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About the 1U4U initiative

1U4U is designed to seed multidisciplinary faculty/student collaborations in areas of mutual research interest and opportunity. The initiative seeks innovative projects aimed at campus, education, engagement, research and scholarship that are not subject to traditional peer review. In order to receive funding priority, the project must have the potential of leading to external funding, have societal impact, and be a collaboration between health sciences and main campus.

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The goal of 1U4U is to stimulate collaborations, supported by joint incentive seed funding from the senior vice presidents (health sciences and academic affairs) and associated deans and administrative units, aimed at the following objectives: 

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Partnerships

Cultivate One U partnerships across campus and within our communities

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Innovation

Enable innovative, collaborative education and training

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Complex Research

Address social and scientific/engineering problems too deep and complex to be solved by any single discipline

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Early Funding

Stimulate early, high-risk approaches that would not attract support from traditional government or foundation funding sources

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Student Engagement

Engage young researchers and scholars in multidisciplinary partnerships

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Nontraditional Collaborations

Facilitate discussion and collaboration among scholars interested in the same challenges who might not meet otherwise

 

 

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Brain injury conference brings together researchers, survivors and professionals

Each day, on average, 66 Utahns experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI). For survivors and their families, the road to recovery can be long and uncertain. Essential to positive outcomes are professionals who provide services, and researchers who help develop interventions and study their effects.

  1. The Gender-Based Violence Consortium

    The Gender-Based Violence Consortium’s vision is to increase public recognition of and deepen public knowledge about this type of violence through research innovation and collaboration, creation of research communities, and enhanced educational efforts.

  2. Artivism for Earth: expressions of loss and hope

    The Artivism4Earth project culminated its premiere on April 22, 2021 with the Artivism for Earth: Expressions of Loss and Hope program. This event is primarily set at the Natural History Museum of Utah on the campus of the University of Utah. The Museum cares for a collection of more than 1.6 million specimens and objects that document our planet's history with a mission to illuminate the natural world and the place of humans within it. Communicating science and serving as a venue where diverse perspectives can come together to understand critical topics like climate change is a critical mission.

  3. Marking a path: Sustainability and the arts

    Finding long-term solutions to complex problems is not just about the destination. It’s about marking the path for others to follow so they can discover the next solution. Named after the human-made piles of stones found at trail markers around the world, “Cairns” is a new art residency at the University of Utah will mark the progress made as we strive for sustainability.

Last Updated: 4/7/23