Research Administration

There are multiple layers involved in the NJIT management of the Sponsored Research Enterprise.  However, they can be classified into these overall areas:

• NJIT’s Strategic Plan and Research Mission
• Identifying funding opportunities
• Proposal preparation
• Award negotiation
• Award management
• Regulatory compliance
• Intellectual property protection and technology transfer
• Effort commitment and certification
• Communication of policies and processes

Grant Management relates to all of the administrative tasks required to handle the money, reporting, and program implementation in a way that meets generally accepted standards as well as the requirements of the funding source.

It is ensuring that program staff have the latitude to accomplish something meaningful at the same time that every obligation to the funding source is met and fall within governing regulations.

The Office of Research provides administrative, compliance, and financial management support for research grants and contracts.  This includes dissemination of information about grant/contract opportunities, assistance with preparation and submission of proposals, pre-award administrative support, grant accounting, and post-award financial management.

The Office of Research provides research and development support services through the following units:

• College Research Liaisons
• Pre-Award Services
• Post-Award Management
• Research Compliance and Integrity
• Intellectual Property 

Faculty Research Advisory Board (FRAB)

Atam P Dhawan

Senior Vice Provost for Research 
Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Executive Director, Undergraduate Research and Innovation
Email: dhawan@njit.edu

Faculty Committee on Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity

Streamlyne software supports NJIT proposal submission process, IRB and research Conflict of Interest (COI) functions.  Furthermore, users are able to see the status of specific research proposals, grants, IRB submissions or research COI documents online anytime anywhere for any approval or monitoring task.

As of July 2020, Streamlyne modules are available for the following research administration functions:

1. Pre Award – Creation and routing of proposals, including proposal budgets and submission to Grants.gov.
2. Conflict Of Interest (COI) – Financial entities submission and maintenance, disclosure preparation and submission.
3. Institutional Review Board (IRB) – Committee Creation, Protocol Preparation and Submission, Protocol Review, Committee Meeting Management and Reporting.

Accessing Streamlyne 

The Pre Award and new IRB and COI Streamlyne modules can be quickly accessed via Streamlyne at https://research.njit.streamlyne.org/.

• Username: UCID
• Password: The same password to log into NJIT Pipeline

Streamlyne Training Materials

Streamlyne User Manuals (PDF)

• Streamlyne New User Manual  - Common Elements: This manual provides a reference to all the common elements of Streamlyne Research.  This user manual is a good document to review each module’s functionality.   
• Streamlyne New User Manual -  PD and PD Budget : This is a user manual on the proposal and budget development in Streamlyne.  The content herein explains the use and functionality of this module.  This is the most useful Streamlyne document for PIs and users new to Streamlyne.
• Streamlyne for IRB User Manual: This manual provides specific Streamlyne information for researchers requiring IRB review.
• Streamlyne for COI User Manual: This manual provides guidance on how to use Streamlyne for disclosures and screenings.

Pre-Recorded Training Videos

• Streamlyne How-To Training Videos

Streamlyne software questions should be directed to the college/school representative:

John McCarthy, NCE Director of Research
(973) 596-3247; john.p.mccarthy@njit.edu 

Reeja Thomas, NCE Director of Research
(973) 596-5352; reeja.thomas@njit.edu 

Cristo Leon, CSLA Director of Research
(973) 596-6426; cristo.e.yanezleon@njit.edu 

Selenny Fabre, YWCC Director of Research
(973) 596-6344; selenny.m.fabre@njit.edu

For all HCAD & MTSM inquiries 
reach out to James Hecker in the Office of Research directly
973-642-4171; james.hecker@njit.edu

These individuals are fully funded by his /her institution. This is a no pay/ no benefits position with NJIT. There are two types of courtesy appointments at NJIT; an Affiliated Faculty appointment and a Visiting Scholar appointment. Please read below for further distinction between the two types of appointments.

Once you have reviewed all information, if you should have any questions please contact courtesyappointments@njit.edu.
 

Affiliated Faculty

This title is usually approved for an individual who wishes to advise graduate students (as a secondary adviser) or be on a dissertation committee. A proposed affiliated faculty member cannot apply for grants at NJIT nor receive any pay from the institution, through grants or otherwise. These appointments cannot exceed three years. 

Visiting Scholar

A Visiting Scholar is expected to engage collaborative research with existing NJIT faculty. If no such relationship exists with an NJIT faculty member, this title will not be appropriate.  A proposed Visiting Scholar member cannot apply for grants at NJIT nor receive any pay from the institution, through grants or otherwise. These appointments cannot exceed one year. 

A Visiting Scholar must be an employee of another university, research lab, or company, and is expected to engage in collaborative research with existing NJIT faculty. If the researcher is currently a student at a foreign university, please refer to "Prescribed Study".

Process and Forms

This process is collaborative among the offices of the Department of Human Resources, the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research and the Provost and Senior Executive Vice President. It is a process to insure that the University is compliant with federal regulations, while allowing academic collaboration and collegial research to go forward. There can be no exceptions to these guidelines.

Since these appointments are without pay and without benefits the host, department, and/or college dean will submit a complete application package to the Office of Research. 

