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The  Research & Innovation Seed Grant program will fund 15 new projects for up to $60K each. Including the 2025 investments, the program has provided more than $18.7M to fund more than 400 innovative projects across campus since 2008.  

“This new cohort adds to the growing body of faculty across campus that are honing their leadership skills to grow the impact they have on students, our community and their areas of specialty,” said Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation and Dean of the Institutes Massimo Ruzzene.

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The Research & Innovation Office's operations are now organized into four pillars to encourage more cross-team activity and distribute decision-making more broadly and flexibly. We sat down with Bryn Rees, associate vice chancellor for innovation and partnerships, to discuss the new Innovation & Partnerships team.

Following an international search, Chancellor Justin Schwartz has appointed Andrew Mayock vice chancellor for sustainability, effective March 10. The newly created position will be charged with positioning ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ as a national and global sustainability leader.

Xuedong Liu, a University of Colorado Boulder professor of biochemistry, has been named a member of the 2024 Class of Fellows by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the group recently announced. Liu is one of an elected group of 170 “exceptional inventors” honored in 2024.

����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ Professor Jamie Nagle (Physics) will discuss the quarks and gluons that formed at the Big Bang in his Distinguished Research Lecture on February 6.

To kick off the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology in 2025, three Colorado universities in collaboration with Elevate Quantum have announced that a new facility for fostering quantum technologies is coming to Colorado.

The transition to a new federal administration is bringing a rapid succession of Executive Orders, guidance memos and other changes that are resulting in disruptions, uncertainty and concern across our community. CU leadership is monitoring these announcements, assessing impacts and planning next steps as expeditiously as possible.