Office of Research Advancement (ORA)

The Office of Research Advancement (ORA) supports the university’s research and scholarly community in the pursuit of external grant and research funding.

Comprehensive administrative and technical support are available to researchers as they form their research teams, identify collaborators, refine their projects and develop their proposals. Working with UB faculty, our goal is to help create highly competitive proposals to support promising research and advance university initiatives.

Services

Proposal Development Assistance

Facilitate project meetings
Assist in identifying collaborators and project partners
Draft standard university text
Provide assistance with justifications and budget review in collaboration with the Office of Sponsored Projects Services
Format required proposal documents (biographical sketches, current and pending funding, and data management plans)
Peform a substantive edit of all writing components
Assist in identifying external funding sources

Workshops, Seminars and Training Programs

From research grant fundamentals to manuscript writing for high-impact journals, the Office of Research Advancement offers workshops to help you.

Research Fundamentals @ UB

1/2/20

The Research Fundamentals Workshop is for early-career researchers or those new to sponsored research at UB. This workshop will take place on January 21, 2020 at 9:30am in O'Brian Hall room 112.

NIH Renewals and Resubmissions

1/2/20

This half-day presentation focuses on renewals and resubmissions of proposals to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

NSF CAREER Award Info Session

1/7/20

This session will benefit early-career researchers who plan to apply for NSF CAREER funding in July 2020.

Presentation by Dr. Basil Nikolau, NSF Division Director for Molecular & Cellular Biosciences

1/10/20

Dr. Basil Nikolau, NSF Division Director for Molecular & Cellular Biosciences, will give a public presentation on Tuesday, February 25 at 11:00am in 403 Hayes Hall on UB's south campus.