Six awards have been distributed under a new program from the Office of Research and Engagement, with the goal toward increasing the percentage of faculty applying for and receiving external funding.

The Office of Research & Engagement, in cooperation with the Office of the Provost, announces a distinctive new program to support the accomplishments of junior faculty in all fields. The program will focus on prestigious national faculty awards and on interdisciplinary collaborations in fields of emerging significance.

To streamline internal funding and competition management, the Office of Research and Engagement has recently acquired a new internal software called InfoReady. InfoReady will replace all of the emails, spreadsheets, and shared folders currently used for internal competitions with a more efficient system. Applications, reviews, and award notifications for internal funding and limited submission competitions will be managed through the software. This includes SARIFs, Seeds, Science Alliance, start-up funds, and other internal awards.

InfoReady will not replace Cayuse, which is used for routing external funding proposals.

ORE will be piloting select internal competitions over the summer and will officially launch the software for the majority of internal fund requests and competitions on September 1, 2019. If you have any questions or suggestions about InfoReady in the interim, please direct them to the contact noted in the competition instructions.