News & Announcements


ORED Launches Office for Export Controls, Names Founding Executive Director

A new unit in the Office for Research and Economic Development (ORED) will oversee and implement the University-wide export compliance program and serve as the University’s export control office. Collin Rich, director of the Office for Research and Technology Agreements (ORTA), has been named the founding executive director for the new UA Office for Export…


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 &…


Bama IP Commercialization Academy Hosts Inaugural Competition

The Bama IP Commercialization Academy, presented by the UA Office for Research and Economic Development (ORED) in partnership with the Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute (AEI) and Culverhouse College of Business, supports student teams and faculty inventors in the development of commercialization concepts for UA intellectual property (IP).  The program provides UA faculty inventors with the opportunity…


Three Students Chosen as Research Administration Fellows

The University of Alabama Office for Research and Economic Development selected three students for its inaugural cohort of Early Career Research Administration Fellows. The year-long fellowship will expose undergraduate students to UA’s multi-faceted research enterprise and offer first-hand training in this emerging career landscape. The 2022-23 ECRAF fellows, chosen from a competitive application process, are…


UA Research Enterprise Enjoys Remarkable Year

August 17, 2022 The portion of faculty members engaged in externally funded research was the most in the history of The University of Alabama during the last academic year.  In addition, UA faculty receiving external lifetime honorific awards reached a historic high. Faculty achievements are one of the numerous highlights of an advancing research enterprise…


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.…


Engineering Professor, Automotive Pioneer Takes on New R&D Role

July 26, 2022 An automated vehicle pioneer and engineering professor at The University of Alabama will be the new chief mobility research and development officer for the Alabama Transportation Institute. Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, professor in the UA College of Engineering and executive director of the Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, will take on the additional responsibility of…


Collaborative Pilot Modernizes Effort Reporting

The University of Alabama (UA) is committed to fulfilling its mission of teaching, research and service and the accurate and consistent treatment of categorizing and reporting those activities in compliance with federal regulations. Moreover, UA highly values research, both externally sponsored and non-sponsored, and seeks to support faculty in their research and creative pursuits in a manner…