Scholarly and Creative Activity
The mission of the University Research Office is to provide academic and administrative leadership to: foster, support and inspire scholarly activity; oversee ethical, managerial and regulatory compliance of scholarly activities; and ensure dissemination and application of scholarly activities. At the University of Idaho, scholarly and creative activity aspires to generate knowledge that strengthens the scientific, economic, cultural, social, and legal foundations of an open, diverse, and democratic society.  Our goal is to achieve excellence in scholarship and creative activity through an institutional culture that values and promotes strong academic areas and interdisciplinary collaboration among them. The University of Idaho received over $80 million dollars in competitive research awards for FY 2006.  Our research areas of emphasis associated with these grants and contracts include: biomedical and molecular biology research agricultural and natural resources plant, animal and fisheries research environmental and ecological research energy and water resources research bioremediation and subsurface science research nanotechnology and material sciences research educational program design and assessment research The University of Idaho works closely with Idaho universities, research laboratories and industries to advance the science capabilities and capacities within the State.  Key examples of these collaborations include the University of Idaho's leadership in the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program, and the creation of a Center of Advanced Energy Studies in partnership with the Idaho National Laboratory.
Featured Research  Designed to Cell: Grant Provides University of Idaho with One-of-a-Kind Microscope for Nano-sized Research MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program for $527,050 to acquire an “all-in-one” microscope and spectroscopy system for physical and chemical analysis of materials with very high spatial resolutions. The new microscope will provide cutting-edge interdisciplinary science and engineering at the nanoscale. For more information click here. University of Idaho Researchers Share in $1.5 Million DOE Grant for Bioremediation Moscow, Idaho – Three researchers in the University of Idaho Environmental Biotechnology Institute will receive $410,000 to assist in a collaborative bioremediation project at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls. Professors of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Ron Crawford and Andrzej Paszczynski, along with postdoctoral fellow Janice Strap, are part of a team that will work to better understand how naturally occurring processes result in the breakdown of the toxic chemical trichloroethylene (TCE). For more information click here.

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