The University Research Awards (URA) provide seed money on a competitive basis for innovative research projects that, when sufficiently developed, are likely to attract external support. Applications for planning grants are also encouraged.
An award of up to $37,500 will be made as a match to funds committed by the applicant’s home school (or applicants’ home schools) for a total of $75,000. The school(s) responsible for the match is/are part of the initial review process. Approval at that level implies a commitment to provide the matching funds if the proposal is awarded.
Applications must be received by 5 p.m. on January 31, 2022—late submissions or revisions will not be accepted. Please note that selected applicants may be asked to present their research project to the Executive Research Committee prior to the final award decisions, which will be announced in mid-May. Recipients of this award are required to peer review future University Research Award proposals.
Completed applications should be directed to Adele Coelho, Faculty Outreach Coordinator in the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Research, at adele.coelho@rochester.edu.
The RFP describes the process, the instructions and the instructions and fill-in application can be downloaded here:
- Request for Proposals
- Application Template (download will start automatically)
2022 University Research Award Recipients
- Role of the macrophage molecular circadian clock in pancreatic cancer
- Altman, Brian J: SMD - Biomedical Genetics, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Gerber, Scott A: SMD - Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- CatMoment: Promoting Inclusive Conversation in Small-Group Learning
- Bai, Zhen: Hajim - Computer Science, Hajim Engineering School
- Hoque, Ehsan: Hajim - Computer Science, Hajim Engineering School
- Developing an intervention to improve family adaptation among children with medical complexity
- Bayer, Nathaniel D: SMD - Pediatrics, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Petrenko, Christie: SAS - Mt. Hope Family Center, School of Arts & Sciences
- O'Connor, Thomas G: SMD - Psychiatry, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Iadarola, Suzannah Joy: SMD - Pediatrics, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Marker-free tracking of group foraging: a window to the primate social brain
- Biro, Dora: SAS - Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences
- Mitchell, Jude F: SAS - Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences
- Wang, Kuan Hong: SMD - Neuroscience, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Quantum Alchemy: Floquet Engineering of Qutrits Hamiltonians
- Blok,Machiel S: SAS - Physics & Astronomy, School of Arts & Sciences
- Franco, Ignacio: SAS - Chemistry, School of Arts & Sciences
- Modulation of Cartilage Mechanical Properties and Health by Absorbed Macromolecules
- Buckley, Mark R: Hajim - Biomedical Engineering, Hajim Engineering School
- Discovery of a glucoreceptor that is essential for glucose and energy homeostasis: novel target for treatment of diabetes and obesity
- Chhabra, Kavaljit Harvindersingh: SMD - Medicine, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Neural Mechanisms Generating Affective Touch Sensation
- Gomez-Ramirez, Manuel: SAS - Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences
- Wang, Kuan Hong: SMD - Neuroscience, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Mitchell, Jude F: SAS - Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences
- Photoinduced Polaron Formation in Lead Halide Perovskite Semiconductors
- Knowles, Kathryn E: SAS - Chemistry, School of Arts & Sciences
- Visual perception in schizophrenia: assessing predictive processing in the earliest stages of the visual cortical hierarchy
- Lalor, Edmund C: SMD - Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Keane, Brian: SMD - Psychiatry, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Learning new categories: an EEG study of second language learners of Mandarin consonants
- McDonough, Joyce: SAS - Linguistics, School of Arts & Sciences
- Yang, Chung-Lin: SAS - Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences
- Electrocatalytic degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in aqueous solution
- Mueller, Astrid M: Hajim - Chemical Engineering, Hajim Engineering School
- Hydrogels for Localized Delivery of Therapeutics to Promote Bone Regeneration
- Nilsson, Bradley L: SAS - Chemistry, School of Arts & Sciences
- Benoit, Danielle SW: SMD - Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Improvement of genomic variant interpretation in intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Paciorkowski, Alexander R: SMD - Neurology, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- White, Andrew: Hajim - Chemical Engineering, Hajim Engineering School
- Vanadium Oxide Sorbents for Reactive Separations of Carbon Dioxide from Air
- Porosoff, Marc D: Hajim - Chemical Engineering, Hajim Engineering School
- Defective Viral Genomes as a Mechanistic Determinant of COVID-19 Pathogenesis
- Sun, Yan: SMD - Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Mariani, Thomas J: SMD - Pediatrics, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Qiu, Xing: SMD - Biostatistics & Computational Biology, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Gene-environment interaction modulates susceptibility to gestational diabetes
- Susiarjo, Martha: SMD - Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Murphy, Patrick J: SMD - Biomedical Genetics, School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Quantum Dot Sources of Quantum Light at Telecom Wavelengths
- Wicks, Gary W: Hajim - The Institute of Optics, Hajim Engineering School
- Development of Novel RNA-based Therapeutics for Heart Disease
- Yao, Peng: SMD - Medicine, School of Medicine & Dentistry