Research Administration and Operations

R&I’s organizational chart will help you understand our reporting structure. (Last Updated 4-7-2025)

Vice Chancellor Office – Administrations and Operations

301 Canfield Administration Building Lincoln, NE 68588-0433 | https://research.unl.edu/staff-directory/

This larger team is comprised of several smaller teams including Communications, Finance and Information Systems, Events and Outreach, Building Systems, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Project Management, External Recognition and Awards, External Impact, and Federal Relations.

Research Communications

2200 Vine Street, 379 Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier School, Lincoln, NE 68583-0864

Research Finance and Information Systems

Proposal Development

2200 Vine Street, 379 Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier School, Lincoln, NE 68583-0862
https://research.unl.edu/proposaldevelopment

We partner with Nebraska grant applicants to develop competitive external proposals. Our team of proposal development professionals enhance proposal quality by ensuring applicants meet sponsor guidelines and by improving the content, organization and visual appeal of proposal packages.

Research Responsibility

https://research.unl.edu/researchresponsibility

We provide training and technical assistance to help the campus research community comply with federal, state and institutional policies. Our three branches – Research Compliance, Integrity and Security, Institutional Animal Care Program and Research Safety – provide guidance in areas such as human subjects and animal research, export control and laboratory safety.

Institutional Animal Care Program

110 Mussehl Hall, 38th & Fair Street, Lincoln, NE 68583-0720

Research Compliance, Integrity, and Security

2200 Vine Street, 275 Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier School, Lincoln, NE 68583-0863

Sponsored Programs

2200 Vine Street, 151 Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier School, Lincoln, NE 68583-0861 https://research.unl.edu/sponsoredprograms

The Office of Sponsored Programs supports the University of Nebraska-Lincoln community in obtaining and managing external funding to support research, creative, and scholarly activities. We provide pre-award and post-award services throughout the award life cycle. The Director of Sponsored Programs serves as the institutional official responsible for submitting, negotiating and accepting awards on behalf of the Board of Regents.

Economic Development

Industry Relations

2021 Transformation Dr. Suite 2220, Lincoln, NE 68583-6202 https://research.unl.edu/industryrelations

We work directly with faculty and companies to advance private-public partnerships that involve the university and facilitate collaborative activities with industry in a variety of ways.

NUtech Ventures

2021 Transformation Drive, Suite 2220, Lincoln, NE 68508 https://www.nutechventures.org/who-we-are/

We facilitate the commercialization and practical use of innovations generated through Nebraska research activities by evaluating, protecting, marketing and licensing intellectual property. Staff in our office serve as R&D matchmakers by connecting private sector partners and university researchers for mutual benefit.

Nebraska Innovation Campus

2021 Transformation Drive, Suite 2220, Lincoln, NE 68508 https://innovate.unl.edu/staff

We connect the talent of experts, companies and the university. NIC is located adjacent to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, strategically providing private sector partners with convenient access to research faculty expertise, facilities and students.

Nebraska Innovation Studio

2021 Transformation Drive, Suite 1500 Entrance B, Lincoln, NE 68508 https://innovationstudio.unl.edu/people

Nebraska Innovation Studio (NIS) is a community-oriented makerspace that serves as a hub for innovators, artists, and entrepreneurs. NIS is one of the nation’s top makerspaces, a 16,000-square-foot facility with a full metal shop, wood shop, rapid prototyping room, art studio, ceramics and textiles equipment, and more.

NIS is open to anyone, and membership is month-to-month.

Academic Units

Nebraska Press

1225 L Street, Suite 200, Lincoln, NE 68588-0630 https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/about/contact/

The University of Nebraska Press’ organizational chart will help you understand their reporting structure. (Last updated 1-31-2025)

The University of Nebraska Press, founded in 1941, is the largest university press between Chicago and California. It publishes scholarly and general-interest books (with more than 5,000 titles in print and an additional 150 new titles released each year) and journals (with more than 30 different journals published each year) in topics ranging from anthropology and literary criticism to history and sports. In addition to the Nebraska imprint, the Press also publishes books under Bison Books,  The Backwaters Press, and Potomac Books imprints and publishes the books of The Jewish Publication Society. The Journals division produces the publications of Nebraska Extension, a division of the University of Nebraska’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Nebraska State Museum of Natural History

Morrill Hall, 645 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588-0338 https://museum.unl.edu/staff-directory

The University of Nebraska State Museum’s organizational chart will help you understand their reporting structure. (Last updated 1-31-2025)

Established in 1871, the University of Nebraska State Museum is the state’s premier museum of natural history. The mission of Museum is to discover and disseminate knowledge about the natural world through research and education. The Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is a proud Smithsonian Affiliate.

Visitors to Morrill Hall will find interactive exhibits featuring Nebraska’s past and present biological diversity, and its cultural heritage with a dedicated First Peoples of the Plains gallery. The four-level, 70,000 square foot museum is located on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus near the corner of 14th and Vine Streets in Lincoln, Nebraska.

As an active University-based research museum, faculty-curators, students, and staff maintain over 13 million specimens, ethnographic and archeological objects. Research collections include: Anthropology  –  Botany  –  Entomology – Geology – Invertebrate Paleontology – Parasitology – Vertebrate Paleontology – Zoology.

Interdisciplinary Research Centers

Facility Name	Contact Person	Contact Phone	URL
Center for Biotechnology	Daniel Schachtman	402-472-1384	https://biotech.unl.edu/center-biotechnology
Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior	Aron Barbey	402-472-0198	http://cb3.unl.edu
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities	Andrew Jewell	402-472-4547	https://cdrh.unl.edu/
Center for Plant Science Innovation	Ed Cahoon	402-472-5611	https://www.unl.edu/psi/
Central Plains Federal Statistical Research Data Center	John Anderson	402-472-1190	https://business.unl.edu/research/central-plains-federal-statistical-research-data-center/
Holland Computing Center	Hongfeng Yu	402-472-5013	http://hcc.unl.edu
Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research	George Gogos	402-472-6082	https://ncesr.unl.edu/
Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication (COBRE)	James Takacs	402-472-6232	https://ncibc.unl.edu/
Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience	Christian Binek	402-472-5231	https://ncmn.unl.edu/
Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (COBRE)	Janos Zempleni	402-472-3862	https://cehs.unl.edu/npod/
Nebraska Center for Virology	Eric Weaver	402-472-1714	https://www.unl.edu/virologycenter/biomedical-research-excellence
Methodology and Evaluation Research Core	Alian Kasabian	402-472-7217	https://merc.unl.edu/
Rural Drug Addition Center (COBRE)	Rick Bevins	402-472-2243	https://rdar.unl.edu/