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Creating global impact

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) at the University of Colorado Boulder is focused on creating global impact by cultivating and supporting collaboration, transformation and leadership. At the heart of this focus are the diverse contributions of a wide range of world-class experts, working together to accelerate ideas throughout the entire innovation lifecycle. 

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New $25 million research center to study the radio frequency spectrum

New $25 million research center to study the radio frequency spectrum

Researchers at CU Boulder will take part in a $25M effort to study a natural resource that’s becoming increasingly in demand: the radio frequency spectrum. SpectrumX will bring together experts from 29 organizations to transform the landscape of spectrum research, education, collaboration and management.

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Research & Innovation Office seeks applications for early-to-mid career RIO Faculty Fellows
Research & Innovation Office seeks applications for early-to-mid career RIO Faculty Fellows
New effort to bolster Colorado’s national security and aerospace workforce
New effort to bolster Colorado’s national security and aerospace workforce
New research podcasts take you inside the Emirates Mars Mission and a project seeking to understand how smell turns to action
New research podcasts take you inside the Emirates Mars Mission and a project seeking to understand how smell turns to action
Principal Investigator Academy orients new faculty to campus research, creative work resources
Principal Investigator Academy orients new faculty to campus research, creative work resources
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RIO Faculty Fellows 2022 cohort applications close on October 15


Campus research and creative work returned to full operations May 17

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$614 million in total research awards received FY 2019-20

#1 public university recipient of NASA research awards

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