Research grants and projects in the university, managed by the Office of Research, are as follows:

As of May 2008, seventy-two projects have been undertaken by Wharton faculty associated with WSRC. Of these,sixty-five are in collaboration between Wharton and SMU faculty. Fifty-eight projects have been completed so far. These projects cover a wide range of topics in Marketing, Economics, Finance, Legal Studies, and Management. Diverse areas of application include e-market institutions, knowledge management in information-space, business-to-commerce markets in developing countries, pricing models for web-site shopping, high-tech product innovations, currency crises prediction, boom-bust cycles in real estate markets, capital market integration, legal systems for dispute resolution, science and technology parks in China, forecasting customer lifetime value, conflict resolution in store versus brand choice, career paths in corporations, and recruitment practices and employee performance.