Office of Research and Graduate Programs

Our Mission

Our office helps prepare grant proposals and project reports, provides biostatistical services, facilitates the Clinical Research Center (CRC), assists with Institutional Review Board applications and promotes research opportunities and additional activities associated with research grants, contracts and projects.

Research Project Guidance

An important first step in planning your research is to determine if any regulatory compliance requirements apply to your project. We provide support for protocol development, IRB submission and statistical analysis.

Please reach out to our department for guidance on starting your research project.

Contact us 

Emma Kaz Frick
Email
816-235-2200

Research Support Committee

The Research Support Committee (RSC) was established to fulfill two major objectives:

  1. Provide a funding mechanism for new research projects
  2. Facilitate the scientific development of the novice researcher by offering in-process peer review of research proposals.

We give priority consideration to proposals from pre-tenure, full-time faculty members, master's and doctorate degree students and residents in various advanced education training programs.

Given sufficient funds at the end of the fiscal year, secondary consideration goes to postdoctoral fellows, senior investigators with established research programs, DDS students or pre-degree dental hygiene students or non-tenure, full-time faculty.

RSC Proposal Guidelines (PDF)

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Meet Our Team

Office of Research and Graduate Programs staff