Vice President for Research and Innovation

The University of Oregon (UO), a top-tier public research university, seeks a strategic and collaborative administrator and transformative leader to serve as its next Vice President for Research and Innovation (VPRI). Reporting to the President, the Vice President for Research and Innovation will lead efforts to enhance UO’s research programs and impact by strengthening existing programs and developing new partnerships and collaborations across the state and globe.

UO is designated as having very high research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and has a strong culture of multidisciplinary and collaborative research. The University of Oregon saw $153 million in total sponsored project funding in fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25). In this same year, there were $125 million in research expenditures. Exemplary research activities include the College of Education, which had $51 million in research expenditures in FY25, as well as our research centers and institutes under the OVPRI ($65M in expenditures in FY25). Our nationally and internationally recognized faculty drive excellence across our enduring research strengths, including education, children’s mental and behavioral health, fundamental life and physical sciences, the humanities, and social and environmental sciences.

The VPRI Search Committee invites nominations and applications (a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of five or more references) to be submitted to the search firm assisting the University of Oregon. Confidential review of materials will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. It is preferred that all nominations and applications be submitted by Monday, March 9, 2026.

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