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Research

Teaching, research, and outreach form the mission of Penn State Behrend. We're not only a destination for excellence in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education. We're also the region's research institution.

We maintain an active research agenda, with faculty and staff engaged in more than $6 million in projects annually. Undergraduate research is highly encouraged and supported with nearly $350,000 in grants awarded annually to students.

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Student Research Resources

  • Senior Design Projects (managed by School of Engineering)
  • Internal Research Grants
  • Undergraduate Research Deadlines
    • Academic Year Research Grants
    • Summer Fellowship Grants
  • Undergraduate Research Award
  • Undergraduate Conference Travel Grants
  • Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Conference (managed by School of Science)
  • Research Grant Process (has steps in order of how they happen)
  • Scholarship and Research Integrity (SARI) Training
Student Research
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Faculty Resources and Policies

Research Logistics

  • Penn State Behrend Faculty Research Handbook
  • Penn State Behrend Research Logistics at a Glance
  • Scholarship and Research Integrity (SARI) Training

Proposal Preparation Tips

  • Penn State Proposal Guides/Information

Faculty Policies

  • Conflict of Interest
  • Private Consulting Practice (AC80)
  • Research Protections/IACUC - Research with Animals
  • Research Protections/IRB - Research with Human Subjects
  • Sabbatical Leave (PDF) | (PPT)
  • Significant Financial Interest Disclosure
  • Subcontract/Subaward Request Form

Intellectual Property

  • Guide to Non-Disclosure Agreements
  • Intellectual Property Policy (IP01)

Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurial Activity

  • Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurial Activity (IP06)
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Faculty Research
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Funding Resources

Internal Funding

  • Behrend Seed Grant Program Application
  • Behrend–Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) Partnership Seed Grant Program
  • Ben Franklin Technology Partners
  • Humanities Institute
  • Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) Seed Grant Program

External Funding

  • Find Funding Sources (Grant Sponsor Search Engine – SciVal Funding)
  • Budgeting
  • Logistics (important grant codes)
  • Limited Submissions
  • Internal Approval Forms (IAF, Award Approval)
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Research and Development

A highly productive college within one of the country's foremost research universities, Penn State Behrend is uniquely equipped to deliver research and development that meets business, industry, and community needs.

  • Ben Franklin Technology Partners
  • Economic Research Institute of Erie (ERIE)
  • Ignite Erie
  • Innovation Commons
  • Medical Plastics Center of Excellence
  • Partnership Erie
  • Pennsylvania Sea Grant
  • Senior Design Projects
  • Sponsored Research Program
  • Susan Hirt Hagen Center for Community Outreach, Research, and Evaluation (CORE)
  • Virtual/Augmented Reality Lab
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Knowledge Park

Businesses looking to expand are looking to Knowledge Park—an environment that brings forward-thinking companies together with faculty, staff, and students at Penn State for business and technology advancement. The park is home to 20 companies employing more than 500 people, and there's room and the resources for even more.

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Research and Grants
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Behrend researchers selected for Great Lakes Leadership Awards

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