The Research and Innovation Office is proud to announce the 2026 winners of the Research Technical Staff Award, which recognizes staff for their distinguished service to the University of Minnesota research community and celebrates exemplary leadership that positively impacted their colleagues and advanced the University's mission. Ten recipients, who represent more than 10 departments/units across five colleges were awarded a personal honorarium of $2,000:
Lisa Duvick
Samantha Getty
Matthew Grimley
Gunna Kilian
Eunji Kim
Taylor Otness
Michelle Roesler
Kelli Trauger
Kelley Wells
Erin Zielinski
The awardees will be honored at a luncheon with Vice President for Research and Innovation Cynthia Carnes on October 14.