The Office of Research and Development fosters and sustains an environment

that facilitates faculty research. It offers the following types of service:

University-level Research Centers

1. • Energy and Resource Technique and Develop Center(ERTaC)
   • Environmental Education Center
   • Center for Nanotechnology
   • Leisure Resource and Industry Development Center
   • Andysis and Technology Consulting Center
   • Center for Sustainable Development
   • UAV Application Research Center
   • Organic Center

    

   Project Management Division

   • Assisting faculty with the applications for grants.
   • Providing administrative support for the execution of research projects.
   • Updating project-related statistics and research achievements.
   • Serving as a liaison between faculty and local industries.
   • Establishing cooperative ties to facilitate faculty research and development.

    

   Research Planning Division

   • Integrating resources to promote the research programs of NIU.
   • Assisting the academic and research evaluation of teaching, research, and administrative units on campus.
   • Assessing the adding, modifying, or closing transactions for proposals raised by teaching and research units.
   • Obtaining patents and copyrights on behalf of NIU and its faculty.
   • Providing necessary assistance in teachers’ academic activities and students’ practical training as well as technical certification.
   • Marking out the research focus and future development of NIU.
   • Facilitating large-scale interdisciplinary projects.
   • Managing university evaluation and department certification.
   • Undertaking the evaluation process of research centers.
   • Assessing the exploitation performances of research resources and popularizing research achievements.
   • Carrying out the conclusions drawn from the research and development meeting.

    

   Industry Promotion Division

   • Responsible for technology transfer, technology matching, negotiation and management of research achievements.
   • Application, maintenance and management of patents for research achievements.
   • Management, registry and application for rewards and subsidies for research achievements at STRIKE system(Scientific & Technological Resources, Information, and Knowledge Exchange system) of National Science Council.
   • Conducting Outstanding Technology-Transfer Contribution Award and rewards for outstanding teachers for academia-industry cooperation.
   • Research achievement presentation and promotion.

    

   Innovation and Incubation Center

   • Providing space for research and development.
   • Guiding and assisting the applications for governmental subsidies.
   • Organizing expert group for counseling.
   • Promoting company’s image.
   • Importing diverse professional advices and guidances.