Developing your Research, Scholarship, and Creative Practice
If you have recently arrived at Washington University and want to get started on research in Arts & Sciences, please make note of the following websites:
Arts & Sciences Grants Administration Integrated Network (GAIN) Contact List
GAIN team members are your partners in research and grants administration. They provide support throughout the entire lifecycle of grants, from proposal & budget development and submission to award management and closeout. Please coordinate with you GAIN partner on any matters related to grants.
"Seeding Projects for Enabling Excellence & Distinction” (SPEED) program
The SPEED in Research program was created to stimulate innovative work that leads to significant outcomes in research, scholarship, and creative practice.
The Proposal Evaluation Program provides faculty members with an opportunity to submit their scientific and research plans for external funding to a panel of internal and external reviewers ahead of the funding sponsor deadline
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR)
The OVCR offers resources for identifying funding sources, research analytics, and university research announcements.
Core Facilities
Search and find core facilities to help with your research.
A&S Computing provides technology resources to A&S faculty, staff, and students. Services range from reservable computer classrooms to High Performance Computing access to personalized client support.
Research Infrastructure Services
Research Infrastructure Services includes access to a scientific computer cluster and data storage platform. The service is available to all WashU faculty, staff, or students involved in research.
WashU ONE
ONE is a portal that connects you to systems and services across WashU. Think of it as an app store for university systems and services.
Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan
Explore the Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan to see how your research interests may align with its Signature Initiatives.
Competitive Course Release Program
Learn more about this new program to enhance faculty research productivity which provides a course release for tenured faculty who are nearing completion of a major project.
Competitive Fellowship Leave Program
Faculty in the Humanities and Social Sciences may apply to this program, which provides leave time at full pay, with Arts & Sciences making up the difference between the salary amount provided by the granting agency and the faculty member’s base pay.
Compliance
Required Training
Learn@Work
Learn @ work is consolidated, streamlined, personalized training experience for the WashU community. Everyone must complete:
- Personnel Activity Report Training
- Code of Conduct
- Conflict of Interest Disclosure
- Financial Conflict of Interest
Working with Chemicals, Lasers, etc.
- Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) will be your partner.
- Talk to your department about your EHS contact specialist and meet with them in person to go over lab set up and needs.
- If not clear who to work with, you can look up your EHS contact.
- You can also contact Bradley King in EHS as a backup: kingb@wusm.wustl.edu
- Talk to your department about your EHS contact specialist and meet with them in person to go over lab set up and needs.
- Complete EHS Basic Lab Safety Training through Learn@Work
- Submit applications for working with hazardous chemicals, infectious agents, etc.
Working with Animals
- Meet with your departmental resources.
- Submit an animal research protocol.
- For more information, visit: Animal Care and Use Guidelines and Training.
Working with Humans
- Take the human subjects research training (aka “CITI”).
- If applicable, take HIPPA training.
- Submit Human Subjects Research Application(s)
- Attend an information session with Martha Jones, Director of the Human Research Protection Office (HRPO)
