The Community of Science (COS) Pivot platform provides a full range of Internet-based services for the world’s researchers to find funding, promote their work, identify experts, manage resources, and collaborate with colleagues

The Sponsored Program Administration (SPA) Office within the Division of Research is responsible for the institutional oversight for Wayne State University's external sponsored programs. In this capacity, SPA provides service to three distinct groups: 1) faculty, 2) the University, and 3) the sponsors. SPA plays a role throughout the lifecycle of the project that includes:

Proposal preparation and submission.
Award acceptance.
Successful completion of the project objectives.

The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to offer the Research Development seminar series, a FREE research/academic career-development seminar series for WSU faculty, chairs and directors, postdoctoral trainees and graduate students, and administrators. All seminars are posted at events.wayne.edu and are free!

Provides assistance with the design of research projects and the statistical analysis of data. The service is available free of charge to Wayne State University faculty, staff, post-doctoral students, and graduate students.

Find internal funding opportunities, limited submission funding opportunities, and search for external funding opportunities.

The Community of Science (COS) Pivot platform provides a full range of Internet-based services for the world’s researchers to find funding, promote their work, identify experts, manage resources, and collaborate with colleagues

The CFR office is responsible for the coordination of private funding requests on behalf of Wayne State University. The CFR team works with faculty and staff to coordinate and submit requests for private funding. The office can help find prospective funders, write/edit letters and proposals, develop budgets, set up accounts and fulfill reporting requirements.

This office supports interdisciplinary research and can help you search for funding, make connections with faculty who have shared interests, participate in training, and form and enhance collaborations.

Find internal funding opportunities, limited submission funding opportunities, and search for external funding opportunities.