The Office of the Vice President for Research has released the 2021 U Research Update Report. Please click here to learn more about the U’s research landscape, VPR EDI initiatives, and fast facts on research grants, funding, COVID-19, economic growth, and more.
An important component of ensuring the integrity of the research and scholarly enterprise is determining authorship, because determination of authorship provides evidence of assigning responsibility and giving credit for intellectual work. Authorship credit should be given to those who contribute to and participate in substantive ways to scholarly and scientific work, and the relative credit given should honestly and accurately reflect actual contributions.
In light of President Biden’s new bill establishing Juneteenth as a US Federal Holiday, the Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) would like to express our support for this historic holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. This is only one step in addressing racism in our society and we in the VPR Office will continue to push forward to dismantle racism and discrimination in research at the U.