The Office of Research hosts talkshow format webinars that covers best practices and trending research topics by our faculty and staff. Tune in to listen to what Assistant Director Conor Wakeman and Technology Commercialization Manager Marvin Young has to say about Conflict of Interest and Intellectual Property.
Federal Research Innovation and ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIENDs) of the Office of Research and Innovation are recognized based on achieving a cumulative level of federal research expenditures (CLFRE) in excess of $500,000 as either PI or co-PI for fiscal year 2023. FY 2023 FRIENDs: FY 2022 FRIENDs: FY 2021 FRIENDs: FY 2020 FRIENDs: FY 2019 FRIENDs:
Dr. Gagandeep Wig, Associate Professor of Cognition and Neuroscience in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institute of Health (NIH). The award will allow Dr. Wig and his team to continue their research on identifying mediators between an individual’s …read more
Congratulations to Dr. Zhenpeng Qin for his recently funded research on the development of new photo-releasable neuropeptide nano-vesicles for studying modulation in the brain. With the $2.3 million NIH project, Dr. Qin and his team will develop a novel, potentially transformative technology to release neuropeptides at localized targets in real-time in awake animals.
Dr. Eric Kildebeck received a $1.6 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for his Polycraft Multi-user Anthropomorphic Testbed for Hybrid Systems (POLYMATH) project. The grant will examine using Polycraft World–a Minecraft modification that will enable multiple different Artificial Intelligence researchers to test algorithms in an open world. It will also observe …read more
This following video is a UT Dallas Office of Research webinar on engaging in international research collaborations. Learning Objectives: Identify regulations that apply to international research collaborations Provide examples of activities and relationships that might require regulatory compliance Discuss key considerations before starting a collaboration Share practices you can use to reduce your regulatory risk
The National Institute of Health awarded Dr. Jonathan Ploski of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences $1.5 million for his research on Pharmacologically Enhancing the Modification of Strong Modification Resistant Memories. Dr. Ploski’s research focuses on developing methods to therapeutically attenuate maladaptive emotional memories. Students in Dr. Ploski’s lab investigate methods to enhance the …read more
Overview The UT Dallas New Faculty Research Symposium Grant is an internal funding mechanism designed to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations between newly hired (start date after January 2023) UT Dallas faculty and established (those hired prior to January 2023) UT Dallas faculty. Successful proposals will include at least two faculty members serving as PIs from …read more
All UTD affiliated human subjects research (and all other activities, which in part involve human subject research), regardless of sponsorship, must be reviewed by the Office of Human Subjects Protections (OHSP) and approved (administratively and/or by the IRB Committee) prior to initiation. This includes all interventions and interactions with participants for research, including advertising, recruitment, …read more
This page describes how The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) will identify and manage personal conflicts of interests created by the appointment of relatives in externally funded research. The purpose of identifying personal conflicts of interest is to ensure objectivity in the design and conduct of externally funded research projects. Responsible Parties “Principal …read more
