Office of Research and Grants
Promoting and Celebrating Scholarship
The Office of Research and Grants (ORG) promotes, supports, and celebrates research and grant opportunities to advance the Scholarship Cornerstone of Azusa Pacific University.
The research enterprise is an intricate and necessary part of higher education. Research provides a system to test, refine, and promote current and new ideas, be they in the arts, education, humanities, business, social sciences, or natural sciences. In so doing, research helps ensure that faculty and students in higher education continually prepare to meet present and future challenges in the world around them.
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ORG is committed to serving our community with excellence, promoting opportunities and assisting faculty in their research pursuits.
Our core values are:
- Empowering others
- Serving those we work with
- Helping others make connections
- Embracing and promoting accountability
We look forward to partnering with you during this academic year.
Graduate Student Publications
Graduate Student Publications (GSP) ensures that dissertations and theses from APU graduate students are published on ProQuest with appropriate professional styles and formats. In so doing, GSP:
- Reviews dissertations and theses based on the current APU Style and Format Handbook for Dissertation and Thesis Publications (PDF) (complying with the 7th edition APA), Fourth Edition, May 20241
- Approves manuscripts for publication
- Sends the publication approval to Registrar’s office for degree posting
- Delivers students’ dissertations and theses to ProQuest for publication
Publishing Dissertations and Theses: Processes, Guidelines, and Resources (complies with 7th edition of APA)
This course consists of seven modules that cover all requirements for graduate students to publish their dissertations and theses on ProQuest through GSP. Some features of this Canvas course:
- Available to anyone with a home.apu.edu account
- No charges, no assignments, and no grades
- All resources are in one place
How to access the Canvas course:
- Sign in to home.apu.edu and select the Canvas option under “My Links”
- Select the “Courses” option
- Select Publishing Dissertations and Theses: Processes, Guidelines, and Resources
For More Information
Sharon Wang, PhD
Director, Graduate Student Publications
[email protected]
(626) 815-6000, Ext. 5850
APU Internal Opportunities
Support for research and scholarship at Azusa Pacific University is demonstrated by the variety of opportunities for faculty and students, some of which are highlighted on this page. View a summary of institutional resources (PDF) available to full-time faculty to promote productivity in scholarship.
The SURE award program emphasizes the value of faculty mentoring undergraduate students as they engage in excellent research endeavors. The program identifies and funds eight undergraduate student-faculty research partnerships each summer, granting up to $1,500 to each pair. Deans recommend student-faculty teams for consideration of SURE awards based on research proposals and budgets the teams provide.
The SURE award program is on hold until further notice. Applications for this program are not being accepted at this time.
Graduate students who have research presentations accepted at local, regional, or national conferences are eligible to apply for travel support to the Office of Research and Grants. Funds are set aside each year for these students grants. No more than $400 can be awarded to each student per calendar year. The individual level of support depends on the cost of travel, the availability of funds, the stature of conference, and the professional rigor of the research presentation. Awarded funds can be used for the costs of transportation, meals, and lodging while on travel, and for conference registration.
Limited funding is available for the 2023-2024 academic year. Please send an email to [email protected] to inquire if funding is still available.
Each summer, APU provides opportunities for faculty to participate in three-day writing retreats at the Serra Retreat Center, an idyllic retreat campus in the Malibu hills. These retreats provide faculty a unique environment in which to focus on their personal scholarship; as such, the retreats are lean in scheduled activities, but exceedingly rich in time and motivation for faculty to advance their own research projects. Retreat dates are announced in the fall for the following summer. Invitations to apply are announced in early spring. For more information, contact the Office of Research and Grants at (626) 815-2082 or [email protected].
Research and Scholarship
Scholarship is central to the mission of Azusa Pacific University. ORG is a partner with the Office of the Provost to support this mission with programming, methodological support, funding opportunities, and dissemination celebrating the creativity of APU faculty.
Provost’s Vision for Research and Scholarship Faculty Scholarship Updates (FSU)
Internal Support for Faculty Research and Scholarship
Fulbright Awards for Faculty
Cornerstone is the quarterly newsletter of the Office of Research and Grants. This newsletter is produced with the goal of informing and celebrating the APU community. Browse past newsletters categorized by academic year below.
2020-21
- Volume 8, Issue 3 (PDF)
- Volume 8, Issue 2 (PDF)
- Fall 2020 (PDF)
2019-20
- Summer 2020 (PDF)
- Winter 2020 (PDF)
- Fall 2019 (PDF)
2018-19
- Summer 2019 (PDF)
- Spring 2019 (PDF)
- Winter 2019 (PDF)
2017-18
- Summer 2018 (PDF)
- Winter 2018 (PDF)
- Fall 2017 (PDF)
2016-17
- Summer 2017 (PDF)
- Spring 2017 (PDF)
- Winter 2017 (PDF)
- Fall 2016 (PDF)
2015-16
- Summer 2016 (PDF)
- Spring 2016 (PDF)
- Winter 2016 (PDF)
- Fall 2015 (PDF)
2014-15
- Winter 2015 (PDF)
- Fall 2014 (PDF)
2013-14
- Summer 2014 (PDF)
- Spring 2014 (PDF)
- Winter 2014 (PDF)
Faculty Scholarship Updates celebrates the scholarly work of APU’s productive faculty team. New issues are released monthly and announced through the Office of the Provost’s email newsletters.
Examples of scholarly work included in Faculty Scholarship Updates are:
- Publications
- Presentations
- Expertise shared
- Exhibitions
- Music performances
- Outstanding awards
- Special appointments
How to Submit
Submit your scholarly work(s) at the Faculty Scholarship Updates site or send an email to [email protected]. You will be contacted by email to verify your submissions.
For More Information
Yvonne Rodriguez
Office Coordinator
[email protected]
[email protected]
(626) 815-2082
Contact Information
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (626) 815-2082
Location
Duke Academic Complex, 2nd floor,
School of Theology
Footnootes
- While the APU Style and Format Handbook for Dissertation and Thesis Publications emphasizes APA convention, students’ departments determine which style manual is required for their discipline. The handbook identifies general format requirements that all dissertations and theses must adhere to. Within this general structure, each program specifies the style and format manuals, such as MLA, Chicago, Turabian, or APA, to be used by their students in dissertations and theses.