Associate Vice President of Research

Associate Vice President of Research

Reporting to the Vice President for Research and Innovation (VPRI), the Associate Vice President (AVP) of Research oversees university research administration-related activities and is the President’s designee for externally sponsored research, scholarship, and creative activities (RSCA) and other specialized programs in the Office of Research. The AVP reviews funding proposals for grants and contracts from the University community, ensuring that issues of institutional capacity, compliance and program requirements such as space, equipment, or special facilities have been properly addressed.  The AVP oversees externally funded research including compliance issues generated by internal and external entities dealing with externally funded work.  External funding includes external organizations contracting with SJSU to use SJSU facilities, both on and off campus.  The AVP serves as Vice-President and member of the SJSU Research Foundation’s (SJSURF) Board of Directors as well as the Institutional Officer for the Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects and Institutional Animal Care and Use and provides leadership for policies for all research activities.

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