1. Welcome to the OU Family!!
Kelvin K. Droegemeier Vice President for Research
14 August 2017

2. You Have Come to a VERY Special Place

3. Research and Scholarship Mission
To utilize the intellectual, technological, and administrative resources of the University of Oklahoma for the generation and dissemination of new knowledge to understand and improve all aspects of life and living.

5. The OU VPR and VPR Office
We exist for one reason: To do everything in our power, with a very PERSONALIZED approach, to help you achieve your scholarly goals and dreams – for ALL DISCIPLINES

6. We Invest in ALL Dimensions of YOU!!

7. 98.4 Million
New Record!!!

9. Exceptional Achievement Program date in one-time bonuses in FY15-16
Jun Li
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry NSF Career Award
Ryan Brown
Department of
Psychology Grant with a total
budget of $3M
Steven Cavallo
School of
Meteorology ONR Young Investigator Award
William Frick
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Fulbright Fellowship
Hugh Benson
Department of Philosophy NEH Fellowship
Linda Zagzebski
Department of
Philosophy Grant with a total
budget of $3M
Jennifer Saltzstein
School of
Music NEH Fellowship
Marc Libault
Department of Microbiology & Plant Biology
NSF Career Award
John P. Masly
Department of
Biology NSF Career Award
Caleb Fulton
School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering Advanced Radar Research Center DARPA Young
Faculty Award
Kathryn Schumaker
Classics and Letters National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow
Paul Spicer
Department of
Anthropology NIH P Award Grant with a total
budget of $3M NIH P20 Award
Nancy Snow
Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing Grant with a total budget of $3M
Bette Talvacchia
School of
Art & Art History NEH Public Scholar
Jeff Kelly
Oklahoma Biological Survey Department of Zoology Grant with a total
budget of $3M/NSF NRT Multi-College Grant with a budget over $500,000
Zhibo Yang
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry NIH RO1 Grant
Tian-You Yu
School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering/Advanced Radar Research Center Multi-College Grant with a budget over $500,000
Bin Zheng
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering NIH RO1 Grant
Over $100,000 awarded to
date in one-time bonuses in FY15-16

11. OU Receives $161 Million NASA Grant to Lead Satellite Mission to Monitor Global Carbon

13. The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it Michelangelo