Faculty Research

From Accounting and African-American studies to Western Europe and Women's studies, chances are an IU Columbus faculty member is doing or has done quantitative, qualitative, applied, and other types of research on the topic.

Faculty research offices: supporting your discoveries

The Office of the Vice President for Research oversees research administration, development, and compliance at IU, working with faculty and postdoctoral researchers to increase and diversify our scientific and creative scholarship.

Office of Research Administration

Assistance with administrative phases of research, such as proposal submissions, awards administration, grants, and finance operations.

Office of Research Compliance

Guidelines for research ethics and safety, including animal care, responsible conduct, biosafety, and human subject protections.

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Offering several services to support faculty research success, including funding alerts, internal grants, proposal development, and more.

Innovate Indiana

We innovate to bring jobs, health, and creativity to Indiana and the world. Innovate Indiana initiatives take IU discoveries to the economic markets, hospitals, schools, communities, and environmental landscapes where they’re critically needed. We provide resources and expert council to help researchers transform promising ideas into new companies, technologies, and cures.

Building infrastructure and introducing collaborators: IU researchers get assistance with finding seed funding, lab and office space, technology support, and creative and intellectual resources—we connect faculty and postdoctoral researchers from different areas whose research interests overlap.

Learn more about Innovate Indiana

IU Research & Technology Corporation

Launching start-ups and securing patents: The IU Research and Technology Corporation (IURTC) helps launch promising start-ups by securing funding and patents, by helping IU faculty see the commercial potential in their research, and by bringing laboratory discoveries and new technologies to the marketplace.

Learn more about the IURTC

Faculty Research