Office of the Vice President for Research

The Office of the Vice President for Research coordinates research throughout The University of Texas at Austin. The office handles applications for research funding, coordinates strategic areas of research focus and tracks guidelines and regulations governing research. Several research units report to the Vice President for Research.

Staff Directory
Frequently Asked Questions
Research Alert
Awards, Fellowships and Grants
Limited Submission Programs

Research Support Units

These are offices that provide support for researchers in a variety of areas ranging from administration to technical resources.

Office of Federal Relations—Program Development
Office of Sponsored Projects
Office of Research Support and Compliance
Office of Technology Commercialization
Animal Resources Center
Applied Computational and Engineering Sciences Building
Texas Advanced Computing Center

Research Units

Several research groups report directly to the Vice President for Research. Their work ranges from rocks to rockets and from entrepreneurial studies to electric buses.

Applied Research Laboratories
Center for Agile Technology
Center for Electromechanics
Center for Strategic and Innovative Technologies
Imaging Research Center
Institute for Advanced Technology
Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
IC² Institute

Research Committees

Committees made up of faculty members and administrators, and in some cases community members, oversee research activities at The University of Texas at Austin.