The Office of Integrative Research in the Sciences (OIRS) is responsible for developing, managing and assessing programmatic opportunities that cut across Furman’s science disciplines.
Created by the Provost’s Office in 2008 and directed by Dr. John Wheeler, Associate Provost for Integrative Science, OIRS currently includes a full-time staff of three including Dr. Wheeler, Dr. John Kaup (Director of Science Education) and Ms. Tammy Cureton (Executive Assistant).
Since 2008, OIRS has received over $10M in competitive funds supporting student and faculty research, curricular development, scholarship opportunities and outreach at Furman University. Moreover, science and math faculty have been provided with access to separate funding initiatives that have resulted in ~ $1,000,000 in individual investigator awards since 2015.