All completed documentation must be submitted to be considered a complete package. Completed packets should be sent to courtesyappointments@njit.edu for review.  No appointment will be considered without these executed forms:

• Application Packet (The same form is used for both Visiting Scholars and Affiliated Faculty; refer to descriptions above to select the appropriate request on the form.)
• Resume or Curriculum Vitae
• MOU with Appointee’s Home Institution – if applicable
• Proof of Financial Support from Home Institution or Sponsor Abroad
• DS2019 Packet (if foreign national).  Please contact the Office of Global Initiatives at global@njit.edu.  This packet will not be completed until final approval has been given for the candidate.

There are several levels of approval for these applications.  The approval process takes two to three months for final approval.  Please make certain the start date is entered accordingly.

Upon approval of a complete courtesy appointment request package, a letter will be issued to the visitor and visa paperwork may then be processed along with any onboarding protocols with the Office of Human Resources. No courtesy appointment will commence until all appropriate approvals have been obtained and a signed appointment letter has been returned by the candidate.

 Note – Additional forms and processing may be required as part of the onboarding process with Human Resources and University Information Systems.

Interdisciplinary research centers and NJIT's VentureLink transform novel research and innovation into solutions of high societal impact and market value.

For example, NSF funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS) brings together a cross-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists as well as industry leaders to improve the way pharmaceuticals, foods and agriculture products are manufactured. C-SOPS will focus on advancing the scientific foundation for the optimal design of SOPS with advanced functionality while developing the methodologies for their active control and manufacturing.

VentureLink at NJIT is home to more than 90 high-tech and life-science companies. Located on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, VentureLink companies have access to NJIT facilities and can partner with researchers to help grow their business. VentureLink is in the heart of Newark’s University Heights Science Park and the Newark Innovation Zone. Information about VentureLink companies is available on the website.

Research Focus, Centers and Grants 

NJIT has become a leader in interdisciplinary applied research with more than $100 million annually in funding from governmental agencies and the private sector. The university has built its research program around multi-disciplinary efforts that encourage partnerships among various disciplines, as well as with other educational institutions, private enterprise, and government agencies. These initiatives concentrate resources on the most promising of emerging technologies, helping to create new industries.

NJIT’s strategic plan stresses the need to expand research and intellectual property over the next decade, including the development of several nationally recognized centers of excellence and several niche areas critical to economic development in New Jersey.

See a list of our major research centers and specialized labs.

Technology Development, Intellectual Property, and Patents

The Office of Technology Development manages the intellectual property created by New Jersey Institute of Technology employees and is responsible for obtaining appropriate patent or copyright protection on the NJIT-owned intellectual property. University researchers seek new knowledge to improve processes and products for industry. Through public and private partnerships and economic development efforts, the university helps to grow new business ventures that fuel the economy.

Research

A strong applied research program is the very core of the technological research university, generating the advances that fuel a knowledge-based economy. NJIT's research programs have grown exponentially, to the funding of more than $75 million today. The university conducts cutting-edge applied research through multidisciplinary centers of excellence and specialized high tech labs as well as and partnerships with industry to develop commercially promising new technologies. We invite you to read more about us, view our mission statement, and visit our office.

Economic Development

NJIT is committed to economic development for Newark, New Jersey, and the region. The university operates several outreach centers that provide direct technical assistance to the state's businesses with the goal of helping small and medium-sized companies become more productive, profitable, and globally competitive. NJIT is also the home of New Jersey's oldest and largest incubator facility and was one of the first institutions in the nation to adopt economic development as a fourth mission element, together with instruction, research and community service.

NJIT as a leading public technology research university is committed to advancing the highest quality basic, applied and translational research and scholarship fostering creativity, interdisciplinary collaboration, community engagement and commitment to the highest level to professional ethics. We thrive to provide an exceptional academic and research and innovation experience to students at baccalaureate through doctoral levels.

NJIT research enterprise with outstanding faculty, researchers and external collaborators including experts from industry, government and corporate sectors focus on addressing current and future challenges of research, discovery and technology development towards making an economic impact in the local and global society.

The Office of Research is strategically committed to NJIT 2025 Strategic Plan on continuously enhancing multidisciplinary research and innovation environment and strengthening the overall research enterprise sponsored by government, industry and other agencies in full compliance with all policies and protocols of responsible conduct of research. The Office of Research also supports and pursues internal and external operations towards protection of results and transfer of inventions and technologies towards entrepreneurship and commercialization through New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), VentureLink and other corporate organizations.

NJIT is continuously growing its research enterprise averaging about $155 million of annual research expenditures with core and interdisciplinary research support from major government, industry and non-government agencies. NJIT research entertrtpise includes more than 140 research institutes, centers and specialized laboratories. Our external research funding has increased by moe than 127% in last five years. 

Your relationship to NJIT research enterprise is very important to us as we move forward towards the 2025 Strategic Plan developing new opportunities to advance research and knowledge base for developing future technologies and providing exceptional academic and research experience to students to serve the global society. Your comments and contributions are welcome.

Atam P Dhawan, Ph.D.
Senior Vice Provost for Research

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