The UI Office of Research and Economic Development, the Office of the Vice President for Finance and Operations, the Graduate College, the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, and the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates sponsor the awards.
All nomination materials must be submitted by Feb. 10, 2017.
“One of the primary missions of academic institutions is to foster exploration and ingenuity through world-class scholarship and research,” said Daniel Reed, Vice President for Research and Economic Development. “The Discovery and Innovation Awards are an opportunity for us to celebrate faculty, staff and students who through their research, entrepreneurship and public engagement are directly fulfilling this vital higher education mission.”
Nomination materials and criteria for the awards are available at Office of Research and Economic Development Awards.
Faculty awards
- Scholar of the Year
- Early Career Scholar of the Year
- Leadership in Research
- Distinguished Achievement in Publicly Engaged Research
- Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Humanities Research
- Faculty Communicating Ideas Award
- Distinguished Mentor
- Faculty/Staff Startup of the Year
Staff awards
- Distinguished Research Professional
- Distinguished Research Administrator
- Faculty/Staff Startup of the Year
Student, Graduate Student, and Postdoctoral awards
- Student Innovator
- Excellence in Undergraduate Research
- Graduate Student Research Excellence
- Postdoctoral Scholar/Fellow Research Excellence
- Student Startup of the Year
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development provides resources and support to researchers and scholars at the University of Iowa and to businesses across Iowa with the goal of forging new frontiers of discovery and innovation and promoting a culture of creativity that benefits the campus, the state, and the world. More at http://research.uiowa.edu, and on Twitter: @DaretoDiscover.