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Read the full announcement and the October 5, 2011 UCLA Newsroom article.
Vice Chancellor Economou announces the search for an Associate Vice Chancellor & Executive Director of Entrepreneurship to lead Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research.
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The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Division of Undergraduate Education announce new formalized process for “Undergraduate Student Visitors”
For more information, please read the BruinPost announcement.
Office of Research Administration announced the enhancement of PI Portal tool. Read the full announcement made via a BruinPost.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh announces that the Office of Intellectual Property & Industry Sponsored Research will move under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. To read the full announcement, please read the Bruinpost.
Please read the Bruinpost announcement from James Gibson regarding Minors in Laboratories and Shops.
Vice Chancellor Economou provides address at the 2011 Postdoctoral Scholars Reception, an annual reception held in honor of the nominees and recipients of the Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research. For more information about the award, see the applicable Graduate Division pages. Read the full address entitled, "A Liberal Education."
Office of Research Administration announces launch of “PI Portal” and “PI Notification of Fund Expiration” – two new tools for principal investigators. These two tools were developed in conjunction with the Faculty Advisory Committee supporting the Research Administration Process Improvement and Deployment (RAPID) project. For more details, please review the Bruinpost announcement from Associate Vice Chancellor Marcia L. Smith.
Vice Chancellor Economou and Vice Provost Atchison commissioned Professor William Ouchi, the Sanford and Betty Sigoloff Chair in Corporate Renewal, from the Anderson School of Management to conduct a study of UCLA's current method of fostering entrepreneurship.
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Academic Senate Council on Research have announced a new seed grant opportunity for faculty engaged in transdisciplinary research; approximately 10 awards of up to $25,000 each will be awarded. To facilitate dialogue and collaboration across disciplines, specifically for this opportunity, a new website entitled the Transdisciplinary Seed Grant Forum (TSGF) was launched. Please visit the TSGF website, register as a user, enter your information in the database and review or engage in forum discussions. Proposal specifications and prepa