Welcome to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) is Marquette University's central point of coordination for sponsored projects and the legally authorized representative for grants, contracts and assurances. ORSP represents the sum of Marquette's experience with extramural sponsors and partners over time, through the entire Project Lifecycle.
- An award's Project Lifecycle primarily consists of three phases:
- Pre-Award - Project Idea, Funding, Development, Submission
- Award - Setting Up
- Post-Award - Managing, Closeout
- ORSP helps faculty and staff build bridges between Marquette and extramural sponsors and other institutions to advance the university's mission, and it fosters excellence in sponsored projects by promoting best practices, policies and procedures that ensure consistency and efficiency in our transactions with sponsors and partners.
- ORSP's Internal Submission Deadline is to have a near-final draft of the narrative and the FINAL budget submitted to our office no less than three (3) business days prior to sponsor deadline.
News and Announcements
If you have any questions related to your current or prospective grant proposal, please contact Project Planning and Development in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
NIH
NIH will require the Common Form for the Biographical Sketch and the NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement for due dates on or after January 25, 2026 - https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-26-018.html.
When the new forms are implemented:
- Applicants MUST use SciENcv to create, certify and download the complete forms (see below for additional information about SciENcv).
- Applicants are urged to familiarize themselves with SciENcv now.
- All applicants must link their ORCiD to their eRA Commons profiles, since ORCiDs will also be required when the new forms go into effect (see below for additional information about ORCID).
NIH investigators MUST use SciENcv for completing and certifying:
1. Biosketch (Common Form)
2. NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement - this is an entirely new document that contains NIH specific information previously included in the biosketch, such as a personal statement
3. Current and Pending (Other) Support (Common Form)
The Common Forms are part of an effort to standardize forms across Federal agencies. See Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support. After the initial forms are created, using SciENcv makes it easy to update the information for future use. Using SciENcv also makes certain that you are using the correct version of the forms. ORSP and NSF investigators have been using SciENcv for a few years. After an initial investment of your time to get the documents set up – maintenance and updating becomes pretty easy.
Please reach out with any questions you may have. We are planning a “What’s New in Research” session for March 18th – see our Training and Events webpage for more details.
Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) is an electronic system that helps researchers assemble the professional information needed for participation in federally funded research. A researcher profile system for all individuals who apply for, receive, or are associated with research investments from federal agencies, SciENcv gathers and compiles information on expertise, employment, education, and professional accomplishments. Researchers can use SciENcv to create and maintain biosketches that are submitted with grant applications and annual reports. SciENcv allows researchers to describe and highlight their scientific contributions in their own words.
Not only can you create a biosketch for the NIH with SciENcv, but you can also create one for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). SciENcv quickly formats everything, including citations, according to NIH rules.
Access SciENcv by logging into any National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) webpage (such as PubMed, the NCBI home page, or the SciENcv home page directly). The NCBI advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information. SciENcv is one of the tools made available by the NCBI. If you do not have an NCBI account yet, one will be created for you automatically if you log in using your eRA credentials (via Login.gov or via eRA Commons login) or if you log in using your Northwestern login, Google account, or many other login options (by selecting "More options" from the SciENcv login page.
You may be the only researcher with your name here at Marquette, but how do you distinguish yourself outside of the Marquette universe? The scholarly community has realized the value of name disambiguation and would like to see it available outside of any single database. To assure everyone gets credit for their work, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID or ORCID, was created. This ID acts like a social security number for an author and helps disambiguate their papers from others. When an author publishes in a journal or receives grant funding, they are often asked to include their ORCID along with their name. You can also associate your ORCID with nontraditional outputs, like conference posters, teaching materials, or videos, and keep track of those in your ORCID profile. Some of you may already have an ORCID.
- All senior and key personnel will be required to have an ORCiD and use it on their biographical sketches, beginning January 25, 2026.
- All senior and key personnel will be required to link their ORCiD to their eRA Commons accounts on the same date.
- Also, you should link your ORCID account to your My NCBI / SciENcv account and use the biographical data in your ORCID record to populate SciENcv profiles.
Our current semester schedule of events and trainings is posted on our Training and Events webpage. You can also view previously recorded sessions there.
