Category Announcements


New Research ASSIST Office Aims to Enhance Services to Faculty Researchers

The University of Alabama Office for Research and Economic Development (ORED) has launched a new and improved office to assist faculty involved in research and proposal development. The Office for Advancing Scholarly and Scientific Initiatives through Services and Training (Research ASSIST Office) expands the services and offerings formerly offered through the Office for Research &…


New Director to Form Partnerships that Support Industry, Boost UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A new role at The University of Alabama under the Office for Research and Economic Development is charged with creating transformational partnerships that combine outcomes from impactful research with the critical technology and workforce needs of industry. Dr. Patrick Mendez has been tapped as the director of strategic research partnerships and consortiums.…