Research Administration
Our mission is to advance high-quality research and scholarship at UD by promoting an environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, community, and commitment to the highest ethical values.
We serve as an advocate for UD scientists as they pursue research sponsored by governmental and non-governmental agencies. Our staff help ensure compliance with all policies and procedures associated with the responsible conduct of research, foster the transfer of inventions and technologies into commercially marketable products, and assist in communicating UD research achievements to the public.
A complementary mission of the office is to support the education of graduate students and undergraduate students through challenging academics and the conduct of peer-reviewed, publishable research.
Here at UD, our faculty and students are making important discoveries as they work in well-equipped labs and at field sites in Delaware and around the globe. During the past decade, external funding for UD research steadily increased and now exceeds $138 million a year.
OFFICIALS
Dr. Charles Riordan
Deputy Provost for Research and Scholarship
Charles Riordan is responsible for advancing the University’s research enterprise, including oversight of five University-wide research institutes. He is an inorganic-organometallic chemist whose research is supported by the National Science Foundation. A member of the UD faculty since 1997, he served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry from 2002-07 and was Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education from 2010-12. A fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, he has served on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry and Dalton Transactions. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the College of Holy Cross and his Ph.D. at Texas A&M University.
Cordell Overby
Associate Deputy Provost for Research and Regulatory Affairs
Cordell Overby oversees University’s compliance with federal, state and internal policies and regulations. He is responsible for the review, negotiation and establishment of research agreements and the administrative transfer of research materials to and from UD. He has 18 years of industry experience in technical management and design engineering on programs funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Energy. Dr. Overby has a secondary faculty appointment as professor in the College of Engineering and holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctor of science degrees in engineering from George Washington University.
Trudy M Riley
Associate Deputy Provost for Research Administration
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Associate Deputy Provost for Research Development
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UD Research Advisory Boards
Below is a listing of University of Delaware Advisory Board which provide research guidance for various fields of study.
Center for Biomedical Engineering Research External Advisory Board
Comprised of scientists and clinicians from leading institutions, this board advises the center on research related to the National Institutes of Health-funded Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant.
Center for Critical Zone Research External Advisory Board
These distinguished leaders from the academic, business, and policy communities are helping UD to develop a world-class, leading-edge research capability focusing on the “critical zone”–the fragile area from the treetops to the groundwater that sustains life on Earth.
Chemical Engineering Advisory Council
This council informs UD’s Department of Chemical Engineering, which is based in the College of Engineering.
Civil and Environmental Engineering External Advisory Council
Distinguished alumni and friends of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering meet annually to advise the department and evaluate progress towards its goals.
College of Engineering Advisory Council
Distinguished alumni and friends of the College of Engineering meet annually to advise the college and evaluate progress towards its goals.
College of Health Sciences Visiting Committee
Leaders in health care within the state of Delaware provide insight into local corporate and government trends and initiatives and offer support to the College of Health Sciences’ administration regarding practice, policy, and economic trends.
College of Health Sciences Center for Research Development Advisory Council
Composed of researchers from each of the schools and departments within the College of Health Sciences, this council administers seed grants within the college to stimulate research and provides preliminary reviews of extramural funding effort.
Delaware Environmental Institute Advisory Board
The Delaware Environmental Institute External Advisory Board includes environmentally focused scientists, engineers and educators, from academia and the public and private sectors. This international group meets annually to provide strategic input and evaluate progress toward goals.
The Delaware EPSCoR Steering Committee
Leaders from academia, government, and the private sector and provides advice to the principal investigator and the leadership team to guide the progress of the Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) grant, assure alignment with institutional and state priorities, and identify opportunities to increase research capabilities within the state. The group meets annually.
Delaware INBRE – AAAS External Review Panel
As part of a continuing, comprehensive program evaluation strategy, the Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) has teamed with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Research Competitiveness Program to provide a periodic review of the progress and the impact of the INBRE Network across Delaware. This panel of national experts conducts the bi-annual review and submits a written report to INBRE leadership.
