| Meet the winners of the 2026 OVPR faculty and staff research excellence awards | The OVPR recognized 10 University of Iowa faculty and staff members with Discovery and Innovation Awards. This year’s recipients are advancing high-impact work that addresses complex challenges, fuels innovation, and delivers meaningful benefits to communities in Iowa and around the world. | | | | The University of Iowa Conflict of Interest in Research policy requires faculty, staff, and students engaged in research to submit an annual disclosure of outside professional activities and interests. Researchers identified as “key personnel” must complete this requirement by April 30.
Researchers conducting federally funded research also must complete Conflict of Interest (COI) training within the eCOI portal. At the request of UI researchers, a certificate is now available upon completion of this training. | | | At the request of UI faculty and departments that mentor student principal investigators (PIs), the student PI training has been updated. The training provides a high-level overview of how to use HawkIRB, outlines PI responsibilities, and emphasizes good research practices.
All student PIs must complete this training before submitting an IRB application for review. | | | | Jessica Calarco, a 2025–26 Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, will read from her new book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net, at Prairie Lights Books. Following the reading, Jennifer Haylett, associate professor of instruction in sociology, will moderate a conversation and public Q&A.
This event is free and open to the public. | | | This Wide Lens event brings together faculty from sociology and criminology, journalism, biology, theatre, political science, and education to explore how conflict is lived, studied, and expressed.
The event is free and open to all. A catered reception will follow. | | | | Explore the strategic trade-offs between focusing on a single funding agency or submitting to multiple sponsors, drawing on real-world experiences across career stages and disciplines with senior researchers. Register by April 27 to receive a calendar invite and room details. | | | Learn how the University of Iowa Materials Analysis, Testing, and Fabrication (MATFab) Facility supports cutting-edge research in materials science. This event features workshops on industry-academic partnerships and the use of laser ablation and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for quantitative elemental mapping, as well as a student poster session. | | Good news from OVPR
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