{"id":115,"date":"2020-10-15T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:13:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Our primary goal is to support the pursuit of cutting-edge research and advancement of NC State’s research portfolio. Our office is comprised of several groups \u2014 introduced below \u2014 whose general functions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n RDO assists faculty and staff in finding research funding for individual, collaborative and cross-disciplinary research. Our funding staff are responsible for the identification and dissemination of funding opportunities and other key resources in support of research initiatives. RDO manages a variety of internally sponsored funding programs in support of research and scholarship activities at NC State, including opportunities for seed funding of research\/scholarship projects as well as funds to procure research instrumentation. We also manage a wide variety of internal competitions for extramural limited-submission funding opportunities, including the selection of experts to serve as reviewers of internal pre-proposals.\n <\/p>\n \n