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Postdocs & Students

Founded on an Ecosystem of Innovation

“If it’s new, novel and holds promise to change the world,” says President Amy Gutmann, “you’ll find it at Penn.”
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Important Information for International Collaborations
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International collaborations and partnerships are important to Penn’s research and teaching missions. The University has issued guidance to facilitate our global engagement as we develop research collaborations on campus and abroad. This Guidance has been developed to support and protect the Penn community as we engage globally and locally.

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.

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URF Report 2010-2017

Our University Research Foundation Report for 2010-2017 looks at the impact of this OVPR grant across university disciplines, laboratories, faculty and students.

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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

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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.

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Featured Institutes

Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Center for Public Health Initiatives

Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter

Mahoney Institute for Neurological Sciences

Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

Center for Neuroscience and Society

Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

Penn Institute for Urban Research

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Regulatory Topics

FCOI
Penn’s research-related financial conflicts of interest policy.

Training
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) and other research related training.

Integrity & RCR
Responsible Conduct of Research as mandated by the National Institutes of Health.

Policies
Downloads and links to various Penn compliance policies.

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Penn Research

Penn receives over 5800 awards on an annual basis. The University is consistently ranked as one of the largest recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health and federal support in total accounts for 85 percent of sponsored program support.

Penn also receives valuable support from a host of other sponsors, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the City of Philadelphia, foundations, associations, and industry partners.

Research by School

Graduate School of Education
Law School
Perelman School of Medicine
School of Arts & Sciences
School of Dental Medicine
Weitzman School of Design

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School of Engineering & Applied Science
School of Nursing
School of Social Policy & Practice
School of Veterinary Medicine
Wharton School
Annenberg School for Communications

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19104-6303 USA

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News from the Vice Provost for Research

Founded on an Ecosystem of Innovation (video)

Revised Human Subject’s Training Requirements

Fall 2018 University Research Foundation Awards

Global Engagement: Guidance for the Penn Community

LabArchives for Researchers

URF Report 2010-2017

Accelerating from Lab to Market

Discovering the Future Grant

Funding & Fellowships

University Research Foundation

Grant: Accelerating from Lab to Market

Grant: Discovering the Future

Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships

Sponsored Programs Information Network

Limited Submissions

Within the OVPR

PCI

IRB

RIO

EHRS

OAW

ULAR

ORS

Advisory Committees

Vice Provost for Research

Centers & Institutes

Featured Institutes

Regulatory Topics

FCOI

Training

Integrity & RCR

Policies

SEARCH

@PennOVPR

RESEARCH HUB

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