Our mission is to support, encourage and promote research and sponsored programs at
East Tennessee State University. My office is responsible for administering, overseeing
and coordinating a wide variety of activities at ETSU.
(see the Divisions and Committees list below)
Dr. William R. Duncan, Vice Provost for Research
Divisions and Committees
The Office of Research and Sponsored
Programs Administration (ORSPA)
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
The Office for the Protection of
Human Research Subjects
Institute for Computation and Research in
Data Science (CaRDS)
(formerly the IQB)
Community Outreach and
Applied Research
University Committee on
Animal Care (UCAC)
Research Development
Committee (RDC)
Intellectual Properties and
Technology Transfer (IP&TT)
Centers and Institutes
Center for Appalachian Studies
and Services
Center for Community Outreach
and Applied Research
Center of Excellence for Inflammation,
Infectious Disease and Immunity
Center of Excellence in Paleontology
Center of Excellence in Mathematics
and Science Education
Center of Excellence in Sport Science
and Coach Education
Center for Early Childhood Learning
and Development
Tennessee Small Business
Development Center
Institute for Computation and Research
in Data Science (CaRDS)
Center for Prescription Drug Abuse
Prevention and Treatment
