Mission Statement

The Office of Research Affairs works in tandem with the College of Medicine faculty, research leadership, and central University research administration. In doing so we wish to lead the development of the strategic vision and work a plan for the implementation of that strategic vision for research programs. Our goal is to diversify our research-funding portfolio and make it more sustainable.

We work to identify funding opportunities and cultivate research opportunities. We also identify and interpret sponsor guidelines, regulations, and specific procedures to enable and facilitate new extra extramural proposals. We will provide administrative support to facilitate collaborative research and large-scale interdisciplinary research opportunities.

Our office provides support for sponsored research development and success. We hope to foster research excellence and improve the environment for basic, translational and clinical sciences. We wish to facilitate the research that will ultimately lead to advances in health care outcomes.

UF College of Medicine Research

UF College of Medicine researchers are housed in departments and centers & institutes.

COM Research News

UF to establish Faroe Island research center with help of baseball star

May 8, 2012

Baseball player Johnny Damon supports UF efforts to establish a research center for rare disease.

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2012 COM Internal Coordination for Planning Grants

Apr 27th, 2012

The UF Office of the Vice President for Research is soliciting proposals for Collaborative Research Projects. The funds set aside for this program are to be used as Planning Grants [...]

Mission Critical: How Translation-Focused Disease Foundations May Save Medical Research

Apr 27th, 2012

Successfully translating scientific discoveries requires a primal sense of urgency, which some disease foundations seem to have, and many big pharmas appear to need.

NIH Names NHLBI Director

Apr 10th, 2012

NIH Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., April 5 announced the selection of Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., as the new director the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, effective this summer.