Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate and Professional Education

Reporting Units

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) assists faculty with grant submission and pre-award matters, including budget development, electronic proposals, and the negotiation of awards. Support for the Institutional Research Board (IRB) for human subjects research and the Animal Care and Facilities Committee (ACFC) is also provided by ORSP staff who are experienced in federal regulatory affairs.
Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)
The Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) is responsible for (i) identifying, protecting, marketing and negotiating licenses to commercial partners of intellectual property owned by the University, usually patentable inventions by employees, students and visiting scientists doing research at the University, (ii) spinoff company activities based on University-owned intellectual property, and (iii) negotiation of all commercial contracts with companies who do business with Rutgers’ research community, including sponsored research agreements, material transfer agreements, confidentiality agreements, advanced technology center membership agreements, and the like.
Laboratory Animal Services (LAS)
Laboratory Animal Services is a service department that oversees the AAALAC-accredited program of animal care and use at Rutgers. The laboratory animal care technician staff provides daily care for university-owned animals used for research and teaching. LAS managers and supervisors manage animal facilities on the various campuses. LAS veterinarians provide clinical veterinary care for animals and provide consultation and training in support of faculty research. LAS veterinarians work with the Rutgers Animal Care and Facilities Committee, ORSP, the Occupational Health Department, and REHS and its safety committees to monitor animal use activities to provide a safe workplace and assure compliance with federal regulations.
Office of Proposal Development (OPD)
The Office of Proposal Development (OPD), part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate and Professional Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, helps achieve the university’s research and educational priorities by developing and providing grantsmanship and grant writing support services and resources to the Rutgers community to assist junior and senior faculty and staff, interdisciplinary research teams, and the university’s schools, centers, and institutes to increase the quantity and improve the quality of research and educational proposals to external funding sources, including state and federal agencies and private foundations. The OPD works closely with grant facilitators located within the university’s various schools to provide information resources and to develop and conduct training programs to assist faculty and staff to become effective and successful grant writers.
Graduate School — New Brunswick (GSNB)
The mission of the Graduate School–New Brunswick is the pursuit of excellence in graduate education and of the welfare of its students. The Graduate School–New Brunswick is responsible for master’s and doctoral education in all fields that offer academic degrees and is the primary advocate for graduate education and for graduate students on the New Brunswick/Piscataway campus. Graduate education provides students with advanced training for their chosen fields, developing leaders who will contribute to knowledge through original research, teach future generations and solve problems of importance to society.
Office of Graduate and Professional Admissions
The Office of Graduate and Professional Admissions facilitates the admissions process for all of Rutgers’ graduate and professional schools on all three regional campuses. The office’s primary mission is to provide logistical support, customer service, and recruitment for the over 100 graduate programs and the students that it serves.
Center for Advanced Information Processing (CAIP)
The Center for Advanced Information Processing (CAIP) is an advanced computing center with a focus in collaborative computing. The CAIP center provides a platform for emerging collaborative computing research initiatives which require multidisciplinary teams drawn from academia, industry and government.
Center for Math, Science and Computer Education (CMSCE)
As a university wide center, the Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education (CMSCE) fosters collaboration amongst educators and business leaders, practitioners and researchers to enhance the learning and teaching of mathematics and science, and to demonstrate how technology can contribute to these goals. Center institutes and programs use strong mathematical and scientific content and offer powerful learning strategies. Mathematics programs present strategies and problem solving approaches to improve student mathematics learning. Science programs stress hands-on activities and the importance of developing processes of scientific reasoning. Technology programs are held at the Center's Digital Teaching and Learning Laboratory. CMSCE acts as a broker-facilitator in the service of furthering its goal of improving mathematics and science education. The center is organized as an umbrella unit that encompasses a group of projects which each share these goals. Each of these projects has its own leadership structure and functions independently.
Business, Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST)
BEST is an institute that educates students in entrepreneurship, and encourages and assists Rutgers faculty, students, and alumni to create technology–based companies.

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