Research Resources
Igniting Possibilities
The University of Toledo has resources to support your research efforts.
Learn about resources below:
UToledo Research Enterprise
Provides leadership and guidance in all aspects of external sponsorship of programs and research.
Office of Undergraduate Research
Studies have shown that incorporating experiential learning into the undergraduate academic journey can have very positive ramifications as the students test and experience their chosen professions by becoming immersed in research. UToledo has many different research programs and opportunities funded through the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR-UT) and others. Research is an integral part of every discipline and UT faculty have been supportive of engaging undergraduate students in their research programs.
University Policies
The University of Toledo policy web site is a compilation of relevant policy, operational procedures and governing documents of The University of Toledo. The purpose of the policy web site is to ensure faculty, staff, and students have ready access to the policies.
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Writing Center
The Writing Center provides one-to-one assistance to all members of the academic community who want to discuss and improve their writing. As the core of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program, the Writing Center staff also provides the necessary resources which enable faculty to use writing as a means of learning in their content areas. By providing these consulting services to students and faculty, the Writing Center provides key initiatives for improving undergraduate and graduate education.
InfoEd SPINPlus Global Suite
The University of Toledo subscribes to the InfoEd SPINPlus Global Suite research funding database. SPIN Global Suite is comprised of SPIN, the funding database (with over 40,000 opportunities from more than 10,000 global sponsors); GENIUS, a central expertise database; and SMARTS, the e-mail notification system.
- For more information on InfoEd SPIN: http://infoedglobal.com/solutions/spin-global-suite/
- Create a profile: To receive daily notices of funding opportunities and save search criteria (Detailed instructions here)
- For questions contact: Rick Francis, 419.383.4252
Judith Herb Research Consultation Center/ General Research Resources
The Research Consultation Center is designed to provide students and faculty in the Judith Herb College of Education, the College of Social Justice and Human Service, and the College of Health Sciences with tools to aid in understanding, conducting, publishing funding and fostering creative research through links to useful web sites, articles and library guides.
University of Toledo Press
The mission of the University of Toledo Press is to publish professional quality books with relevance to general readers in Toledo, Northwest Ohio, and the Western Lake Erie region. The UT Press will read and consider for publication manuscripts that investigate, highlight, and celebrate the unique identity of our region’s communities, institutions, and individuals. It will consider scholarly and general nonfiction, fiction, photography or poetry manuscripts. It will also consider manuscripts by writers with a biographical connection to the region.
The University of Toledo Press was established in July 2010 and benefits from institutional support from the University's Department of English Language and Literature, College of Graduate Studies, and Office of Marketing and Communications.
Safety and Health
The mission of the Environmental Health and Radiation Safety Home Department is to develop, implement and monitor programs of environmental and occupational safety and health as necessary to protect the health and safety of faculty, staff, students and campus visitors, and to provide compliance with applicable regulations.
General Laboratory Safety
Chemical Hygiene Plan, Lab Safety Self-Assessment Tools and Training and HAZARDOUS Chemical Standard Operating Procedures
University Research Fellowship Opportunities
The annual internal grant programs administered by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs support the diverse range of faculty research and scholarship at UT. We hope that full-time, tenured and tenure-track faculty from all disciplines will find a program that could help advance their scholarly efforts. Guidance to these programs and evaluation of proposals for some of the competitions is provided by the University Research Council.