Initiatives at UVA
Like the University, the Office of the Vice President for Research is focused on both doing good and being great, and uses strategic seed funding to encourage faculty scholarship and collaborative research projects. Faculty development and leadership, collaborative research space, research review and reporting, and fundraising are all key parts of their strategy.
The Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) provides funding to support key initiatives of the University of Virginia’s 2030 Plan.
The 3Cavaliers program provides support for groups of three collaborative faculty members to self-assemble, formulate and explore creative, high-risk, high-payoff interdisciplinary research ideas that might not be ready for more traditional funding.
The Research Achievement Awards recognize University of Virginia faculty every year for their excellence in research and scholarship.