The Ohio Research Scholars Program (ORSP) 

Program Description:
Jointly funded and administered by the Ohio Department of Development and the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, the ORSP provides grants to strengthen and increase the number of clusters of research excellence, led by Ohio's academic institutions that support regional economic priorities. The ORSP will achieve this through 1) aggressive investment in the attraction of senior research talent and related facilities and equipment, and 2) promotion of unique collaborations needed to build and sustain scientifically and commercially promising lines of research. The ORSP is placing high priority on building a critical mass of research scientists and engineers in the five targeted technology/research focus areas identified below. The emphasis of this program is on the recruitment of research talent from outside Ohio. However, some funding will be available to support the retention or hiring from within Ohio of personnel that are important to the growth of a research cluster. The ORSP will be accepting proposals from Ohio's universities and colleges. Each proposal must define the technology/research focus area of the research cluster and the areas of investigation to be pursued by the newly hired scholars in one or more of the state's targeted technology/research focus areas: 1) Advanced materials; 2) Biosciences; 3) Instruments-controls-electronics; 4) Information technology; and 5) Power and propulsion (includes Advanced energy). Awards will be made in the range from $2.5 million to $50 million.

Program Administrator:
Howard, Anthony

Summary:
7 organizations have been awarded a total of $146,510,334.00 and 11 grants through this program