ResearchUVA: New Features on the Horizon

When the
Board of Visitors convened this September to choose the initial group of
projects for funding by the Strategic Investment Fund, they selected
initiatives that had the most potential to significantly transform a critical
area or knowledge or function and to enhance the academic, research or clinical
standing of UVA.  Among the 13 chosen
projects is ResearchUVA, a software platform currently being developed by the
Office of Sponsored Programs to manage the research administration process.

Since its
launch in May of 2015, ResearchUVA has been in continuous development as an
institutional resource for reducing administrative burden associated with
pursuing and conducting research. The overarching goal over the last year has
been to replace manual, siloed and paper-intensive processes with a one-stop electronic
portal providing investigators and administrators around-the-clock access to
the range of information they need to manage sponsored programs, from any
device —from account balance information to award documentation to agreement
status information. 

Already,
researchers have benefitted from ResearchUVA’s functionality.  All research documents are housed
electronically within the system, and faculty can easily track the progress of
their documents within the process queue, as well as search the system for
opportunities to collaborate. 
Additionally, proposals can be submitted electronically.

SIF
Funding will enable ResearchUVA to make major advances in supporting the
research mission at UVA. 

Coming
in FY 2017: 

·       
Availability
of reporting on the number and dollar value of proposals submitted per month
and per year at UVA

·       
Enhanced
reporting on proposals representing collaborative and interdisciplinary research

·       
Capability
to track non-funded or zero-dollar value agreements critical to research
programs such as: materials transfer agreements (MTAs), non-disclosure
agreements (NDAs), data use agreements (DUAs), and memoranda of understanding
(MOUs)

·       
Enhanced
keyword search capability across documents within the system

·       
Rollout
of data visualization and user/community engagement platforms

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Learn more about ResearchUVA and the project timeline 

More information on the Strategic Investment Fund and this first round ofinvestments