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With support from the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s DEI Impact Grant program, the Research and Innovation Office (RIO) is launching a series of workshops to create and sustain a new Scholar Learning Community.

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) announces the launch of the New Frontiers Grant Program, a novel initiative specifically designed to foster groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research projects with the potential for high impact. A Feb. 7 Virtual Townhall Kickoff will be the first of multiple opportunities for researchers to learn more and explore partnerships in advance of developing proposals.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ today announced seven winners of the 2023-2024 translational quantum research seed grants, incentivizing quantum science and technology innovations launched from the lab to accelerate them along the development path to new programs and businesses.

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) announces its Spring Faculty Development and Workshop calendar for 2024​. Faculty can explore the full range of offerings for this semester, including What Makes Compelling Requests to Congress, Funding Strategy Office Hours, an AB Nexus Grant Info Session and the featured opportunities highlighted in this article.

To support CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s advocacy in Washington, D.C., the university’s Federal Relations team is soliciting campus input to help identify the university’s priorities for congressionally directed and programmatic funding for federal Fiscal Year 2025.

Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation and Dean of the Institutes Massimo Ruzzene named Alexa Van Dalsem director of the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) effective Jan. 1.

The Research & Innovation Office has announced the 2024 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, which includes 16 faculty members from departments and research institutes across the campus. The diversity of disciplines included embodies the breadth of excellence represented in CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s research, scholarship and creative work.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have signed a Master Research Agreement, broadening a partnership between the two institutions and opening new collaboration pathways to address critical national security research and workforce needs.

Sixteen teams of faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.5M in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge. Judges from CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s entrepreneurial network heard pitches across two nights for innovations in biosciences, physical sciences and engineering.

During the Middle Ages in Europe, religious relics were highly prized—not just by individuals, but also by institutions. In his Distinguished Research Lecture Nov. 28, Professor Kirk Ambrose will discuss how institutions used art to authenticate religious relics, as well as condemn counterfeiting.