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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 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 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