A unit of the [http://vcresearch.siu.edu/ Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research]OSPA facilitates and promotes research and sponsored project activities on campus. (Research is defined broadly, to include research training, scholarship, and creative activities.) We are the official University agency through which faculty and staff submits external grant proposals and receive external grant awards.
=== Interdisciplinary Research Resources ===
It has been established by the Task Force on Interdisciplinary Research Enhancement at SIU to advance communication and knowledge exchange about interdisciplinary research efforts at SIU and beyond. Sections include:
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<li>'''Networking - SIU Community of Scholars''': Look here if you seek to communicate with scholars at SIU, to find researchers at SIU by expertise or fields of interest, or to create a research interest group.</li>
<li>'''Information Repository''': Links to resources about interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, policies, support services at SIU and beyond.</li>
<li>'''Communication''': News and reports; links to publications, articles and announcements.</li>
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= <span>Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship</span> =