Research Impact Partners

This searchable database provides a list of organizations that support research impact work and includes potential partners for your broadening participation, evaluation, and outreach efforts. Use the drop-down menus at the left to filter the list of organizations by audience, services, types, or umbrella organization. 

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MD Anderson Cancer Center-UT Austin Strategic Collaboration

MD Anderson Cancer Center and UT Austin have launched a strategic collaboration aimed at promoting research collaborations between the two institutions. Investigators and leadership have worked together to identify research themes of mutual interest.

City of Austin-UT Research Collaborations

The UT-City of Austin Master Interlocal Agreement (ILA) facilitates research opportunities for City departments to collaborate more easily with university researchers.

Data Management and Collections (DMC)

DMC group works to meet the needs of faculty and researchers for data collection services, and to contribute to the potential of data-driven research to make discoveries. The group builds and maintains large data-management and storage resources and consults with collections' creators in all aspects of the data lifecycle, from creation to long-term preservation and access. The DMC group actively seeks out research and grant proposal collaborations with researchers and institutions with collections of interest.

Dell Medical Translational Research Training

This team supports training for Dell Med researchers and learners conducting translational investigation, as well as the development of an integrated learning health system in which research is embedded in, drives and reinforces excellence in clinical, educational and community-focused missions.

DesignSafe - Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI)

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, NHERI, is a nation-wide, shared-use network of facilities tailored for the natural hazards engineering research community. Investigators employ these sites to test innovative ideas for mitigating damage from earthquakes, windstorms, tsunamis and related water hazards.

Division of General Internal Medicine

All faculty at Dell Medical School who are internists that provide outpatient primary care. We work at UT Health Austin, CommUnityCare, the VA, Vivent Health, Harbor Health, and affiliated clinics.

GeoForce Texas

GeoFORCE Texas develops the next generation of STEM leadership by identifying young, academically adept 8th graders and taking them on extraordinary in-person and virtual field academies. Students travel throughout the U.S. learning about geologically relevant field sites from research scientists and faculty.

Oden Institute Partnerships and Collaborations

The Oden Institute mission is to provide the inclusive interdisciplinary environment that enables outstanding research, fosters high-impact collaborations, and advances graduate education in the field of computational science and engineering. The institute provides opportunities to engage in research partnerships with all sectors of society — industry, academia, military and government.

Program Assessment

The the Office of Institutional Research and Analytics designs and implements assessment tools for STEM education programs.

Research Impact 1:1 Consultations

Consultations include a 30-minute long appointment and provide an opportunity to talk with an OVPR Research Development team member about your Broader Impacts plans to receive quick feedback and suggestions for campus resources that could support your plans.