Explore funding resources and collaborations
Faculty resources
K-State offers unique resources to help faculty members find support for their research, scholarly, and creative activity and discovery.
Visit Faculty Resources to find proposal development and submission guidance. Our Find Funding page contains a wealth of options, including:
- The Funding Connection: a list of opportunities by discipline that is updated weekly along with a searchable database of open opportunities
- Internal grant programs
- A directory of federal and private sources
Pivot profiles
Looking for a colleague who can help you with a project? Use Pivot to find the right person. Update your profile with a CV or publication page to help others find you as a potential collaborator or to receive funding recommendations based on your profile.
Industry-sponsored research
K-State has adopted an innovative approach to industry-sponsored research. Find the tools you need to build a successful collaboration.
Conduct industry-sponsored research and development
Follow a few steps to nurture a successful collaboration with industry.
- Work with a grant administrator in the Office of Sponsored Programs to develop technical and cost proposals.
- Consider whether you need a confidentiality agreement (PDF).
- Find budget tools — rates, fully burdened budget templates, etc.
- Draft statements of work and consider intellectual property and necessary disclosures.
- Obtain proper approvals: Route items through the university process in e-Proposals; all items MUST BE approved, and budgets must include fringe benefits and overhead.
- Choose agreement templates and negotiate after the company has accepted the statement of work and intellectual property agreement.
Testing and evaluation services
Follow these steps to provide testing and evaluation.
- Contact PreAward Services proposal developers to determine schedule of charges or other billing rate.
- Assign the appropriate agreement for testing and services.
- Consider confidentiality agreement and publication restrictions — i.e., prohibitions on publishing sponsors’ confidential information; carve-outs are possible to reserve rights to retain new protocols, etc.
- Route agreements for internal approvals before sending to the sponsor.
- Negotiate the agreement — the process is the same as for research and development from this point onward.