Research at The University of Iowa

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Vice President's Welcome


Greetings from Suite 201, Gilmore Hall on the UI campus. Thanks for using our website. Outstanding research, scholarship, and artistic creation are hallmarks of a great University. In the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) we are dedicated to providing an environment in which the collective and individual imaginations of faculty members, staff members, and students can flourish. Our success hinges on advocating for research, providing a high level of service to faculty and staff, creating innovative partnerships, and expecting excellence.

  • We foster interdisciplinary collaborations among our constituents and assist them in creating such alliances.
  • We pride ourselves on a service philosophy that helps facilitate all aspects of research and economic development at the University of Iowa.
  • We promote research development by maintaining state of the art core facilities and making strategic investments to initiate and maintain programs with promise for success. Through an internal network of grant administrators and support staff we assist investigators and departments in cultivating external research support.
  • We hold ourselves to a high level of integrity as we navigate through complex compliance issues in the pursuit of scholarship. In doing so, we assist in understanding and complying with relevant laws, regulations, and policies.
  • We work to increase engagement and partnerships across departments, colleges, industries, other universities and the State of Iowa.
  • We provide expertise and support to faculty and staff in the commercialization of University intellectual property and help bring these new ideas to the marketplace.

In sum, we advocate for academic excellence.
Our website is one of the tools we use to articulate the vision of the OVPR and to outline the various services we provide. We are here to help you succeed so that we can all enjoy the invigorating environment of a great University.

Jordan L. Cohen, Ph.D.