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Services & Expertise

OVPR provides services and support to the University of Minnesota research community through our administrative units.

Research Impact

The University of Minnesota is a top-10 public research institution conducting innovative and impactful research across a broad range of fields and disciplines. Our researchers improve our understanding of the world and help facilitate technologies and ideas that positively impact the prosperity, welfare, and security of our communities, state, nation, and beyond.

UMN Research Statistics

D2D’s facility at the Minnesota State Fair

D2D Expands Into Rural Minnesota

The Driven to Discover (D2D) Research Facility puts a human face on the research process every year at the Minnesota State Fair. Now it wants to expand into Greater Minnesota.

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80 Years of The Hormel Institute: From Food R&D to Innovative Cancer Research

Many are familiar with Hormel Foods, most famously known for producing Spam. Lesser known is The Hormel Institute, the nearby state-of-the-art biomedical research facility that recently celebrated 80 years of research

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Learn more about the impact of University of Minnesota research and its role in advancing innovation and fostering economic development in the region. View research statistics.