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Education and Information

The Office of the Vice President for Research is responsible for assessing and addressing the education and information needs of UConn staff and faculty involved in sponsored research and compliance activities across UConn’s schools and colleges on all University campuses.

This section of the website provides educational information and support including tutorials, manuals, job aides, videos, and other reference guides to help and support faculty, staff, and students.

Learn something new everyday!

Research IT eRA Help Desk

Research IT Services in the Office of the Vice President for Research supports a wide array of services and is a key player in shaping the future of research at the University of Connecticut.

We have embarked on a bold initiative to modernize and boost our portfolio of software solutions in an effort to reduce the administrative burdens on our researchers and make it easier for them to access and monitor their research activity and information.

A full suite of enterprise applications will provide a template for grant proposal development, automate routing and allow for electronic submission to certain sponsors. In addition, it will provide functionality for awards management; human and animal subjects protocol development and review; financial conflict of interest disclosures; effort reporting and commitment management; and core facility management (research store).

eRA Help Desk

Help DeskWe have coined our initiative to modernize our Enterprise Research IT systems and automate research administration functions the electronic Research Administration, or eRA. We have created the eRA Help Desk to assist you with your questions and technical problems. The eRA Help Desk’s contact information is listed below.

eRA Help Desk

Telephone: 860-486-7944
Email: eRA-support@uconn.edu
Staffed 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Weekdays

Self-Service Portal: https://it.research.uconn.edu/SelfService (secured with UConn NetID) Don’t know your NetID?

Environmental Health & Safety Contacts

Environmental Health & Safety
UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue, MC 1514
Farmington, CT 06030-1514
860.679.2723

Name Title Phone Email
Steven R. Jacobs Director 860.679.2723 jacobs@uchc.edu
Robert Gottlieb Chemical Safety Officer 860.679.3512 gottlieb@uchc.edu
Vacant Biological Safety Officer 860.679.3781
Elizabeth Pokorski Business Services Manager 860.679.2723 epokorski@uchc.edu
Lucy Piechowski Administrative Program Coordinator 860.679.2250 piechowski@uchc.edu
David Bourret Environmental Health & Safety Specialist II 860.679.4703 dbourret@uchc.edu
Ryan Cawley Environmental Health & Safety Specialist II 860.679.4638 rcawley@uchc.edu
Daniel Sasso Environmental Health & Safety Specialist II 860.679.4062 sasso@uchc.edu
Robert Bush Environmental Health & Safety Specialist I 860-679-4241 robush@uchc.edu

 

SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund aims to support innovative proof-of-concept studies seeking to translate research discoveries into products, processes, and other commercial applications. We invite proposals from across all disciplines for projects related to commercialization activities. We are eager to identify and support UConn-developed inventions and technologies that address unmet needs and have potential for commercial application.

To learn more about the SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund, visit the OVPR Storrs site.