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A fire burns a hillside at night beside a river, off the surface of which the light of the fire is reflected.
Research
May 7, 2025
Research Seed Grant program awards grants to six projects
Funding goes to projects studying anti-inflammatory neural probes, wildfire’s effects on toxic soil contaminants, and markers of stress over the lifespan.
Arts and Sciences Biology Earth sciences Environmental Studies Global health Knight Campus Psychology Wildfire
Portrait of Nico Burns in a field
Ducks Discover
March 7, 2025
Plant genetics, talking mushrooms, and brain plasticity: Summers well spent
Undergraduate research is a highlight of many students’ experiences at the University of Oregon.
Arts and Sciences Biology Honors College Human physiology Institute of Ecology and Evolution Mental Health Microscopy Neuroscience Psychology Undergraduate Research Wildfire
A doctor talking to an older man and woman.
Ducks Discover
November 18, 2024
Is collaboration key? Community environment defines the CAIDe Lab
UO researchers mentor each other while studying decision making.
Center for Science Communication Research Journalism and Communication Psychology Undergraduate Research
An African-American child sleeps in a bed with a sheep toy beside her.
Ducks Discover
August 30, 2024
Waking up to the value of sleep in child development
From Philadelphia to Portland, a sleep psychologist tackles sleep disparities using personalized and community-engaged interventions.
Ballmer Institute Child/youth Psychology
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Research
June 16, 2023
Grants support depression prevention, mental health research
The UO Foundation Trustee Excellence Fund provides seed funding to faculty from any discipline.
Arts and Sciences Child/youth Education HEDCO Institute for Evidence-Based Educational Practice Internal funding Mental Health Psychology
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Research
June 15, 2023
2023 Outstanding Research Award winners announced
Seven faculty and one staff member are recognized for their contributions to the University of Oregon research enterprise.
Arts and Sciences Education Human physiology Institute of Neuroscience Knight Campus Political science Psychology Research Awards Romance languages Special education and clinical science