The State of UO Research: Celebrating Achievement and Prospects for the Future

David Conover, UO’s vice president for research and innovation, presents a talk on the state of research at the University of Oregon. In his presentation, Conover provides an overview of research at the UO, celebrates the successes achieved during the 2017 fiscal year, sets goals for future growth and takes questions from the audience. Other issues Conover discusses include:

· Latest status and the outlook for federal funding of research
· Major award winners from FY2017
· Major discoveries from FY17
· Benchmarking UO progress compared with peers
· Roll out of a plan for expanding UO’s research portfolio

President Michael S. Schill and Provost Jayanth Banavar give opening and closing remarks respectively.