Office of Nursing Research & Innovation – Faculty & Research

The mission of the Office of Nursing Research & Innovation is to provide support to faculty, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows to succeed in obtaining and maintaining grant funding and in the conduct of research.

ONRI Range of Services

Assistance in finding a funding source and or study section for your research interests.
Guidance on contacting Program Officer
Finding collaborators
Grant review and other resources (To request services email ONRI@UCI.edu)
- NIH Grant Consultation or Think Tank: The ONRI offers consultations to discuss your NIH grant topic, funding mechanism, and drafting a specific aims page. Please request this resource as early as possible in your grant writing process.
- Mock Reviews: Mock reviews can help improve the quality of your grant by identifying sections that may need to be strengthened to become more competitive. The ONRI mock reviews provide researchers with constructive feedback on their proposals from internal or external peers.
- SON Grant Library: To request examples of successful research and training grants from our grant library to help you get started. For grant examples, email: SON.research@UCI.edu or link to SharePoint
- Bio-Sketch and Other support page support: Use of SciENcv strongly recommended.
Faculty research mentoring
Research seminars or faculty lecture series
Statistical Consultations – TBA

Pre-award support in all aspects of grant preparation, including but not limited to:
- Review of agency/sponsor funding announcement
- Submission Timeline
- Developing Budget and Budget Justification
- Coordinating Subaward, contractor/consultant packages. Subawards – UCI Office of Research
- Letters of Support
- University, SON, Facilities and Other Resources
Post-award support including financial management and reporting requirements
- Award/account set up
- Consultation on Hiring Research personnel
- Monthly ﬁnancial reconcile and PI reports
- Summer Salary and NSTP preparations and approval
- Annual Progress, effort and closeout report
- Prior approvals from sponsor agency
- Data Security plan for collecting P3/P4 data [work with SON IT]

UCI Resources

Oﬀice of Research: Grant review and Award Letter
- Beth Riley – Editorial Director
Corporate & Foundational Relations: For funding through private or foundation announcements (non-governmental)
- Heather Fessler, Director of Foundation Relations