{"id":221666,"date":"2025-09-10T08:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=221666"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T01:13:12","slug":"how-to-connect-with-ospp-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/10\/how-to-connect-with-ospp-office\/","title":{"rendered":"How <abbr>UH<\/abbr> faculty, researchers can access funding support through new <abbr>UH<\/abbr> office"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-ospp-how-to-connect.jpg\" alt=\"students in patient simulation lab\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-221667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-ospp-how-to-connect.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-ospp-how-to-connect-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-ospp-how-to-connect-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Faculty, staff and potential funders can now access information about the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/uhospp\/\">Office of Strategic Philanthropic Partnerships<\/a> (<abbr>OSPP<\/abbr>) through its website. The online resource serves as the main entry point for engaging with <abbr>OSPP<\/abbr>, offering guidance on how to connect with the office and explore opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Comprised of staff from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/about\/departments\/corporate-foundation-relations\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Foundation Corporate and Foundation Relations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/ovprs\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship<\/a> (<abbr>OVPRS<\/abbr>), <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation<\/a> (<abbr>OVPRI<\/abbr>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/ors\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> System Office of Research Services<\/a>, <abbr>OSPP<\/abbr> partners with faculty, researchers and academic units systemwide to identify and align potential corporate, foundation and other non-governmental funding opportunities. The office also streamlines and supports proposal development for active requests for proposals and limited submission opportunities, while serving as a central point of contact for prospective funders.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/uhospp\/\">Visit the website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to access the site<\/h2>\n<p>Faculty and researchers in search of resources are encouraged to click on the &ldquo;connect&rdquo; link of the homepage. There, users will be directed to a form to answer questions, including their contact information, if they are requesting support to submit an active request for proposal and requesting assistance to identify potential funding opportunities and more. Potential funders interested in connecting with <abbr>OSPP<\/abbr> will be directed to the <abbr>OSPP<\/abbr> email address.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The website is designed to make engagement easier and more efficient, whether <abbr>UH<\/abbr> faculty and researchers are seeking resources to advance their projects, or for funders to support <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s research and teaching mission,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation Chad Walton.<\/p>\n<h2>More about <abbr>OSPP<\/abbr> at upcoming event<\/h2>\n<p>Learn more about <abbr>OSPP<\/abbr>\u2019s mission and services; pathways to funding and upcoming limited submission opportunities; and how <abbr>OSPP<\/abbr> can support your research and scholarship goals at a 1-hour in-person (Kuykendall 201 on the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa campus) and Zoom forum on Tuesday, September 23 from 2 to 3 p.m. The forum will also be recorded and posted on the <abbr>OVPRS<\/abbr> and <abbr>OVPRI<\/abbr> websites for those not available to attend. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/CH3qNTRgT6eXK30oG9woDA\">Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about <abbr>OSPP<\/abbr>, see this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/10\/office-of-strategic-philanthropic-partnerships\"><em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new website helps to streamline funding support, helping faculty and researchers connect with corporate and foundation partners more easily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":221667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,1467,1363,1600,71,319,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-221666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-manoa-research","tag-public-impact-research","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-ospp-how-to-connect.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221666"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221676,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221666\/revisions\/221676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}