  {"id":272,"date":"2016-08-24T12:28:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T19:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:11:43","slug":"or","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/or\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Research Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Research is led by the Vice Provost for Research and oversees three administrative units: Human Subjects Division (HSD), Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), and Office of Research Information Services (ORIS). We have two research units: The Applied Physics Laboratory and the Washington National Biomedical Research Center. Assisting the Vice Provost for Research in providing leadership to support UW\u2019s research community is a strong team of Associate Vice Provosts. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/or\/organizational-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Research Organization Chart<\/a> to view the structure.<\/p>\n<h2>Office of Research Leadership<\/h2>\n<div class=\"featured-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4 featured-content-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" title=\"[Mari Ostendorf; Vice Provost for Research]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/20211214_MariOstendorf-1032-BEST-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"[Profile pic - ostendorf]\" width=\"339\" height=\"511\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8 featured-content-body\">\n<h3>Mari Ostendorf<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Vice Provost for Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Endowed Professor of Systems Design Methodology<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/or\/associate-vice-provosts\/vice-provost-for-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mari Ostendorf Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Complete list of Associate Vice Provosts:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/or\/associate-vice-provosts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View OR Leadership Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Office of Research Units<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list-builder\">\n<div class=\"list-builder-buttons\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 list-builder-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"list-builder-button-link\" style=\"height: 120px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/hsd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HUMAN SUBJECTS DIVISION (HSD)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/hsd\/about-us\/human-subjects-division-organizational-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HSD organization chart<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 list-builder-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"list-builder-button-link\" style=\"height: 120px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/aco3rs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ANIMAL CARE, OUTREACH, &amp; 3Rs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uw.edu\/oawrss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of Animal Welfare (OAW)<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 list-builder-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"list-builder-button-link\" style=\"height: 120px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/osp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS (OSP)<\/a><a href=\"\/research\/osp\/contact-osp\/#org-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSP organization chart<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 list-builder-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"list-builder-button-link\" style=\"height: 120px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/oris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OFFICE OF RESEARCH INFORMATION SERVICES (ORIS)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/ORIS_Org_Chart-Winter2026-2.pdf\">ORIS organization chart<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 list-builder-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"list-builder-button-link\" style=\"height: 120px;\" href=\"https:\/\/apl.uw.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/APL-UW_org_chart_B_white_2025-scaled.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APL organization chart<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-4 list-builder-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"list-builder-button-link\" style=\"height: 120px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wanprc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington National Biomedical Research Center<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Org_Chart_01_21_2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WaNBRC organization chart<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Research is led by the Vice Provost for Research and oversees three administrative units: Human Subjects Division (HSD), Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP),&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":17394,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-builder-units-small-hero.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-272","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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