Peer review panels, composed of faculty that mirror the disciplines in an applicant pool, are key to the research enterprise at UT. Dozens of funding opportunities require an internal review process, including limited submission competitions, UT’s internal research seed programs, and red team reviews specifically for large and complex proposals.

As a member institution of Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), UT faculty have access to apply for ORAU-Directed Research and Development (ODRD) Grants, a research and development program that supports collaborations between ORAU and member universities.

Pursuant to the settlement of two connected Chancery Court cases in Davidson County, Tennessee, approximately $36 million in funding has been granted to six different organizations in the State for the purposes of implementing statewide initiatives designed to make lives better for older Tennesseans. The grants are in the following four different areas (as designated by the Court):

• Senior Affordable Housing—Funding is being granted to two distinct entities to provide home modifications to 1,778 Tennessee senior homeowners.
• Senior Legal Services—through a first-of-its-kind alliance, entities from across the State are to provide direct legal assistance (accessing benefits, avoiding elder abuse, core housing issues, and estate planning) to approximately 8,500 older Tennesseans.
• Senior Transportation—the creation and implementation of thirty new volunteer senior transportation projects across the State estimated to serve approximately 7,500 older Tennesseans.
• Senior Dental—through education, transportation, and care, the “Smile On” program will utilize a statewide network to provide services to an estimated 65,000 older Tennesseans.

Limited Submission Opportunities

Institute for Research on Innovation and Science 2018 Awards

The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) is accepting proposals for their 2018 awards that will use the data they have collected from universities around the country to address questions about the social and economic returns to investments in research. Potential proposals may include but are not limited to: new methods for measuring such social and economic returns, studies that identify relationships between funding and productivity within research teams and the university as a whole, or the effect of academic funding on regional economic growth. Successful proposals will effectively demonstrate the use of IRIS data in addressing open issues in the study of science and technology and in science policy.