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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.
