April news from OVPR

This month, we celebrate achievements across our campus: the researchers who are receiving our annual awards, two early career faculty who have landed prestigious funding, and seven arts and humanities projects moving forward with OVPR support. By tackling questions and challenges across a broad range of disciplines, these scholars make our campus and our world a better place. 

Meet the winners of the 2025 OVPR student and postdoctoral research excellence awards

Get to know nine undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral researchers whose efforts bring better understanding to topics ranging Christianity's influence in Nigeria to parasitic resistance in snails.

OVPR names the faculty and staff winners of the 2025 Discovery and Innovation awards

Meet 11 University of Iowa faculty and staff who are expanding the frontiers of knowledge with their research, scholarship, and creative activity across an array of disciplines.

Two computer science faculty secure NSF CAREER awards

Bijaya Adhikari and Guanpeng Li, both assistant professors in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recently earned the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for early career faculty.

OVPR supports seven faculty projects through the Arts and Humanities Initiative

From archaeological investigations to screendance, learn about seven projects that will move forward with support from OVPR's Arts and Humanities Initiative.

OVPR launches new authorship agreement tool

The Research Integrity and Security team has developed a new authorship agreement tool designed to help prevent authorship disputes and enhance collaboration among researchers.

Register now for RDO's Broader Impacts Fair

Join the Research Development Office from noon to 2 p.m., April 23, to connect researchers with campus resources and foster partnerships that are essential for developing and delivering meaningful National Science Foundation (NSF) Broader Impacts activities.

Demystifying the Publishing Process: A Conversation with Obermann’s Inaugural Editor-in-Residence

Get a sneak peek at what Mark Simpson-Vos, senior executive editor at University of North Carolina Press, hopes to share during his residency later this month.

CSSI Announces Workshop for Researchers to Improve Peer Review Skills

Join the Center for Social Science Innovation for a new workshop that will present practical guidance on evaluating research quality, offering effective and constructive feedback, and the ethical responsibilities of peer reviewers.

As a part of the P3-funded Writing for the Public Good initiative, the University of Iowa is an institutional member of The Conversation, an independent news organization dedicated to unlocking the knowledge of academic experts for the public good. Here's a look at recent work published by campus authors.

	Sarah Barringer, PhD Candidate in English Trans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law
	Colin Gordon, Professor of History Trump’s Project 2025 agenda caps decades-long resistance to 20th century progressive reform
	Ashutosh Mangalam, Associate Professor of Pathology Out-of-balance bacteria is linked to multiple sclerosis − the ratio can predict severity of disease
	Aliasger Salem, associate vice president for research and Bighley Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Science Selenium is an essential nutrient named after the Greek goddess of the Moon − crucial to health, it may help prevent and treat cancer How much does scientific progress cost? Without government dollars for research infrastructure, breakthroughs become improbable Medical research depends on government money – even a day’s delay in the intricate funding process throws science off-kilter