Letter from the Vice Chancellor

Welcome to the Web page for the Research Division of the University of Missouri, Columbia!

MU's Office of Research exists to foster an academic environment in which MU's research, instruction, service, and economic development missions are permeated by the joy and rigor of original discovery, creativity, innovation and scholarship.

The Office of Research has dedicated staff who work hard to support three main goals:

• First and foremost, we exist to facilitate the ability of MU's faculty, students and staff to engage in research, discovery, creation, scholarship and innovation.
• Second, we strive to create a research-centered academic environment by developing and articulating connections between MU's research and all of the institution's other activities, and by creating a broader foundation for research support with internal and external stakeholders.
• By doing the first two objectives effectively, and by intelligently managing University resources, we aim to help grow and financially sustain MU's research enterprise.

We perform several functions to meet these objectives. These include overseeing research compliance relating to federal, state, and local regulations regarding sponsored projects, as well issues relating to the use of human subjects or animals in research; providing proposal submission and award management and proposal preparation services; managing internal funds to invest in seeding research; and protecting, managing, marketing and commercializing MU's intellectual property.

Furthermore, we actively promote the value and outcomes of MU's amazing array of research in many ways, including several publications, such as the award-winning research magazine Illumination.

One of MU's truly special attributes is the interdisciplinary nature of the campus. The Research Office contributes to this wonderful aspect of MU by overseeing and promoting several campus-wide interdisciplinary research centers.

Please feel free to contact me or any of our dedicated staff to find out more about the Office of Research, our strategic plan, our organizational structure, or the exciting research and scholarly activities ongoing at MU.

Thanks for visiting!

Robert Hall
Vice Chancellor for Research, Interim