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Impact of innovation
This past year was a banner year for technology commercialization at UNT, but it’s only the beginning. Licensing revenues reached a record level in 2019, and faculty filed six times as many disclosures of inventions and intellectual property as they did in 2015. More importantly, the culture of innovation at UNT is changing. UNT researchers are looking at the work in their laboratories in new and creative ways, and technology created here is catching the eye of companies and potential investors.

Mark R. McLellan chosen as new vice president of research and innovation
Mark R. McLellan, a 30-year leader of university research programs with experience at five major institutions, was selected to oversee research and innovation at UNT as it seeks to grow its research enterprise and cement its place among the nation’s top Tier One research universities.

UNT Research Magazine

UNT Research is published for the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation by the Division of University Relations, Communications and Marketing, University of North Texas. View the latest issue »

About ORI

UNT is a leading research university that is nationally and internationally recognized for its scholarship in all fields — from fine arts to technology, humanities to life sciences, and music to entrepreneurship. UNT is committed to the creation and advancement of innovative research, art and scholarship.

One of the primary responsibilities of the Office of Research and Innovation is to develop and implement strategies in collaboration with the Office of the Provost and other vice presidential areas to transform and expand UNT's research enterprise.

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Our Research

Ifana Mahbub

Innovating through prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Ifana Mahbub will create a new tool that may lead to treatments for chronic pain and stroke recovery.
David Hoeinghaus

Partnering with Texas Parks and Wildlife to protect alligator gar

David Hoeinghaus is partnering with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to protect the fish and others in their ecosystem.   
fana Mahbub (center), assistant professor of electrical engineering, works on a microchip with students, Pashupati Raj Adhikari and Nishat Tarannum Tasneem

UNT scientist squeezes power from a drop of liquid

Ifana Mahbub is using the latest energy-harvesting technology to develop a wireless, wearable fitness tracker that will never need to be charged.

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Tools for Researchers

The Office of Research supports new knowledge and its dissemination by assisting faculty in their research, scholarly, and creative activities.

Forms IRB How to apply for a grant Principal Investigator (PI) Handbook