Faculty Research Support

OFE seeks to supplement services for faculty research and career development provided by the Office of Sponsored Programs and the colleges and schools with a series of programs offered by OFE staff, Montclair faculty, and external providers contracted by the OFE.

Take a look at the resources in the left navigation and below, and check out OFE Events to see what’s coming up.

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Programs and Resources

Research Jumpstart Program

The Research Jumpstart Program (RJP) aims to help scholars get back on track with their research productivity.

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Research and Writing Groups

At the Office for Faculty Excellence, we like to bring people together for motivation, accountability, and community. Many people just prefer to write together, even if it’s silently on Zoom. We offer research and writing groups in several different formats, so every researcher can find a group that fits their needs best.

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Generative AI for Research

On this page, we collect information about Generative AI tools for research, including use cases, limitations, usage guidelines, tools, and more.

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Promoting Your Scholarship

Interested in learning new ways to promote your scholarship? The OFE invites you to view recordings from our Spring 2026 series on promoting your scholarship through the media led by the Office of University Communications & Marketing.

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Research at Montclair

Scholarship at Montclair: Repositories

  • Montclair Digital Commons: an institutional repository designed to preserve, showcase and archive the creative and scholarly achievements of the Montclair State University community.
  • Research with Montclair is a free, public, searchable online gateway of research at Montclair State University. Designed to foster collaborations with Montclair State University scholars in the STEM-related fields across the University, Research with Montclair aims to advance collaboration, discovery and innovation by helping to connect our researchers not only across disciplines but across institutions, government and industry.
    Research with Montclair is a partner of ResearchwithNJ, a free online portal that showcases New Jersey’s experts in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and is spearheaded by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the State’s Office of the Secretary of Higher Education.
    For more information and to join Research with Montclair, contact Siobhan McCarthy in Sprague Library.

Montclair Higher Ed Scholarship

Montclair OFE Digital Commons: collections on Teaching and Learning and Higher Ed administration, policy, leadership, and development.

Faculty who have ideas for programs should contact Emily Isaacs. Ideas welcome.

Grants Primer from the Office of Sponsored Programs

Have a vague idea about a grant?  Not sure how to start?  At this session Dana Natale, Pre-Award Services Manager and Catherine Bruno, Senior Post Award Officer, both of the Office for Sponsored Programs, will lead participants through a quick but thorough understanding of the grant lifecycle and their Office's role in supporting faculty pursuing grants. They'll briefly cover finding funding, developing and submitting proposals, post-award processes and Montclair's own internal grants. Recording of May 24, 2022 program (Panopto)*

Corporations and Foundations 101: Securing Private and Corporate Grants

The Corporate & Foundation Relations (CFR) office works with faculty, staff and administration to secure grants from private and corporate foundations to support University programs and initiatives. CFR works closely with campus partners to build relationships with foundations, develop proposals and budgets, and steward the application and reporting processes. In this workshop, CFR 101, you will learn what Corporate & Foundation Relations does and how you can best partner with CFR to gain support for your programs. Led by Brianne Baird and Ruth Kunstadter.

Recording of November 1, 2022 program (Panopto)*
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Undergraduate as well as graduate student research is on the rise, and both students and faculty benefit from these opportunities (see article on benefits for HSIs). The challenge is to figure out how to manage your team and projects effectively. In this panel, veteran team leaders, Laura Lakusta, Psychology, and Nicole Lytle, Child Advocacy and Social Work,  share their insights and tips from years of working in research labs with both funded and unfunded graduate and undergraduate students. They make it work and so can you.

Recording of October 27, 2022 program (Panopto) (NetID required for access)

OFE offers reading and discussion groups organized by topic, often with the support of an instructor who will co-lead the program. Interested in proposing a group? Contact OFE.

Past Groups:

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Reading Group.  Book: Equity Talk to Equity Walk.

The mission of the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is to encourage, facilitate and support Montclair State University faculty and staff in their pursuit of external funding for their research, education, training and other scholarly activities. OSP provides high-quality services to the University community with the goal of increasing externally sponsored funding for research and other programs while also protecting the University’s interests in assuring compliance with federal and state laws, rules and regulations.‌

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The Office of the Provost fosters impactful, faculty-led interdisciplinary research and teaching by providing seed funding, supporting collaborations, and offering resources and workshops on interdisciplinarity.
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Visit OFE's Digital Commons collections. Would you like us to include your work? Let us know!

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