are accurately recorded. All project personnel should carefully review VT Policy 3105 Effort Certification, and Policy 3240 Costing Principles for Sponsored Projects and Chapter 10.5.1 Effort Certification of the faculty handbook.

Overhead (OH) Distribution

  • 40.0% College
  • Earned OH Fund 230653
  • Public Service OH Fund 240443
  • OH Dean Fund 240444
  • 40.0% School
  • 20.0% PI

What does this mean?