Mission & Activities
Advancing Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities |
The UNH Research Office, led by the Senior Vice Provost for Research (SVPR),
The SVPR reports to the University's Provost (thus integrating research within the academic mission and resources) and serves as a member of the Provost‘s Council and the President‘s Cabinet. The Research Office accomplishes its mission of advancing excellence in research, scholarship, and creative activities by providing the essential infrastructure and resources to support a dynamic and growing research program across all academic disciplines of UNH. The Office’s comprehensive goal is to increase and support external research funding and recognition of faculty and student excellence. Activities of the Research Office are guided by the Report of the President's Blue Ribbon Panel on Research and the goals and initiatives of the University‘s strategic plan, Breaking Silos, Transforming Lives, Reimagining UNH – UNH 2020. Additional guidance is provided by the UNH Research Council which serves as an advisory body to the SVPR on matters pertaining to the support and advancement of the Research Office’s mission. The Council provides a forum for communication and opportunities for collaboration among the Research Office, the colleges and schools, the research centers and institutes, and other key players in the UNH research enterprise.
For descriptions of the service units and an organizational The Research Office also serves as the "home" for the
The current working groups are:
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One of the responsibilities of the SVPR is to serve as the Institutional Official for University programs to ensure compliance to the Federal, state and UNH rules and regulations regarding health, safety and the responsible conduct of research.
The Institutional Official exercises administrative and operational authority to commit institutional resources, enforce policies, authorize necessary administrative or legal action, and otherwise ensure that UNH maintains strong and effective compliance programs. As required by federal and state regulations, the Institutional Official attends certain meetings and communicates with federal and state authorities.
The Institutional Officials for UNH are:
| Compliance | Institutional Official |
| Care and Use of | SVPR |
| Chemical Safety | SVPR |
| Environmental Health | SVPR |
| Financial Conflict of | SVPR |
| Institutional Biosafety | SVPR |
| Protection of Human | SVPR |
| Radiation Safety | SVPR |
| Occupational Safety | VPFA* and SVPR |
*Vice President for Finance and Administration
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See http://www.usnh.edu/audit/ethics.html for links to USNH policies on ethical conduct and values
and http://www.usnh.edu/audit/hotline.html to raise concerns anonymously about suspected unethical
conduct or non-professional business practices.
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