Research Offices

Facilitates the commercialization of University academic innovations, ensuring intellectual property protection and fostering industry partnerships.

• A team of experts in licensing, business development, and legal matters.
• Focused on technology transfer in physical, life, and information sciences.
• Manages invention disclosures across all ODU schools.

• Develops budgets, assembles proposal elements, and gathers documentation from partners.
• Negotiates grant contracts, subcontracts, and consultant agreements.
• Ensures expenditures comply with federal, sponsor, and ODU policies and monitors cost share requirements.
• Documents time, processes payroll, procures goods, and coordinates financial reporting.
• Manages project close-out with sponsors and assists with tracking reports and deliverables.

The new Office for Undergraduate Research will connect students with hands-on research opportunities, foster faculty-student collaboration, and support experiential learning.

Led by an interdisciplinary team, the office will empower undergraduates to build critical thinking skills and succeed in academic research early on.