Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR)

Also referred to as UNC Research, the OVCR oversees, develops, and supports UNC-Chapel Hill’s research enterprise. It sets strategic priorities for research, manages proposals and awards, provides research infrastructure, identifies funding opportunities, develops research personnel and partnerships, and oversees regulatory compliance, ethics, and Conflict of Interest (COI) management.

The OVCR is home to the Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE), the Office of Clinical Trials (OCT), the Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS), the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR), the Research Compliance Program (RCP), the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA), the Office of Research Communications (ORC), the Office of Research Development (ORD), the Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM), and the Office of Animal Care and Use (OACU). UNC-Chapel Hill: OVCR