JANUARY
2024
The State of Research 2023
UC's research enterprise continues its upward climb
The 2023 research data is in, and UC continues to soar. Last fiscal year, UC researchers received $314 million in sponsored research awards, signifying a 17% increase over the previous year’s record-setting figure of $269 million. UC’s research awards have nearly doubled since fiscal year 2018. 

To see the full explanation of the research data, click Read More below!
UC's 2023 Rainmakers
The UC Office of Research celebrates its outstanding researchers
The UC Office of Research is proud to recognize UC's outstanding sponsored research awardees for fiscal year 2023, as well as the top collaborative research awards from across the university. Read more to learn about UC's research rainmakers.
Meet the 2024 URC Faculty Scholars Program Finalists
UC's early career internal funding program receives record amount of applications
The URC Faculty Scholars Research Awards Program recognizes promising early-career faculty at UC who are proposing transformative, future-shaping ideas that are either discipline-focused or interdisciplinary in nature. Read more to learn about this year's finalists and their research.
Meet the 2024 Pilot Program Finalists
Established in 2018, UC's popular seed funding program is advancing collaborative research across UC
The UC Office of Research Pilot Program is designed to seed fund highly competitive and collaborative, interdisciplinary research teams who endeavor to seek major external funding to take it to the next level. Read more to learn about this year's finalists and their research.
Select Opportunities from the National Grants Calendar
National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator

Launched in 2019, the NSF Convergence Accelerator has served as an inspiration and the conceptual model that UC's Digital Futures program of research embodies. The NSF Convergence Accelerator builds upon basic research and discovery to accelerate solutions toward societal impact and to enhance its impact. The Accelerator also places teams together in cohorts, synergizing their work through facilitated collaboration.
National Endowment for the Arts Research Labs

Through a series of awards, the National Endowment for the Arts has established a national program that permits transdisciplinary research teams, grounded in the social and behavioral sciences, to engage with the NEA's five-year research agenda. The National Endowment for the Arts Research Labs (NEA Research Labs) program will yield empirical insights about the arts for the benefit of arts and non-arts sectors alike.
Save the Date: Research & Innovation Week 2024
April 29-May 3, 2024
Research + Innovation Week is a week-long celebration of disruptive ideas, applied solutions and the real-world impacts that UC research, scholarship, and creative activities have in Cincinnati, the region, and beyond. The theme for Research + Innovation Week 2024 is Society & Culture. More information will be coming soon, but for now, please mark your calendar and plan to join us!
Learn more about the Office of Research: https://research.uc.edu/
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