The Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization seeks to enhance the environment for all research and scholarships by:

• Supporting the university's strategic research directions and policies
• Increasing and diversifying external research funding
• Improving recruitment and retention of top faculty
• Improving integration of research and education at all levels of the university
• Improving translation of research into the public benefit
• Strengthening university-industry relationships
• Promoting entrepreneurship, technology-transfer and commercialization activities that energize and support the local and national economy
• Promoting and enhancing crosscutting and multi-disciplinary research initiatives