Office of Research, Innovation, & Economic Development

UT researchers, scholars, and creatives contribute to the advancement of knowledge and understanding on multiple scales—local to global. Our community’s contributions have made the university a top 10 US research university in fields as varied as materials and manufacturing, supply chain management, and the humanities. Our faculty body includes seven members of the National Academies, 84 AAAS Fellows, 77 CAREER/PECASE awardees, 33 NEH Fellows, 13 Governor’s Chairs and scores of faculty who’ve earned other nationally-and internationally-recognized awards and distinctions.

Our community engages in ground-breaking multidisciplinary work facilitated by university-level research centers such as the Baker Center for Public Policy and university-level research institutes such as the UT Institute of Agriculture, the UT Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, the UT Space Institute and the National Institute for STEM Evaluation and Research.

The Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development team is here to support you—our faculty, staff, students, and postdoctoral fellows—as you set about realizing your goals as researchers, scholars, and creatives.