Responsible for overseeing the $260 million annual research enterprise across all UConn campuses, including UConn Health, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) manages all aspects of research and scholarship activities for UConn’s world-class faculty.
The OVPR supports both short- and long-term initiatives to grow UConn’s research enterprise and robust innovation pipeline. Through a dynamic, multifaceted approach, the OVPR promotes single faculty investigator projects, large-scale interdisciplinary collaborations, partnerships with leading industries, and high-potential, university-driven startups.
The OVPR is responsible for:
- Research Support & Development
- Core Research Facilities
- Grant Proposal Support
- Award Management
- Research Compliance
- Technology Commercialization
- UConn’s Technology Incubation Program
- IPB at UConn Tech Park