Welcome, Megan Faulkner – Sponsored Project Analyst
Please join the Office of Research in welcoming Megan Faulkner to Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences as our new Sponsored Project Analyst. Megan received her BA in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and has over 14 years of experience in human subjects health and development research centering
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Guidelines Updated
The IRB committee recently updated the Guidelines for Recruitment of Research Participants to include a section on “Recruitment Using Electronic Media” This new section is more inclusive (e-mails, websites, listservs, etc.), does a better job of defining terms (or at least providing examples), and have concrete recommendations. Please contact us at irb@chapman.edu or via phone at
You’re Invited to the Annual State of Research and Creative Activity
The third annual State of Research and Creative Activity will be held on Friday, October 18, 2019 at 3:30 P.M. in Beckman 404 – George Bush Conference Center. This year, President Daniele Struppa and Vice President for Research Tom Piechota will recognize select faculty and students, and the sponsors who support their research and creative
Register NOW : 2019 Fall NSF Grants Conference
The Fall 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference is November 18-19, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Marriott Cambridge. These events are primarily designed to provide new faculty, researchers, and administrators with key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF, including proposal preparation and merit review basics, award management topics
Congratulations to the 2019 Kay Family Foundation Data Analytics Awardees
For the fourth year in a row, the Kay Family Foundation Data Analytics program has granted Chapman University faculty awards. Like previous years, faculty were asked to submit proposals that were data intensive in nature and that used model-based or data analytic approaches for developing new knowledge, as well as proposals that created the possibility
NSF Fall Grants Conference – 2019
The Fall 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference is November 18-19, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Marriott Cambridge. These events are primarily designed to provide new faculty, researchers and administrators with key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF, including proposal preparation and merit review basics, award management topics
Welcome, Lawrence Lau – Director of Industry Alliances and Commercialization
I am pleased to announce that Lawrence Lau has joined Chapman University as the Director of Industry Alliances and Commercialization. Lawrence has extensive experience working in both industry collaborations and technology licensing at top tier research institutions. He most recently served as the Associate Director, Corporate Collaborations at USC where he engaged with faculty and
Inaugural Grant Writers Bootcamp
As part of the effort to enhance faculty development and grant writing capabilities, the Office of Research hosted Chapman’s inaugural Grant Writers’ Bootcamp on August 15 and 16. Participants were required to submit a proposal for seed funding and were selected based on their proposal potential. The inaugural class was composed of a diverse group
Data Analytics Grant Opportunity
Program is part of a $2.5M commitment generously made by the Kay Family Foundation for the purpose of advancing Chapman University’s activities in the area of Data Analytics/Sciences. The Data Analytics Grants are in the range of $20,000-$100,000 over a two year period and are meant to catalyze research in the area of data analytics/sciences
2019 Faculty Opportunity Fund Awardees
The Offices of the President, the Provost, and the Vice President for Research are pleased to announce the 19 recipients of the 2019 Faculty Opportunity Funds. The Faculty Opportunity Fund program was created in 2018 as a way to support Chapman University faculty in the development of new and innovative research, scholarship and creative activity.