Dear Members of the UO Research Community,

Our Research Development Services unit will host a March 1 information session on the Collaborative Seed Grant program (see story below). I hope you will consider attending the session. In the meantime, please visit the OHSU-UO Partnership website for more information.

January 2018 Monthly Award Report

During January 2018, faculty and staff at the University of Oregon received 3 new awards totaling more than $15.5 million in support of research activities.  

2018 Years of Service Reception

Seven OVPRI staff members were honored at the 2018 Years of Service Reception, most notably Julie Buller, Award Set-Up Administrator, who celebrated 45 years with the University of Oregon.

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation is now searching for an Associate Vice President for Research. The deadline for full consideration is March 15, 2018. 

Funding Opportunities for Collaborative Research

I 3 Awards (Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives)

The Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives (I 3) award program fosters new interdisciplinary research projects at UO. I 3 partnerships should emerge from shared research interests and needs and be developed in light of external funding opportunities, UO’s institutional strengths, academic priorities, and institutional history. Partnerships may include external institutions of strategic importance.

UO-OHSU Collaborative Seed Grant

We are pleased to announce a new collaborative seed funding mechanism between the University of Oregon and Oregon Health & Science University that aims to build on strengths of faculty at both institutions, deepen UO-OHSU partnerships, and prepare UO-OHSU teams to apply for external funding that will provide long-term support for research programs. The overall purpose of this CSP is to significantly increase the number of externally funded UO-OHSU collaborative projects. If successful and there is sufficient demand, we hope to re-issue this call again next year and to provide additional support to teams who successfully submitted collaborative external funding applications during their CSP.

For more information on the UO-OHSU Partnership, see the partnership website.

NemaMetrix, a UO biotechnology start-up company, was the winner in the “Most Innovative Health Company” category at CB Insights’ Demo Day. From a pool of more than 2,000 applicants, 40 of the most ground-breaking early-stage startups were selected to present their ideas and products to the judges as the kick-off to the A-ha! conference on December 12, 2017. CB Insights is a premier venture capital analytics company located in San Francisco.

The University of Oregon is set to embark on the first phase of a new Industry–University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) for the Center for Big Learning (CBL). Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the mission of the CBL will be to advance research on Deep Learning (DL) technology and real-world applications by pooling the resources of multiple academic sites with a large number of industry stakeholders. IUCRC is the NSF-directed model of academic, government, and industry partnership.

Mara Fields and Patti Carey have joined the SPS Pre-Award team bringing experience in the full lifecycle of sponsored projects to support campus research.

Campus unit team assignments have been updated, see the SPS website to view these changes.

The new implementation date of the Common Rule changes is now July 19, 2018. See the Revised Common Rule website for more information.

The Fall 2017 UROP Mini-grant Awards and the 2018 Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellows were announced. Read the Around the O story for details.

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) promotes excellence in research at the University of Oregon — the state’s only Association of American Universities member. Research, both basic and applied, is fundamental to the mission of the University and is essential to Oregon’s economic and civic vitality. The office is committed to enhancing these efforts by providing administrative and financial support for sponsored programs, including identification of funding opportunities, proposal submission, research compliance, and contracts and grant administration.

Find Oregon Research online:

Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
677 E 12th Ave. Suite 500, Eugene, OR 97401

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