office of research and creative activity mission: support faculty and student research. office of...

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Mission: Support faculty and student research.

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Role: Submit and implement all external funding requests. Protect faculty, staff,

students, and the university.

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Units• Sponsored Programs and Research• Internal Research Resources• UNO Innovation Accelerator

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Compliance• IRB• IACUC• Institutional Biosafety• Conflict of Interest• Export Control• Responsible Conduct of Research

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Office of Research and Creative Activity

• Intellectual Property Protection. Disclosure, patents, licensing.

• Contracts and legal agreements.

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Office of Research and Creative Activity

INTERNAL FUNDING• FUSE: 3 yrs, 225 subs, 162 awards, $410,529• GRACA: 2 yrs, 120 subs, 65 awards, $315,627• UCRCA stud: 3 yrs, 137 subs, 75 awards, $35,711• FRI/FISS: 2 yrs, 50 subs, 26 awards, $178,388• UCRCA fac: 3yrs, 124 subs, 63 awards, $240,006• FIRE: 3 yrs, 39 subs, 15 awards, $417,323– PI submits last 1.5 yrs $55M, awards $1.97M

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Other Opportunities• Nebraska EPSCoR: Early Career awards $20K, only

NSF-funded fields. Yearly ad hoc programs.• NRI: $100,000 collaborative awards. Science and

technology, collaborative with other NU campuses.• Water for Food Institute: pending• Rural Futures Institute: Dec. 2013, Jan. 2014• NU Foundation grants: indefinite hold

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Other Opportunities• National Strategic Research Institute: One of 14

university affiliated research centers nationally. DoD and IC sole source projects.

• Center for Urban Sustainability.

Office of Research and Creative Activity

External Funding• AY2012-2013. $11.6 million awards• AY2011-2012. $11.8 million awards• AY2010-2011. $17.0 million awards• AY2012-2013. $91.0 million submissions• AY2011-2012. $77.7 million submissions• AY2010-2011. $71.9 million submissions

Office of Research and Creative Activity

MavGrants is coming!

UNO’s new electronic pre-award management system

Office of Research and Creative Activity

MavGrants

Office of Research and Creative Activity

The Need

The current process is:• Heavily paper-based• Antiquated• Burdensome & inefficient• Labor intensive

Office of Research and Creative Activity

The Solution

• Electronic proposal management and storage software system

• No more signature pages• Allows for remote electronic approvals• Save time!!• Save travel!!

Office of Research and Creative Activity

MavGrants

• Campus-wide implementation by July 1, 2014• Look for training opportunities in the spring

semester

Office of Research and Creative Activity

UNO Innovation Accelerator• To assist faculty and students in

commercialization of intellectual property.• Partnership with UNO and Innovation

Accelerator.• Funded by NU Central Entrepreneur in Residence

Program.

Office of Research and Creative Activity

Peter Kiewit Institute• Work in collaboration with IS&T and Engineering

deans to implement their visions and strategic plans.

• Facilitate faculty research.• Enhance student opportunities.