Vice President for Research & Economic Development

Through this portal you will find information on current research initiatives, seed funding opportunities, research programs and units, scholarly activity in the schools and colleges, research policies and procedures, opportunities for collaboration and procedures for licensing innovations produced by research.

• Recent Initiatives
• Policies
• Scholar News
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Funding Programs

The Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development (OVPRED) invites UB faculty to take advantage of the following funding opportunities to initiate or enhance their research and scholarly efforts.

• Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies Pilot Projects
• Pilot and Collaborative Translational and Clinical Studies

Sponsored Projects Services

Sponsored Projects Services (SPS) is dedicated to supporting University at Buffalo faculty and staff in their efforts to seek out and secure external awards for programs of research, scholarly and creative activities, education and training, and public service; and to support faculty and staff in their efforts to manage external award funds effectively and prudently, in order to ensure that all sponsor and UB commitments and expectations are met.

• Electronic Proposal Submission
• SPS Forms

Research Subjects Protection Program

UB’s Research Subjects Protection Program provides the framework for all highly regulated research involving human subjects and animal subjects, and endeavors to ensure that all research programs follow the most ethical and humane treatment of all subjects.

• Research Subjects Protection
• Children & Youth IRB
• Health Sciences IRB
• Social & Behavorial Sciences IRB
• Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee

Comparative Medicine-Laboratory Animal Facilities (CM-LAF)

The Division of Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Facilities (CM-LAF) at the State University of New York at Buffalo is a centralized service organization responsible for the animal care and use program campus wide.

• Fees
• Forms
• SOP's

UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach

The University at Buffalo Office of Science, Technology Transfer, and Economic Outreach (STOR)- is UB's interface between the inventive work of laboratory research and the applied commercial development that brings the benefits of that work to market.

• About STOR
• Advisory Board
• Forms and Policies

UB Business Engagement and Outreach

UB is an agent for growth and enterprise, competition and prosperity. With our business partners, we fuel the innovation economy.

NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences

The New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (COE) was created in Buffalo, New York in 2002 as part of more than $200 million dollars in investment from state, federal, industry and philanthropic sources to create a hub of life sciences expertise and innovation in Upstate New York.

VPR Information Systems

Information Systems (IS) is dedicated to supporting UB's research efforts, both on the administrative and program side, by providing integrated information services, resources and technologies to the UB community.

• Our Mission
• Our Projects
• Our Staff