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 Sponsored Programs and Research Internal Research Resources UNO Innovation Accelerator 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
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 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 AY $11.6 million awards AY $11.8 million awards AY $17.0 million awards AY $91.0 million submissions AY $77.7 million submissions AY $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