VCOM 2023 Annual Report

V COM's research mission is to advance scientific knowledge to improve human health. The Research Department fosters VCOM’s research mission by providing services to VCOM faculty, staff and affiliated academic partners in proposal and manuscript development, grant and contract stewardship, research compliance oversight and intellectual property management. Most importantly, the Research Department facilitates the ability of VCOM’s faculty, staff and students to engage in research, innovation and scholarship. Research at VCOM Fullfilling The Mission Through Research Within the Research Department, the Office of Sponsored Programs maintains an infrastructure for all funded grants, including proposal and budget development, contract negotiation and financial administration. The Proposal and Scholarly Development group assists faculty in developing competitive proposals by identifying suitable funding opportunities, offering coaching and editing services, preparing administrative proposal components and nurturing research collaborations.

The Office of Research and Innovation champions the development of intellectual property by assisting VCOM faculty, staff and students in translating their scientific innovations into tangible products that benefit society. In addition, the Research Department is charged with oversight and management of research compliance, such as the VCOM Institutional Review Board, as well as coordination of resources and promotion of research collaborations with our university and hospital partners. To foster interdisciplinary research collaboration and to support efforts to secure funding for such collaborations, the VCOM Research Department has established several strategic initiatives focused on research in areas concurrent with our overall College mission and goals.

2003-2023 — Research Highlights over the past 20 years

VCOM researchers have a 28% success rate on extramural proposals over the past 20 years.

29% increase in scholarly activity per faculty member since 2003.

Over 3,800 faculty publications and presentations.

VCOM has received nearly $50 million in extramural grant awards since 2003.

Over 2,800 publications and presentations involving student authors with nearly 600 of these peer-reviewed.

VCOM has committed close to $10 million in seed funding to invigorate research ($9,881,654).

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