Office of the Vice Provost For Research – UPenn – OVPR University of Pennsylvania

News from the Vice Provost for Research

LabArchives for Researchers

The modern, cloud-based, secure Electronic Research Notebook system is now available for free to Penn researchers.

University Research Foundation Awardees

Spring 2019 applications open Tuesday, February, 12 and close Friday, March 15.

Accelerating from Lab to Market

The Accelerating from Lab to Market grant aims to help to bridge the gap between federal research funding and commercial success. Applications are accepted February 15 – April 12, 2019.

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Discovering the Future Grant

Discovering the Future Grant aims to fill this gap in funding opportunities by supporting the Penn faculty in blue sky, high risk/high reward research. Spring 2019 applications open from February 15 – April 12.

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Funding & Fellowships

University Research Foundation
An internal funding program that offers close to $1 million twice a year in four disciplinary areas of study.

Grant: Accelerating from Lab to Market
A pre-seed grant to transition exciting new ideas to the point at which they can be commercialized and brought to market.

Grant: Discovering the Future
A grant to transition exciting new ideas to the point at which they can be sustained by other modes of support.

Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships
A competitive program whose goal is to increase the diversity of the community of scholars devoted to academic research.

Sponsored Programs Information Network
A funding opportunity database.

Limited Submissions
The OVPR coordinates the selection process for grant competitions in instances where a limited number of applications are accepted.

Within the OVPR

PCI
Penn Center for Innovation: Translating Penn discoveries and ideas into new products and businesses for the benefit of society.

IRB
Institutional Review Board: IRB promotes and protects the welfare of human research participants by reviewing and approving all human subject research.

RIO
Research Integrity Office: Management of the University’s Research-related Financial Conflicts of Interest Program and oversight of the Office’s commitment to Responsible Conduct of Research and Research Integrity.

EHRS
Environmental Health and Radiation Safety: Ensuring health, safety, and environmental protection in teaching, research, and healthcare programs and facilities.

OAW
Office of Animal Welfare: comprehensive support and guidance to the animal research community on matters related to protocol development and regulatory compliance.

ULAR
University Laboratory Animal Resources: A campus-wide research service organization that provides daily animal husbandry, veterinary care and diagnostic services.

ORS
Office of Research Services: Managing externally sponsored research projects through the pre-award and post-award processes.

Advisory Committees
Formulating, implementing and ensuring compliance of all research policies.

Vice Provost for Research
Dawn Bonnell shapes policy and advances administrative initiatives for the University’s $900+ million research enterprise

Centers & Institutes

The University’s integrated campus facilitates unique investigative collaborations across disciplines and research at Penn’s Centers and Institutes represent some of the most cutting edge investigations taking place in the world today. A searchable database of the University’s many Centers and Institutes is to the left. On behalf of the Provost, the Vice Provost for Research oversees the 8 University-wide Centers & Institutes featured below.

Learn more about our 170+ centers »