{"id":15882,"date":"2025-08-12T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/?page_id=15882"},"modified":"2026-09-14T09:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:20:40","slug":"initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-15882","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"Major Initiatives","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"right_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"pt-15 pb-15","title":"","content":"<p class=\"u-text-lead\">Our office is leading, partnering on, or shepherding a variety of efforts that make our University, our region, and our world ever better. Get a snapshot of a few of these major initiatives.<\/p>","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"card_grid","anchor":"","css_class":"pt-0 title-line t-navy t-below centered","title":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our initiatives<\/h2>","description":"","background_color":"#FFFFFF","width":"width-large","columns":"1","cards":[{"card_title":"<h3>Transdisciplinary research centers<\/h3>","card_text":"The 糖心传媒\u2019s\u00a0\u201cBoundless Possibility: 2030 Strategic Plan\u201d\u00a0champions a bold new model of scholarship\u2014transdisciplinary research, where teams don\u2019t just collaborate\u2014they combine methodologies, perspectives, and fields to reshape what\u2019s possible.\r\n<p class=\"card_cta\">Explore the four groundbreaking centers<\/p>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"#283faf","card_link":{"title":"Transdisciplinary Research Centers","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/transdisciplinary-research-centers\/","target":""},"card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":16362,"card_image_size":"image_full","card_image_placement":"image_left","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"<h3>Artificial intelligence (AI)<\/h3>","card_text":"AI is transforming the way we research and the discoveries we make. And, the University of Rochester is at the forefront of understanding and utilizing this burgeoning technology.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/ai\/\">AI at URochester<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/research-impact\/ai-for-public-good\/\">Research impact: AI for public good<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/about\/committees\/ai-research-committee\/\">AI in Research committee<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/rochester-joins-empire-ai-consortium-research-collaboration-640802\/\">Empire AI Consortium<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"transparent","card_link":"","card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":15892,"card_image_size":"image_full","card_image_placement":"image_right","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"<h3>Microelectronics<\/h3>","card_text":"The 糖心传媒 is advancing the goals of the CHIPS and Science Act by leveraging its national leadership in optics, lasers, and materials science\u2014key drivers of semiconductor innovation. Awarding more than 50% of all optics degrees in the U.S. and home to one of the largest university-based laser system programs, URochester\u2019s foundational strengths uniquely position it to support and accelerate America\u2019s semiconductor resurgence through initiatives like the NY SMART I-Corridor Tech Hub.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/chips\/\">Microelectronics Research at URochester<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/ny-smart-i-corridor\/\">NY SMART I-Corridor at URochester<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"transparent","card_link":"","card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":9306,"card_image_size":"image_full","card_image_placement":"image_left","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"<h3>NSF Stellar<\/h3>","card_text":"The 糖心传媒 is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Engines award and matching support from New York State, supporting efforts to grow the region\u2019s laser workforce and advance Science, Technology and Engineering of Laser and Laser Applications Research (STELLAR).\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/nsf-stellar-engine-rochester-region-national-laser-innovation-hub-710092\/\">STELLAR in the news<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/optics\/stellar\/\">STELLAR website<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"transparent","card_link":"","card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":10156,"card_image_size":"image_full","card_image_placement":"image_right","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"card_grid","anchor":"","css_class":"title-line t-yellow t-below centered","title":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Learn more about research at URochester<\/h2>","description":"","background_color":"#FFFFFF","width":"width-medium","columns":"1","cards":[{"card_title":"<h5>Research impact across the University<\/h5>","card_text":"The 糖心传媒 is a Tier 1 research university\u2014a place where students, faculty, and staff conduct some of the highest volume of research activity in the U.S. Learn about the University\u2019s overarching research mission and areas of impact.\r\n<p class=\"card_cta\">Science serving humanity<\/p>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"#283faf","card_link":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/research\/","target":""},"card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"<h5>About our office<\/h5>","card_text":"Learn about the vision, priorities, and structure of the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), and the internal operations we support.\r\n<p class=\"card_cta\">Discover OVPR<\/p>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"#283faf","card_link":{"title":"About Us","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/about\/","target":""},"card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""}]}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Major Initiatives - Office of the Vice President for Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OVPR is leading, partnering on, or shepherding many efforts that make the University of Rochester, our region, and our world ever better.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major Initiatives - Office of the Vice President for Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OVPR is leading, partnering on, or shepherding many efforts that make the University of Rochester, our region, and our world ever better.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Office of the Vice President for Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-14T13:20:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Link-Preview-Office-of-the-VP-for-Research-1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/initiatives\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/initiatives\\\/\",\"name\":\"Major Initiatives - Office of the Vice President for Research\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-12T20:03:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-14T13:20:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"OVPR is leading, partnering on, or shepherding many efforts that make the University of Rochester, our region, and our world ever better.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/initiatives\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/initiatives\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/initiatives\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Initiatives\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/\",\"name\":\"Office of the Vice President for Research\",\"description\":\"糖心传媒\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/university-research\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Major Initiatives - Office of the Vice President for Research","description":"OVPR is leading, partnering on, or shepherding many efforts that make the University of Rochester, our region, and our world ever better.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Major Initiatives - Office of the Vice President for Research","og_description":"OVPR is leading, partnering on, or shepherding many efforts that make the University of Rochester, our region, and our world ever better.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/","og_site_name":"Office of the Vice President for Research","article_modified_time":"2026-09-14T13:20:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Link-Preview-Office-of-the-VP-for-Research-1200x630.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/","name":"Major Initiatives - Office of the Vice President for Research","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-08-12T20:03:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-14T13:20:40+00:00","description":"OVPR is leading, partnering on, or shepherding many efforts that make the University of Rochester, our region, and our world ever better.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/initiatives\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Initiatives"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/","name":"Office of the Vice President for Research","description":"糖心传媒","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15882"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24672,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15882\/revisions\/24672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}