Division of Research

News and Announcements

Digitizing the Past
Digitizing the humanities at UH includes recovering the poems, articles, fiction, jokes and recipes, of Latina/o authors who published in the U.S. from the late 1800s to the 1980s.
Research Reaching Houston
Research Reaching Houston highlights an amazing amount of research at UH that goes beyond the laboratory to improve the quality of life for Houstonians every day.
Investigating Vaccine Hesitancy in Houston’s Underserved Communities
UH researcher to develop culturally responsive vaccine education program.
UH Researcher Joins Team Developing Opioid Vaccine
Opioid overdoses have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
$4.5M Gift Supports Student, Faculty Success and New Lecture Series on Equity and Social Justice
Transformative Gift Initiates First Matching Gift by ‘$100 Million Challenge’ for Total Impact of at Least $6.5M
UH Research Communications Wins Big at CASE
The UH Division of Research’s Strategic Research Communications team took home five of the highest awards at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District IV competition this year.
Three UH Engineers Named To National Academy Of Inventors
Three University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering researchers have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for 2021.
UH Receives Funding from NSF to Create Center for Integrated Catalysis
The National Science Foundation awarded $1.8 million to six researchers from four different universities to collaborate and create the Center for Integrated Catalysis.
Phase 3 Reopening UH
Guidelines and requirements for reopening research on campus.
DOR Receives Gold CASE Award for HEALTH Research Institute Website
The DOR's Strategic Research Communications team received the top award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District IV for the redesign of the HEALTH Research Institute website.
2019 Research & Innovation Annual Report
The Research & Innovation annual report is now online. See the latest numbers and watch highlights from the past year.
$10 Million Grant to Support Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
A anonymous gift makes this UH National Center sustainable.
So what's The Big Idea?
The Big Idea is a blog we’re launching to better communicate the business of research to our campus community.
Is your team looking for human research subjects?
DOR is now a member institution of ResearchMatch – a national recruitment registry that brings together researchers and people who are interested to learn more about research studies.
Two Scientists Named to National Academy of Inventors
Mark Clarke and Wei-Chuan Shih have been elected to First Class of NAI Senior Members.

Events

Aug 03 12:00 pm

Stem Cell Cloning from Lethal Cancers and Their Precursors: New Strategies for Drug Discovery

This lecture is part of the UH Drug Discovery Institute Research Forum.
Aug 09 10:00 am

Four-Day Python Summer Workshop

The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute at the University of Houston is partnering with the Society of Petroleum Engineers, University of Houston Chapter
Aug 12 11:00 am

Biophysics and Conformational Dynamics

Brought to you by the University of Houston HPE Data Science Institute
Aug 17 12:00 pm

Toward Understanding Heart Disease: Cardiac Signaling Mechanisms, Reprogrammed Cardiac Conduction Cells and the UH-HEART Training Program

This lecture is part of the UH Drug Discovery Institute Research Forum.
Aug 26 12:00 pm

Using Bayesian Techniques to Speed up HPC Solutions

Brought to you by the University of Houston HPE Data Science Institute and the High Performance Computing Society of Houston
Aug 27 12:00 pm

Texas in the Spotlight: The Texas State Flood Plan

Brought to you by the Hurricane Resilience Research Institute

Inside Research

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Research Thrusts

UH Preeminence: 50-in-5 is a new university-wide program focused on increasing our research and scholarly output 50 percent by 2023. This includes the doubling of our national centers from five to 10.

Provost Paula Short and Vice President for Research Amr Elnashai have partnered with college leadership, the faculty senate and faculty leaders throughout the University to determine metrics and alternative measures for every discipline that would advance the University of Houston.

Learn more about the 50-in-5 initiative >