The UAB Office of Research and the Institutional Research Core Program announced the selection of a total 15 cores that align and contribute to UAB’s research mission and provide access to cutting-edge technology and/or specialized expertise. For the first time, a research core led by the College of Arts and Sciences in Advanced Materials Characterization has been selected for funding. Dr. Paul Baker, researcher in the Department of Physics, is the director with co-director Dr. Vinoy Thomas from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. This new institutional core will consolidate materials characterization facilities in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering under one organizational structure and will result in improved maintenance of high-end capital equipment and result in new interdisciplinary collaborations on UAB campus.

Selections were made based on merit from 24 applicant cores. Criteria included alignment and contribution to UAB’s research mission, access to cutting-edge technology and/or specialized expertise represented in the services of the core, and core leadership. Learn more about the 15 cores.