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Organized Research Unit Funding

ORU FY13 Budget Proposals and Hearings

The FY13 competitive budget development process is under way for all currently supported as well as newly proposed research centers and institutes (organized research units – ORUs) and research groups in the formation stage who are seeking continuing or new campus-level funding support. The primary purpose of this funding is to help ORUs organize to pursue external funding to become self-sufficient, usually within a five-year time period, or to help sustain ORUs with a large return on investment. Any released funds are then available to start another ORU.

The results of this process will inform the campus level decisions related to funding commitments in support of the Research mission for FY13 as well as the funding allocations to currently supported ORUs as well as ORUs seeking funding for the first time.

For additional information, please review the ORU Budgeting General Guidelines.

Existing ORUs are defined as all established and recognized campus, college, or department level research groups, research centers or institutes.

Potential ORUs include:

  • Emerging research centers that have not yet become official but are composed of an organized group of faculty of sufficient number to have a significant impact on a defined topic or discipline.
     
  • Any group of faculty working on a common research mission.
     

Proposal Presentation Schedule

The Office of Research is currently reviewing the submitted proposals. A select number of ORU directors have been invited to give public presentations on their proposals and to address clarifying questions. These hearings are currently scheduled for March 5th and 6th, 2012 in Room 440 of the Haslam Building. This is a conference room located on the 4th floor on the west wing above the atrium. Detailed presentation schedule (PDF).

Proposals and Funding Information

The following ORUs submitted funding proposals for FY13. The linked PDF documents are accessible only by UT Knoxville faculty and staff.

Note: Access to these documents requires logging in with your NetID and password. Internet Explorer users must precede their NetID with UTK\ (example: UTK\NetID).

To see trend analysis charts for currently funded research units, scroll to the bottom of this page or click here.

New ORU Funding Request Proposals for FY13

Currently Funded ORU Proposals

Joint Institutes

Five-Year Trend Analysis Charts

The charts presented here show five-year trends for currently funded UT Knoxville research centers and joint institutes (those not shown have been formed too recent to have a history). These files link to PDF documents accessible only by UTK faculty and staff.

Note: Access to these documents requires logging in with your NetID and password. Internet Explorer users must precede their NetID with UTK\ (example: UTK\NetID).

Contact Information

Jane Taylor
Administrative Specialist
UT Knoxville Office of Research
1534 White Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37996-1529
Phone: (865) 974-0437
Fax: (865) 974-7400
Email: tayloje@utk.edu