For small leaks, temperature, pest control, trash disposal, or similar issues, please place an online request for service with Columbia University Facilities.  If you wish to place a request over the phone, you may call Facilitise at 212-854-2222.  For more serious issues that require a maintenance request form, write to iserp@columbia.edu.

ISERP offers two conference rooms for the benefit of our centers and programs, workshops and seminars, and occasionally outside events. Event coordinators are welcome to review the room scheduling guidelines and use our online form to schedule the rooms on a one-time or repeating basis. Priority is given to ISERP events.

If you are unsure whether you have received a payment that you are due, check the casual payroll schedule or work-study payroll schedule to verify that a payment was scheduled. If your paychecks are deposited directly, check your bank statement to see whether a deposit was made. Lastly, if you have a Columbia UNI, log in to myColumbia and select the Faculty and Staff tab > View Your Direct Deposit Information to view your current and prior pay statements.  Direct any questions to Katie Naum. 

Try searching the ISERP website to locate the information you're looking for. If you still have an unanswered question, write to iserp@columbia.edu and we will answer as best as we can.  We appreciate your interest in our work.

Columbia's Accounts Payable scans the forms and supplementary materials that comprise requests for reimbursement. Staples cannot be fed into the scanners. Any staples should be removed from invoices, and receipts should be securely taped on all sides to an 8.5" x 11" sheet of white paper. Failure to comply may substantially delay the process.

In order to prevent duplicate payments and to satisfy the auditing requirements of the Internal Revenue Service, Columbia's Accounts Payable requires social security numbers to process reimbursements to individuals.

Reimbursements are subject to Columbia University's Travel and Business Expense policies and procedures.

ISERP expedites the process on behalf of its affiliates and guests. Review the general procedure for requesting a reimbursement and direct any questions to Carmen Morillo.

Reimbursements submitted within 90 days of incurring the expense generally take around three (3) to four (4) weeks to process. If your reimbursements are deposited directly, check your bank statement to see whether a deposit was made. Direct any questions to Carmen Morillo.

Reimbursements and honoraria can be deposited directly into U.S. bank accounts. Simply fill out the direct deposit form to submit your request to Columbia's Accounts Payable. Once the request has been processed by Accounts Payable, all future reimbursements and honoraria will be automatically deposited into the specified bank account.

Note that this process is unrelated to the direct deposit of paychecks.

Columbia faculty who are looking to fund research or policy projects are welcome to take advantage of our seed grant program, as well as the services of the Research Development Office. Columbia faculty may also benefit from ISERP's statistical consulting.

Faculty who are active in ISERP's projects and programs may become formally affiliated with the Institute by joining our faculty fellows. To learn more about opportunities available to you, contact Nancy Davenport at nhd2001@columbia.edu.

Try searching the ISERP website to locate the information you're looking for. If you still have an unanswered question, write to iserp@columbia.edu and we will answer as best as we can.  We appreciate your interest in our work.

ISERP recently launched the Undergraduate Scholars Program, which provides research opportunities to highly qualified graduate students.

Work-study positions for both office and research assignments are available to Columbia and Barnard undergraduates. Occasionally internships may be available, as well. Any openings at ISERP are posted on the web site of Columbia's Center for Career Education.

ISERP's workshops and seminars, conferences, and events are free and open to the public. Depending on your background and interests, there may be opportunities to volunteer or participate in ISERP's projects and programs.

Interested faculty and graduate students from other institutions may be eligible to become visiting scholars. Send your letter of interest and curriculum vitae to iserp@columbia.edu. Further information about the visiting scholar designation at Columbia University is available in the faculty handbook. The program is administered by the International Students and Scholars Office.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program sponsors short courses covering a variety of topics on the design, practice, and technique of social science research. Course offerings vary from semester to semester. The courses are non-credit, have a limited enrollment, and are open only to faculty, students, and scholars in the Columbia community.

ISERP's workshops and seminars, as well as our centers and programs, host a variety of events that are free and open to the public. In certain circumstances, some are also offered as credit courses, in which case registration and enrollment are handled by the University Registrar.

