Office of the Vice President for Research

The Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) runs numerous programs that support faculty from internal funding to grant training. Recently, AVPR Jakob Jensen presented a virtual town hall introducing infrastructure and events including:

• VPR communication channels (Research Post and the AVPR's Desk)
• VPR Units such as OSP, the Pre-Award Unit, and LIFT
• Research councils and committees such as the One Utah Research Council and the University Research Committee
• Internal funding such as Faculty Fellowships, Small Grants, Distinguished Research Awards, UURF Interdisciplinary Research Initiative, Research Instrumentation Fund, and 1U4U Seed Grants.
• Limited Submission Opportunities
• Research Education Courses
• NSF Cohort Fellowship training program
• Research translation funding and support, including support for SBIR/STTR grants
• Hubs, Working Groups, and Initiatives

The presentation was recorded. You can watch the video here. The power point for the talk can be found here: AVPR Slides_Come Learn About VPR Programs