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Navigating Research

Penn State: University Park and non-CoM Campuses (View the lifecycle for the College of Medicine)

• Start Here: Connect
• Set-up a Research Operation
  • Onboarding Orientation & Checklists
  • Laboratory Commissioning & Safety
  • Training
  • Compliance Requirements & Approvals
  • Procuring Equipment & Supplies
  • IT Equipment & Data storage
  • Research Data & Data storage
  • Research core facilities – medical and laboratory
    • Medical Core Facilities – Research Services
    • Medical Core Facilities – CRC
    • Laboratory (Huck) Core Facilities
  • Find Collaborators
    • Are you Searchable? (update your researcher profile)
    • Search for Collaborators
    • Get Publication and Citation Data
    • Research and Innovation Awards
  • Explore Funding
    • Start here: Office of Sponsored Programs
    • Funding Search Consultation
    • Training on Funding
      • External Funding Search Engine
      • Limited Submission and Foundation Opportunity Pages
      • Innovation Funding
      • Federal Funding
    • Corporate & Foundation Funding
    • Internal Funding
    • External Funding Search Engines
      • External Funding Search Engine
      • Limited Submission and Foundation Opportunity Pages
      • Innovation Funding
      • Federal Funding
    • Patient Data Discovery
    • Drug / Device Investigator Assistance
  • Write a Proposal
  • Clinical Research Pathway
    • Explore Clinical Research
      • Defining a Clinical Trial
      • Clinical Research Guide Books
      • Training and Resources
    • Tools to Develop your Study
    • Clinical Research Resources
      • SSRI
      • HHD
    • Regulatory Reviews
  • Ensure Compliance
    • Regulatory Reviews and Training
      • Training
      • Human Research (IRB)
      • Biosafety
      • Conflict of Interest (COI)
      • Animal Research (IACUC)
    • Required Documentation
      • Required Proposal Components
      • Budget & Cost
      • Internal Approval Form (IAF)
    • Submit Proposal
    • Milestone: Sponsor Awards Proposal
    • Negotiate Agreements
    • Tech Services / Computing
    • Core Facilities
    • Participant Recruitment
      • Study Finder
      • CTSI Research Recruitment Tool Kit
    • Issue Subawards
    • Commercialization Pathway
      • Invention Disclosure
      • Find Education and Training Resources
        • Programs & Classes
        • SBIR / STTR Training
        • Local Entrepreneurial Training
        • Local Networking Events
      • Find Innovation Funding
        • Funding Navigator
        • Early & Mid-stage
        • Funding for Start-ups
          • 1855 Capital
          • Ben Franklin Technology Partners
        • Federal Grants
      • Find Industry Partners
        • Corporate Partners
        • Foundation Partners
        • Philanthropy Partners
      • Startup Incubator
      • Commercial Development
    • Post Award Resources
    • Closeout Reporting
    • Reporting Clinical Trials
    • Record Retention
    • Closing an Award

The lifecycle of a grant

1. Preaward - submission, review, negotiation
2. Postaward - period of performance, including any extensions
3. Reconciliation and closeout

Expand for Future State Timeline Details

• Penn State Strategic Vision/Goals
• Early Spring

  • Initial Data Collection

  • Initial Listening Sessions

• Late Spring
  • Initial Listening Sessions

  • Campus Committees Gather Information/Input

• Summer (Coordination with APPR Process)
  • Campus Committees Gather Information/Input

  • Administrative Planning

• Early Fall (Coordination with APPR Process)
  • Campus Committees Gather Information/Input

  • Plan/Hold October Regional Charrettes

• Late Fall (Coordination with APPR Process)

  • Campus Committee Design Phase

• Model Vetting and CWC Strategic Planning

Initiatives - Phase II - Design Phase

1. Information from Phase I
2. Design Subcommittees
   1. Subcommittee A
   2. Subcommittee B
   3. Subcommittee C
3. 3 Conceptual Models 

Initiatives - Phase I - Information Gathering Phase

1. Committee Launch
2. 3 Subcommittees
   1. Identity
   2. Peer Models
   3. External Partnerships
3. Phase I Campus Report

Initiatives - Phase I and II Overview

1. Information Gathering Phase (Spring - Early Summer)
2. Design Phase (Early Fall)
3. Model Vettings

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Percent change in population from 2020 to 2050 according to 2020-2050 Population Projections.

Penn State's overall enrollment for fall 2023 remains strong at a total of 87,903 students, down 0.2% (213 students) from last year. For a fifth consecutive year, Penn State saw a rise in residential underrepresented student enrollment.