The University of Iowa Research Foundation (UIRF) will host a series of online courses about how to move technology from the university to the marketplace for all University of Iowa faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students. “If you have an idea and wonder if it is commercially valuable, this series is for you,” said Mihaela Bojin, UIRF associate director. “The courses also cater to early...

On October 20, the Research Services Fair will return as an in-person networking event at Hancher Auditorium. The event brings together experts from more than 55 units to share information about resources for the University of Iowa research and scholarly community. Vendor-style tables will host campus experts in cutting-edge instrumentation, technology services, grant applications, editing, human...

The National Institutes of Health recently announced implementation guidance for its new Data Management & Sharing (DMS) Policy, which requires researchers to prospectively plan for how scientific data will be preserved and shared through submission of a Data Management and Sharing Plan. (See Implementation Details for the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy.) The NIH DMS Working Group has been...

Two faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Julia Kleinschmit, clinical professor in the School of Social Work, and Hayley O’Malley, assistant professor in the Department of Cinematic Arts, received OVPR Community Engaged Scholars grants for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. The funding program, a collaboration with the Obermann Center, provides grants up to $5,000...

With $500,000 in funding from the OVPR Interdisciplinary Scholars awards program, an interdisciplinary team will start work on a new project at the intersection of climate, the environment, and health. The award is sponsored by the Research Development Office within the Office of the Vice President for Research. The project team includes researchers from the College of Public Health, Carver...

UI researchers secured funding for 2,400 projects in fiscal year 2022 to advance treatments for disease, address the opioid epidemic, improve mental health care for Iowa’s youth, tackle resource challenges for renewable energy in the state, and much more. Related story: UI earns record $867M in external funding during FY2022 This funding supports the university’s diverse portfolio of leading-edge...

Two companies co-founded by UI researchers have secured a combined $62 million in financing to advance disease therapies. The companies, Carbon Biosciences and hC Bioscience, are based on foundational research by University of Iowa (UI) professors John Engelhardt, Ziying Yan, Chris Ahern, and colleagues at other institutions. “The investments secured by these companies are among the largest...

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) named the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa as the healthiest lab in the nation at the association's annual meeting in May. Created in 2009, the APHL Healthiest Laboratory Award is part of its Healthiest Laboratory Initiative. Sponsored by HDR, Inc., an architectural firm specializing in laboratory design, the award recognizes...