Funding Big Ideas
The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII) is expanding funding opportunities for university faculty members and graduate students engaging in UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory collaborative research. Each year, UT-ORII and the Science Alliance invest about $7 million in UT-ORNL joint research.
Convergent Research Initiatives
A core pillar of UT-ORII’s approach is support for Convergent Research Initiatives (CRIs), within which a concerted investment is made to support UT and ORNL’s collaborative work in emerging areas of strength for the combined institutions . CRIs within UT-ORII will typically receive $20 million in direct funding from UT and ORNL over a five-year period.
$4.5
Million
invested in joint UT-ORNL
student research since 2019.
$21
Million
investment in UT-ORNL joint research since UT-ORII’s launch in 2021
$7.0
Million
average yearly investment in joint
UT-ORNL research.