Office of Sponsored Programs and Research

The Office of Sponsored Program & Research (OSPR) assists the CSU academic and administrative communities to meet the University's research and creative activities goals. While working to foster relationships with Federal, State, Foundation, and Corporate sponsors, OSPR advances those CSU research, training and service activities promulgated by faculty and staff. OSPR invites all CSU faculty and staff to consider our offices as the "One-Stop Shop" for all grant seeking and post-award needs.

Mission

As an metropolitan institution, Cleveland State University has special obligations and opportunities. First and foremost, however, it is a university. Its basic mission -- central to all universities -- is to preserve existing knowledge, seek new knowledge, and profess both.

This is accomplished through the triad of teaching, research, and service. The University’s urban location imposes an obligation to reach out to all citizens in the community with the offer of educational opportunities and services.

Within this context, the mission of the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research is to promote and advance research, scholarship and creative activity of faculty, staff, students and the community and assist in securing necessary resources through institutes, facilities and partnership programs.

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