Research
Mission
Herberger Institute Research Center
Arizona State University, a Research One University, is fulfilling a mandate to "build a comprehensive metropolitan research university that is an unparalleled combination of academic excellence and commitment to its social, economic, cultural and environmental setting," (Michael Crow, President). In advancement of that mission, the Herberger Institute Research Center supports and promotes scholarly inquiry and applied research within the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts for seven schools: Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Art; Arts, Media and Engineering; Dance; Design Innovation; Music; and Theatre and Film. The center also supports the research activities of the Institute's ASU Art Museum, F.A.R (Future Arts Research) @ ASU and Herberger Institute Community Engagement.
The Herberger Institute Research Center mission is to provide a one-stop shop of value-added research-related services for faculty and graduate students. As an institute-wide research center, the center offers assistance to faculty in identifying funding sources; creating research partnerships; advancing proposal development and award approval processes within the university; facilitating the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and experience; translating research into applied contextual environments; and communicating the depth and breadth of institute research projects to the community at large. The center supports individual faculty research projects as well as contributes to the creation and coordination of larger special research initiatives for the Institute.
Specific Herberger Institute Research Center services and activities include:
- funding searches for targeted research topics
- assistance with budget formulation and proposal editing
- coordination of contract and proposal development
- providing seed grant funds to catalyze faculty research projects and advance them toward larger sponsored funding
- provision of facility workspace for graduate student research and faculty research meetings and presentations
- sponsorship of faculty and graduate student research showcase events
- formation and management of topical research clusters
- connections for training and sponsored project educational opportunities
- advocacy and mediation for faculty grants and applied research projects with legal questions or conflict resolution (ASU General Counsel), intellectual property and technology transfer (Arizona Technology Enterprises), or project close-out tasks
- development and coordination of an Institute-wide research agenda
- linkages to collaborative opportunities across the ASU campus, within the local community and in the national and international design and arts research arena
- communication of faculty research awards and research results
The Herberger Institute Research Center supports the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts in furthering the development of a creative, dynamic community of academics, practitioners and students engaged in research in design and the arts.