The Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) manages five principal activities: (1) research compliance; (2) research enhancement; (3) intellectual property management; (4) graduate studies; and (5) postdoctoral enhancement.
In addition, the directors of five interdisciplinary research institutes and programs report to the VPR:
VPR also coordinates the various University units that comprise the research infrastructure, including the acquisition of research funding, the planning and development of academic research space, research commercialization, the incubation of new companies and recruiting of corporate research partners to local research parks, and public outreach.
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