Vice President for Research and Innovation

G. Don Taylor, interim

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation is responsible for the following

• Supporting and promoting Virginia Tech faculty members, staff, and student research, scholarship, and creative activity
• Policies regarding regulatory compliance and ethical conduct of research
• Communicating research capabilities and achievements to the university community and the public
• Supporting the university community and its missions by fostering quality research and scholarship
• Providing access to funding information
• Enhancing the ability to respond to national research priorities and pursue opportunities
• Encouraging and directing inquiry into new and emerging fields
• Promoting solutions to problems and advances of basic knowledge in diverse disciplines and through interdisciplinary cooperation
• Ensuring compliance with policies and procedures related to research
• Marketing faculty talent and university capabilities within the university community and to external audiences
• Fostering partnerships with outside agencies and businesses

Institutes

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

• Mike Friedlander | Executive Director
  540-526-2013

Fralin Life Sciences Institute

• Sally Morton | Interim Director
  540-231-5422

Hume Center for National Security and Technology

• Eric Paterson | Interim Director
  540-858-3350
  

Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology

• Ben Knapp | Director
  540-231-1911

Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science

• Stefan Duma | Director
  540-231-6876

Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment

• Karen A. Roberto | Executive Director
  540-231-7657

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

• Tom Dingus | Director
  540-231-1501

Administration

• Laurel Miner | Chief of Staff
  540-231-7110
• Odie Fthenos | Director of Finance
  540-231-0696

• Kimberly Borkowski | Administrative Specialist
  540-231-3270