The Committee encourages faculty members in the arts and humanities to participate in the Competitive Research Grant program. In all cases, the scientific, scholarly, and creative merit of the proposed work will be a primary consideration. The Office of Sponsored Programs is the institutional office responsible for the review, negotiation, acceptance, and monitoring of proposals and awards for extramurally sponsored programs. We provide assistance with securing and administering programs in research, outreach, and instruction sponsored by external sources. Awards of this nature are made by the Associate Provost and Vice President for Research from an annual allocation.
All awards are contingent upon the availability of funds at the time of application.
Other restrictions may apply as in the case of multiple requests from a single department. Office of Technology Transfer This office assists faculty, students, and staff members in obtaining patent protection, copyright and trademark protection, confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements and option or license agreements. We market technologies and attempt to gain research funding and royalty income for inventors through industry agreement. Auburn is guided by the ethical principles regarding all research involving human subjects as set forth in the report of the National Behavioral Research, entitled Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research. The Auburn University IRB will conduct annual protocol reviews of compliance with procedures approved to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects in research.