ISERP is home to the Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences (QMSS) program, an interdisciplinary degree program leading to a Master of Arts and the Oral History Master of Arts Program (OHMA).

No. ISERP's graduate fellows program is open only to doctoral students matriculating at Columbia University who are within 2 years of completing their dissertations. For further details, see the fellowship application here.

Job openings at ISERP are handled by Columbia University's Human Resources and are posted on their job opportunities web site, as well as here.

Postdoctoral fellowships are offered by the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars postdoctoral training program as well as many of our centers and projects. Inquiries about available positions should be made directly to the program that interests you.

ISERP does not offer any postdoctoral fellowships itself, and there is no centralized application process for the positions offered by its affiliated programs.

Faculty and research scholars or scientists at Columbia University and its affiliated schools are eligible to apply for an ISERP seed grant. Our seed grant program supports proposal development, pilot research, and other activities that advance research projects to the point where they can attract external funding.

While ISERP does not fund full-scale research, Columbia faculty, scholars, and scientists are also welcome to take advantage of the services and resources of the Research Development Office, which not only administers the grants of our affiliates, but also facilitates the development of research and proposals to assist investigators in the search for external funding. The Research Development Office is the liaison between Columbia University's Research Administration and the social sciences.

Every Monday during the fall and spring semesters, ISERP sends out a full listing of upcoming events. 

If you are interested in more general news from ISERP, our quarterly newsletter contains in-depth articles as well as updates on the publications and research of our fellows. 

ISERP is located on the Morningside campus of Columbia University. Have a look at the directions to our offices, research suite, and conference rooms.

Faculty and research scholars or scientists at Columbia University and its affiliated schools are eligible to apply for an ISERP seed grant. Our seed grant program supports proposal development, pilot research, and other activities that advance research projects to the point where they can attract external funding.

While ISERP does not fund full-scale research, Columbia faculty, scholars, and scientists are also welcome to take advantage of the services and resources of the Research Development Office, which not only administers the grants of our affiliates, but also facilitates the development of research and proposals to assist investigators in the search for external funding. The Research Development Office is the liaison between Columbia University Research Administration and the social sciences.

Columbia faculty, scholars, and scientists interested in working with the Research Development Office should write to Kristen Van Leuven.  In a paragraph or two, briefly describe the project, as well as any prior attempts to fund the research, if applicable.  We will arrange a meeting with you to further discuss the research and funding opportunities.

Have a look our checklist and guidelines for NSF grant applications and contact Kristen Van Leuven to set up a meeting to discuss your proposal.

For non-NSF grants, forward the request for proposals and any other available information about the funding opportunity to Kristen Van Leuven, and set up a meeting to discuss your proposal.

The Research Development Office will work with you to develop and finalize the budget for your grant proposal. To help you get started, have a look at our budget guide and sample budget, which cover expenditure categories, administrative costs, computing fees, and more.

Congratulations! For investigators who have been awarded external funding, the Research Development Office establishes grant accounts, reviews and issues monthly fiscal statements, handles hiring, payroll, and reimbursements, provides computing services, and works with investigators to address budgetary, human subjects, and other certification and compliance issues pertaining to their grants. We also assist with NSF reports, final reports, and grant closeout.

Let us know that the grant has been awarded and schedule a meeting with ISERP's Research Development Office to discuss the procedures for administrating your grant. First off, we'll work with Columbia's Research Administration to set up your grant account, which generally happens within a week or two, but may take longer in certain circumstances.

Yes. Every research project and grant at Columbia must be approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), regardless of whether or not it deals directly with human subjects. Your grant award will not be released until IRB approval or exemption has been confirmed. For help navigating the IRB review process, have a look at our IRB helpful hints on our documents and links page.

Rascal is Columbia's Research Administration System. All grant proposals, funded grants, conflicts of interest, human subjects compliance, and other research administration matters are managed through Rascal.

If you still have an unanswered question, please have a look at our downloads and links for further information or contact the Research Development Office directly and we will answer as best as we can.