Research Units

Learn about the offices that oversee research activities at IU

IU Research

Working with university-wide offices, campus leaders, and deans, IU Research works to increase and diversify research and creative activities at IU, attract external funding for these activities, and develop public-private partnerships, technology transfer, graduate education, and intercampus research opportunities.

Core Services

Office for Research Development

Guides faculty through the proposal preparation and routing process through Research Development Services; helps identify and connect researchers with relevant funding sources and specific opportunities (e.g., government, corporate, foundation, etc.); supports creative activities and humanistic research; develops and hosts research development workshops/trainings; facilitates fellowships and other awards; and builds relationships with local, state, and national funding agencies.

Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR)

A part of Research Development services, Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) helps coordinate institutional relationships with IU and private philanthropic foundations, involving identification, cultivation, solicitation via proposals, and stewardship.

Office for Research Administration

The Office for Research Administration reviews and submits all proposals to funding agencies; approves contracts for sponsored programs and research; and manages post-award compliance and reporting.

Office for Research Compliance

The Office for Research Compliance (ORC) oversees conflict of interest, research integrity, bio and radiation safety, human and animal ethics; provides training and standards; ensures compliance with government and university guidelines; and manages institutional committees and review boards.

Innovation and Commercialization Office

The Innovation and Commercialization Office (ICO) secures intellectual property protection for IU technologies; fosters commercialization of IU technologies; and enables startup companies through diligence and licensing.

Research Security Office

The Reseach Security Office helps prevent misappropriation of research and development; identifies security concerns and appropriate mitigation efforts; and assists researchers in complying with export control and other related regulations.

Centrally Administered Centers, Institutes, Museums, & Service Centers (CIMS)

Centrally Administered Centers, Institutes, Museums, & Service Centers (CIMS) serve to invite and coalesce faculty, staff and students from across the university to address research topics or themes of profound societal importance and/or provide state-of-the-art equipment, technical services and other essential support. CIMS are a conduit for the university to address grand challenges and provide solutions and innovations to an extent not possible in their absence.

Campus-based Research

Chief research officers in Indianapolis and Bloomington foster campus-based research and creative activity; expand and diversify high-impact research areas; accelerate translational research; and advance cross-disciplinary research teams.

University Collections

University Collections works with school and unit collections managers upon request to help ensure that all of IU's collections, regardless of size, location, or resource level, are properly preserved, housed, and made accessible to the university community and the public, as well as scholars around the globe via an online repository.

IU School of Medicine

Dean’s Office of Research Affairs

The Indiana University School of Medicine conducts a broad range of basic, translational, and clinical research in order to improve health, prevent disease, better train physicians, and provide the foundation for Indiana’s life sciences economy. The primary mission of the Office of Research Affairs at the Indiana University School of Medicine is to promote human health through the performance of the highest quality, ethically conducted, basic and clinical research.

Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute

The Indiana CTSI seeks to improve the health of individuals and communities by supporting high quality research and partnerships. Indiana CTSI provides access to resources, services, training, education, and funding opportunities.

IU East

Office of Academic Affairs

From assistance in seeking funding for faculty and students to managing risks associated with research using human and animal subjects, the Office of Academic Affairs at IU East coordinates a variety of activities in support of the research and creative work of faculty, staff, and students.

IU Kokomo

Office of Academic Affairs

The Office of Academic Affairs is responsible for developing faculty careers, enhancing faculty productivity, recognizing faculty excellence, cultivating academic leadership, providing a nurturing campus climate, and defining faculty rights and responsibilities on the Indiana University Kokomo campus.

IU Northwest

Office of Academic Affairs

The mission of the Office of Academic Affairs is to collaboratively advance student and faculty success by supporting student-centered teaching, advising and learning, encouraging the dissemination of knowledge through research and creative activities, supporting evidence-based decision making, and recognizing the importance of service and engagement.

IU Fort Wayne

Office of Research, Engagement and Sponsored Programs

IU Fort Wayne is committed to health science education. Faculty work together across disciplines to create a uniquely connected health sciences learning environment that focuses on treating the whole person. Programs begin in Fall 2018.

IU South Bend

Office of Research

The Office of Research coordinates a variety of activities in support of the research and creative work of IU South Bend faculty, from research grant guidelines to expertise in managing the risks associated with research using human and animal subjects.

IU Southeast

Office of Academic Affairs

The Office of Academic Affairs at IU Southeast oversees the development and utilization of learning resources, develops programs to improve the quality of teaching and learning, encourages and supports faculty research and creative work, and promotes the cultural and intellectual growth of the academic community.