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Dr. Jeff Seemann Vice President for Research 860-486-3621 | [email protected]

Office of the Vice President for Research

UConn Research

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) plays a central role in the continuing success and development of the faculty’s research, scholarship, and creative endeavors through its leadership and provision of service activities in the broad areas of Research Development, Technology Commercialization and Research Administration. The goal of the OVPR is to help make UConn one of the nation’s top 10 public research universities by 2020 as a result of supporting its faculty’s profound positive impact on the quality of the human condition in Connecticut, the nation, and the world.

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Funding Databases • • Community of Science (COS) Pivot and InfoEd SPIN • Search a database of current funding opportunities • Share funding opportunities with colleagues • • Setup and receive funding opportunity alerts Identify collaborators within/outside UConn based on expertise and publication information How to access • (Pivot) pivot.uconn.edu

• (SPIN) infoed.uconn.edu

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Pivot Steve Batt, 486-6128 [email protected]

SPIN Khamis Abu-Hasaballah, 486-4247 [email protected]

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Internal Funding Programs • Research Excellence Program (REP) • Scholarship Facilitation Fund (SSF) • CHIP Seed Grant Program • Faculty Travel Program Grant Development Services • Grant writing workshops • Proposal development & submission support Research Centers & Institutes • Biotechnology & Bioservices Center (BBC) • • Center for Health Intervention & Prevention (CHIP) Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering (CESE) Need Help?

Michelle Williams, 486-6760 [email protected]

Office of the Vice President for Research

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Sponsored Program Services • • • • Trusted advice and guidance in research administration Proposal review and institutional signature Contract & award negotiation, setup, management, billing and closeout Effort reporting, export control & financial conflict of interest matters Need Help?

Mike Glasgow, 486-3619 [email protected]

Office of the Vice President for Research

Working with Human Subjects, Recombinant DNA and/or Animals? We Can Help!

• • • Research Compliance Services (RCS) and Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) are here to help you succeed with research:  Institutional Review Board (IRB)  Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)  Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee(IACUC)  Radiation Safety Committee (RSC)  Laboratory Safety Committee (LSC) Providing consultative services and training Engage RCS & EHS early to avoid unnecessary research delays Need Help?

RCS: Nancy Wallach, 486-8802 [email protected]

EHS: Terence Monahan, 486-3613 terence [email protected]

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Trying to Work with Industry?

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UConn researchers bring unique expertise, enthusiastic graduate students and leading edge equipment to solve industry’s research and development challenges.

UConn has many successful research programs with industry partners (UTC, Pratt &Whitney, GE, Comcast) among many others.

UConn can be flexible on business and legal terms that matter to industry--payments, intellectual property, confidentiality.

In some cases, a researcher may wish to consult individually with a company (see www.consulting.uconn.edu for details) Need Help?

Andrew Zehner, 486-1339 [email protected]

Office of the Vice President for Research

Research

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Services All Along the Innovation Continuum -- Lab to Market Ideation Identification of Intellectual Property (IP) Industry Exposure IP Protection Market Validation Entrepreneurial Education Proof of Concept Support Need Help?

Ali Andalibi 486-3001 [email protected]

Startup Advice and Creation Commercializa tion Funding Technology Licensing Product

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