Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship (OARS)

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102 Roudebush Hall
501 E. High St.
Oxford, OH 45056
phone: 513-529-3600
fax: 513-529-3762
oars@MiamiOH.edu

Jim Oris, Associate Provost for Research

Welcome from the Associate Provost for Research

The mission of the Office for the Advancement of Research & Scholarship (OARS) is to encourage, facilitate, and support the Miami University community in all forms of research, education, scholarly, creative, service, and outreach activities. This website provides information for Miami's researchers and students, as well as for businesses and community members who want to engage with our researchers and their work.

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For Miami researchers

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For current and prospective Miami students

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News and events

Calendar of events and deadlines

See upcoming OARS-sponsored programs, deadlines, and other events of interest to Miami's researchers here.

Research Fair to be held September 12

In response to requests from new and continuing faculty for more information about the research support services available here at Miami, OARS will sponsor a research fair on Tuesday, September 12 from 10:00am to 2:00pm in the Heritage Room in Shriver Center. Read more.

Fall semester training dates announced

OARS will conduct the following training sessions during fall semester (click on the date and time to register):

SPIN funding opportunity database: Tuesday, September 5, noon to 1:30pm
SPIN funding opportunity database: Wednesday, September 6, noon to 1:30pm
eSPA electronic proposal routing and submission: Tuesday, October 3, 9:00 to 10:30am
eSPA electronic proposal routing and submission: Wednesday, October 4, 3:00 to 4:30pm

All sessions will be held in the Advanced Instructional Space (AIS), 134 King Library.

NSF MRI internal competition deadline is October 2

National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation. This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. Historically, Miami University has been allowed to submit up to 3 MRI proposals (at least 1 of which must be for instrument development and no more than 2 for instrument acquisition). The deadline to submit MRI proposals to NSF is January 10, 2018. However, to provide time for the internal review and selection of internal proposals and the electronic submission process, the internal deadline for proposals is 5:00 p.m., Monday, October 2, 2017. Read more.