Effective July 1, Iowa State University’s Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) will debut a newly formed Office of Research Ethics (ORE), merging and replacing its former Office for Responsible Research and Office of Research Integrity. Until this point, the Office for Responsible Research (ORR) and the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) functioned…
Senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert announced this week that Guru Rao will serve as interim vice president for research (VPR), effective July 1. Rao, who serves as associate VPR and professor in the Roy J. Carver department of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology (BBMB), will succeed Sarah Nusser, who announced last September her…
Iowa State University’s fourth annual Research Day has been canceled as part of an ongoing university-wide effort to prepare for and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Earlier this week, university leadership announced a recommendation to postpone or cancel large events scheduled to take place on campus between March 23 and April 3. This includes Research Day, which typically…
Four finalists have been identified in the search for the next vice president for research. They will visit campus in the coming weeks: Shashank Priya, March 9-10 Candidate 2, March 23-24 Candidate 3, March 26-27 Candidate 4, April 2-3 Each candidate will be announced one business day before their visit. During the interview, candidates will…
Vice president for research Sarah Nusser presented new research priorities and looked back on a successful year during the Faculty Senate’s Oct. 15 meeting. The Research Leadership Council — a group that includes associate deans, members of ISU Extension and Outreach, Ames Laboratory, government relations and others that represent different parts of the research mission…
Iowa State has launched the search for its next vice president for research (VPR). The successful candidate will succeed Sarah Nusser, who recently announced that she would complete her service as VPR at the end of the fiscal year. “Iowa State is one of America’s leading research universities, so we expect the position will be…
Sarah Nusser has announced she will complete her service as Iowa State’s vice president for research (VPR) at the end of the current fiscal year. Nusser, a professor of statistics, has served as VPR since February 2014, and earned reappointment earlier this year. During her tenure, she increased the university’s external research funding, including a…
Iowa State attracted $469 million of total external funding for the 2019 fiscal year, which included a record $260.9 million for research conducted at the university, surpassing the previous record of $252.5 million set in the 2016 fiscal year.
$260.9 million tops previous record of $252.5 million in FY2016 Iowa State University closed the 2019 fiscal year achieving a new record for external research funding – $260.9 million. This surpasses the previous milestone of $252.5 million established in FY2016, reaffirming the university’s long-standing position as a leading land-grant research institution. Iowa State set new…
Iowa State University’s vice president for research Sarah Nusser has been appointed to a second five-year term, through 2024, senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert announced this week. During her first term, which began in 2014, Nusser created the Grants Hub to support faculty with initial grants and large-scale funding opportunities, fostered interdisciplinary research…
