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Office of Research and Creative Activity. Mission: Support faculty and student research. 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
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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
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 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
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. Office of Research and Creative Activity