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Proposal support and resources

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Funding opportunities and resources

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Internal funding opportunities via Research & Innovation

Research & Innovation is continually working on initiatives to recognize faculty and reward creativity, productivity and innovative research endeavors. Check back regularly for new opportunities.

  • Dimensions grants for CLA and RSJ
    • Large grants initiative for collaborative projects
    • Small grants initiative for faculty research travel
  • Faculty travel grants
  • Publishing subvention
  • Research enhancement grants
  • Seed funding: mICRo grants
  • Seed funding: New scholarly endeavor grants
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External funding opportunities

For an individualized proposal and funding consultation please fill out the proposal development services request.

 

Research ethics, responsible conduct and safety

Whether you’re working with animal or human subjects, in an art studio or a lab, the University expects everyone to do their part to conduct ethical, safe and responsible research. Advisors and mentors need to assure that they are meeting regulations within their space and that students and trainees receive guidance in areas such as: research integrity, data acquisition and management, authorship, research collaborations, conflicts of interest, and others as appropriate.

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Research compliance and training

Working with animals

Visit Animal Resources for assistance with any research or teaching use of vertebrate animals.

Working with human subjects

Health and safety for your space

Visit Environmental Health & Safety for assistance with any of the topics listed below or any other health and safety related issues.

  • Establish a lab, studio or creative space
  • Your responsibilities in terms of safety
  • Required training for your research group
  • Waste disposal practices (chemical, biological, radioactive, electronic)
  • Injuries or exposure to hazardous materials
  • Working with biological agents
  • Wearing respirators
  • Certifying or repairing a biosafety cabinet
  • Building environmental permits
 

Commercializing research

The commercialization of technology is a multi-stage process with the goal of finding suitable application in the marketplace. The process starts with the researcher's discovery. From there, Enterprise & Innovation will work with the researcher to help protect the invention. This includes working closely with both the inventor and appropriate patent offices. The following shows a quick overview of the commercialization process.

More info on how to protect and commercialize your innovation

1: Research
Identifying a patentable innovation
2: Innovation disclosure
Providing basic, confidential information about your innovation
3: IP assessment
Assessing whether IP protection is needed
4: Protection
Filing for patent protection
5: Commercialization assessment
Evaluating the global market potential of the innovation
6: Spin-out or partnership?
Determining the best path for the innovation
6a: Start a company
Aiding in the creation of a spin-out company
6b: Find a partner
Attracting potential licensees for a partnership
7: Licensing
Negotiating terms for prospective licensing agreements
8: Revenue
Sharing royalties and revenues between the inventors and the University
9: Relationship management
Ensuring compliance with license obligations and royalty payments

What is tech transfer?

Tech transfer at the University is aimed at transferring researcher’s discoveries to entities that will further develop the technology into products or services. Below is a link to third party multimedia content. If you experience any issues accessing this content, please contact Enterprise & Innovation.

Watch a short video overview of technology transfer from AUTM (1:37 minutes)

Intellectual property

Research agreements

Innovator resources

Funding and grant support

 
 

Celebrating research through awards and fellowships

Research & Innovation is continually working on initiatives to recognize faculty and reward creativity, productivity and innovative research endeavors.

Foundation Innovation Award

We award two faculty or staff members annually for contributions to innovation or the commercialization of ideas that impact and benefit the public’s well-being. We consider innovation to be all forms of discovery, creation and production of inventive and progressive ideas, methods, and products that promote society’s growth. Our categories for the two awards are the Early Career Innovator Award and the Established Innovator Award. The recipients will be recognized at the Honor the Best Ceremony and receive $5000 for their work.

Foundation Innovation Award Details

Outstanding Researcher Award

One University faculty member is awarded annually for a distinguished record in research or creative activities over their academic career. The faculty member must have contributed a meaningful amount of their work while a member of the University of Nevada, Reno. The evaluation is based on records and supporting material supplied by the faculty member. An award of $5,000 will be presented to the recipient at the Honor the Best Ceremony.

Outstanding Researcher Award Details

Regents' Awards for Research

Nominations for the annual Regents’ awards for research are reviewed through Research & Innovation. The awards are given annually to NSHE faculty members at UNR, UNLV and DRI. Any NSHE employee or student can nominate faculty members for the campus selection process.

  • Regents’ Researcher of the Year Awards – $5,000 for distinguished records in research
    • Regents' Researcher of the Year – Distinguished-Career
    • Regents' Researcher of the Year – Mid-Career
  • Regents’ Creative Activities Award – $5,000 for a distinguished record in creative activities
  • Regents’ Rising Researcher of the Year Award – $2,000 for early-career accomplishments
Regents’ Researcher Awards Details

Research & Innovation Leadership Fellows Program

This professional development program offers faculty the opportunity to gain experience toward potential career opportunities in research administration. The Research & Innovation Leadership Fellow will develop a deeper understanding of the administration of a research enterprise; interact with University leadership and stakeholders at the local, state, national, and international level; and participate in the development of policies and procedures relevant to faculty members and the research enterprise. This is a five month appointment for an equivalent of one day per week (20% effort).

Leadership Fellowship Details
 

Awardee spotlight

Geoff Blewitt, Ph.D., at a field site with a GPS station on a mountain overlooking the valley of Reno and Sparks, Nevada

Using worldwide GPS data to study changes in Earth’s crust, from the Ice Age to today

By collecting and analyzing a staggering amount of Global Positioning System (GPS) data from stations around the world and satellites in space, Geoff Blewitt, professor of geosciences in the Nevada Bureau of Mines and the University’s 2020 Outstanding Researcher, is able to study changes in the Earth’s crust with great precision. The result is a series of significant discoveries, any one of which has changed scientific understanding and offers implications for the way we live and think. Considered together, they mark an impressive career and body of research.

Learn about Blewitt’s contributions to scientific understanding of climate change and Earth