Research Impact Partners

The Center hosts a variety of education and outreach initiatives that can be leveraged in research proposals, e.g., the K-5 Research Experiences for Teachers program, Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, First Year Undergraduate Research Program: FUSE, Industrial Mentorship program for Graduate Students, Artist in Residence program, afterschool STEM clubs at local schools, and K-12 STEM outreach to the Texas School for the Deaf and Texas School for the Blind.

Connecting Research and Education At TExas (CREATE) was founded in 2017 through a partnership established between Dr. Sean T. Roberts at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) and Dr. Shawn M. Amorde at Austin Community College (ACC) with support from the National Science Foundation. CREATE’s initial goal was to improve community college student retention in the physical sciences by fostering mentorship relationships between ACC students and UT faculty through research projects tied to green energy. Over time, CREATE’s managing team has been broadened to include Dr. Emily Que (UT), Dr. Samantha Soebbing (ACC), Dr. Purna Murthy (ACC), and Dr. Huilang (Evan) Wang (UT) which has allowed its scope to expand into a range of areas in chemistry, molecular biosciences, physics, materials science, and engineering.

The Engineering Student Success Center provides special programming through workshops, student leadership opportunities and welcoming spaces that help all students have a wonderful experience to aid in positive educational outcomes.

The Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) gives first-year students the opportunity to initiate and engage in real-world research experience with faculty and graduate students.

The Longhorn Impact Fellowship at Texas (LIFT) pairs student consultants with sustainable corporations, social enterprises, and non-profits to solve sustainability and impact-focused problems.

The Oden Institute conducts interdisciplinary computing research that brings together foundational mathematical, statistical and computational elements with applications that cut across science, engineering, geosciences, and medicine. The Oden Institute has a vibrant culture of collaboration and welcomes the opportunity to engage in research partnerships with all sectors of society -- industry, academia, military and government.

The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Dell Medical School supports the people, programs, and opportunities that accelerate the translation of medical innovation to health care at scale. The office develops key programmatic initiatives and innovative entrepreneurial training within Dell Med and collaboratively across the University and Central Texas. The office also serves as an integral part of Health Starts Here, the strategic plan for The University of Texas Medical Center, anchored by Dell Med. The office empowers opportunities across research, education and clinical care to accelerate transformative innovation and entrepreneuership. Areas of focus include: 1. Catalyzing Health Innovations Through Strategic Programs, 2. Developing Innovative Training Opportunities for Talent Empowerment, 3. the NEXXUS Program, and 4. the Texas Health Catalyst Associate Program.

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) connect PIs with undergraduate research assistants through our student advising and our online database of faculty research interests and projects (https://eureka.utexas.edu). OUR hosts Summer Research Scholars programming to support the professional development of undergraduate researchers taking part in summer research programs (e.g., NSF REUs), and offers a variety of student research funding opportunities and research presentation events to further the work and development of student researchers.

The Education and Outreach Directorate at the Texas Advanced Computing Center provides K-20 programming to address 21st-century workforce development needs. This includes STEM summer camps for middle school and high school students, research experiences for undergraduate students and educators, fellowships, internships, and public outreach.

Volunteerism and Service-Learning serves as a central resource for those interested in community engagement throughout the UT and Austin communities, by connecting the resources of the University to the community to meet community priorities.