Scope of Services

The following services will be provided within the primary functions for the Office of Nursing Research and Evaluation:

• Administration of Research Projects and Evaluation
  • Facilitate approval of research proposals through the Health Sciences Center System
  • Maintenance of research proposal, grants and other funding files
  • Supervise and review the preparation of research proposals
  • Approve research proposals and any extramural projects prior to submission
  • Maintenance of program evaluation instruments and data
  • Coordinate the distribution of reports to the Health Sciences Center, Dean, Associate Deans, Department Heads, Faculty, Students and Funding agencies
  • Maintain active databases to include, but not limited to, current research, funding opportunities, and research interest
  • Coordinate the Nursing Research Committee
  • Promote an intramural research funding program
  • Develop and maintain policies and procedures for the Office of Nursing Research and Evaluation
  • Communicates research regulations and requirements of Health Sciences Center to faculty
• Leadership in the Conduct and Dissemination of Nursing Research
  • Assist faculty to develop funded research proposals and programs of research
  • Publication of scholarly activities and research interest, issues and projects of the School of Nursing
  • Promote a research supportive environment with the School of Nursing
  • Establish research priorities for the School of Nursing
  • Assist faculty to develop abstracts, research reports, and other publications for research dissemination
  • Locate internal and external resources to support research initiatives with the collaboration of the Office of Community Services and Professional Activities
  • Support recruitment of active researchers
• Consultation
  • Provide guidance through all phases of research proposal and manuscript development
  • Coordinate internal and external peer review of research proposals and manuscripts
  • Assist in the identification of funding opportunities
  • Assist in the completion of Institutional Review Board Applications
• Faculty Development
  • Provision of research forums for the exchange of ideas between nursing and other disciplines
  • Provision of interdisciplinary seminars and workshops on research projects
  • Promote the development of a community of nursing scholars through a research mentoring program
• Program Evaluation
  • Maintain copies of evaluation instruments
  • Distributes evaluation instruments to students and faculty for completion
  • Collects completed evaluation instruments
  • Distributes completed evaluation data for analysis
  • Distributes analyzed data according to systematic evaluation plan
• Support Services
  • Maintain a repository of research instruments and research projects
  • Maintain a repository of funding opportunities
  • Provides software programs that support data analysis and presentation
  • Coordinate statistical services
  • Coordinate editorial services