Delaware INBRE External Advisory Board
The purpose of the Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) is to deliver a statewide pipeline of capable and competitive medical research personnel who can compete for and win research grants from the National Institutes of Health. This board, comprised of senior representatives from academia, the biomedical industry, the medical community, and government labs, provides strategic comment and guidance on scientific, administrative, and other matters relevant to the INBRE program.
Delaware Interdisciplinary Ethics Program Planning Board
The mission of the Delaware Interdisciplinary Ethics Program is to promote high-quality teaching, research, and outreach in all areas of applied and professional ethics through projects and programs that assist educators, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. Its members include representatives from higher education across Delaware.
Delaware Sea Grant Advisory Council
This statewide external advisory body to the Delaware Sea Grant College Program was created in 1974. Working within the national priorities identified by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program, the council helps further define priority coastal issues relevant to Delaware. Its members hail from marine-oriented business and industry, resource management and engineering firms, state government, public interest groups, the pre-college educational sector, and the media.
Lerner College of Business & Economics Advisory Board
Distinguished business and corporate leaders from across the region help advise UD’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics.
Premedical Education Advisory Council
Faculty and administrators from UD and physicians and administrators from Jefferson Medical College and Christiana Care Health System provide guidance and advisement to UD’s pre-medical and pre-dental programs.
Research-Based Education Advisory Board
This advisory board, composed of faculty from across UD’s science and engineering departments, assists in documenting and disseminating UD’s vision and accomplishments in integrating research and education. All of its members are actively involved in research that apprentices undergraduates while also being at the forefront of UD’s educational development efforts through instructional and technological innovation, curriculum revision, publication in leading journals, and organization of national and international conferences.
University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF) Research Committee
Distinguished scientists, physicians, and engineers from area industries govern the University of Delaware Research Foundation, which is a private corporation that was chartered in 1955 to support UD research. Funding awards of up to $25,000 per project are made annually to tenure-track faculty, early in their careers, in all fields of science.
University of Delaware Research Council
The University of Delaware Research Council provides a forum for communication between the Research Office and University of Delaware faculty. This body will serve as an advisory body to the Sr. Vice Provost for Research on matters pertaining to the development of research and creative activities and the achievement of research goals at the University of Delaware.
John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance Advisory Board
This advisory board helps guide the activities of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, which include conferences on topics of current interest, workshops for corporate directors and executives, research, publications, and other activities to further scholarship in corporate governance.
UD Research Council
The University of Delaware Research Council provides a forum for communication between the Research Office and University of Delaware faculty. This body serves as an advisory body to the deputy provost for research and scholarship on matters pertaining to the development of research and creative activities and achievement of research goals at the University of Delaware.
2015-2016 Research Council Membership
Nii Attoh-Okine
Civil & Environmental Engineer
Steve Bai
NMR Facility Director
Stuart Binder-Macleod
Physical Therapy
Tracey Bryant
Communications & Marketing
Tom Buchanan
DRI
Joan Buttram
DE Education Research & Develop Ctr
Jeff Caplan
Bioimaging Facility Director
Bintong Chen
Business & Economics
Iain Crawford
Undergraduate Research, English
Ralph Ferretti
School of Education
Mike Gladle
Environmental Health & Safety
Tanya Gressley
Animal & Food Sciences
Susan Hall
Health Sciences
Sean Hayes
Research Office
Greg Hicks
Physical Therapy
Nancy Jordan
School of Education
Jim Kendra
Disaster Research Center
Mike Klein
UDEI
Kelvin Lee
DBI
Holly Michael
Geological Sciences
Sandra Millard
Library
Mark Moline
School of Marine Science & Policy
Ed Nowak
Physics and Astronomy
Cordell Overby
Research Office
Maria Palazuelos
Research Office
John Pelesko
Arts & Sciences
Trudy Riley
Research Office
Charlie Riordan
Research Office
Jeff Rosen
Psychology/ IACUC
Robin Schulze
Arts & Sciences
Don Sparks
DENIN/Plant & Soil Science
Steven Stanhope
Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, BADER
Christy Visher
Sociology & Criminal Justice
Starnes Walker
UDCSI
Eric Wommack
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Yushan Yan
Engineering
ASSISTANCE
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Phone: (302) 831-2792
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Phone: (302) 831-2136
Fax: (302) 831-2828
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