Getting Started in Research
The Office of Research at the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is ready to help you develop and maintain your research program. Our office is specifically designed to be a service-oriented unit to remove barriers to your success and identify the most expeditious mechanisms for your research. We offer a variety of services and documents to help you get started.
Please visit our Office of Research website or set-up a meeting with our team for additional guidance. Contact karina.bloom@wsu.edu or call 509-368-6815.
FAQs
- Establish a MyResearch account by contacting the Office of Research Support and Operations (ORSO) representative for Spokane. This role is currently held by Deb Cox at dkcox@wsu.edu, 509-358-7576. Once established, this is an account that holds all of your grant proposals (funded or unfunded), all of your IRB or IACUC proposals (active or not, more below).
- You will also want to create an eRA commons account, or if you already have an account, you will need to change your affiliation to WSU by contacting the current Spokane ORSO representative. Other federal funding agency accounts (e.g., NSF) should also be transferred to WSU, which can also be done through the Spokane ORSO representative.
- Create a google scholar account and curate your profile.
- We recommend that you create an ORCID ID account and curate your profile, as this can be used for a variety of helpful reporting tools.
Contact our grants office at medicine.grants@wsu.edu and consider making an appointment so that our team can walk you through what is required for most proposals. This varies by agency, but we have a checklist of the most common items that you will need to finalize before you submit your application. Follow the Proposal Submission to learn more about what will be required.
WSU subscribes to Pivot, an online funding opportunity database. Set-up your free account using your WSU email. Contact Karina Bloom karina.bloom@wsu.edu, 509-368-6815 for questions related to assistance in creating your profile.
- Grant Submission Support
- Proposal and Publication Editing
- Award Activation
- Post-award Management
- Design and Statistical Analysis Support
- SPSS Statistical Software
For further support, contact Karina Bloom at karina.bloom@wsu.edu.
If you will be conducting research that involves human subjects, CITI training available and is required before submitting an IRB application:
If you plan to conduct research with vertebrate animals, you will be required to submit an IACUC application.
The Institutional BiosafetyCommittee (IBC) oversees the safe use and handling of potentially biohazard ous materials on the WSU campus. It advises the University community on matters related to such materials. The IBC is charged with protecting WSU faculty, staff, students, and visitors during research-related activities. It has the authority and obligation to approve good research and stop any activity that the committee believes to be unsafe.