A wide range of FY12 research statistics is now available on the OVPR website.

The OVPR is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals to fund research infrastructure. A total of $3 million is available for this one-time investment.

This program aims to help propel research and scholarship beyond the ordinary by nurturing interdisciplinary ideas or methodologies.

Applications must be routed to approvers by Feb. 11, 2013.

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler announced today that Dr. Brian Herman will be the university’s next vice president for research. Herman will assume leadership of the university’s research enterprise on Jan. 1, 2013, subject to approval by the Board of Regents in December.