Welcome!
The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R) is a new kind of public research institute, one with convergence at its core and differentiated by a dual mandate to advance research excellence and impact economic development. Most research institutions focus on discovery and development. Some venture into delivery. Our goal is deployment of innovations at scale through partnerships with industry, community and philanthropic organizations while educating and empowering a diverse and qualified future workforce.
The grand challenges of today – protecting human health; understanding the food, energy, water nexus; exploring the universe at all scales – will not be solved by one discipline alone. They require convergence: the merging of ideas, approaches and technologies from widely diverse fields of knowledge to stimulate innovation and discovery.
I³R is growing convergence research and fostering collaboration to address the Grand Challenge of Integrative Health through an approach that recognizes the multiple physiological, social, and environmental factors at play and an approach that utilizes a holistic and integrative strategy to produce impactful solutions that are deployable at scale.
| Ranu Jung | Associate Vice Chancellor and I³R Founding Executive Director | I3Rexec@uark.edu |
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Monday - Sunday *Staffed |
793 W Dickson St. |
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| I³R General Inbox |
Administrative Assistant
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479-575-2510
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icubedr@uark.edu
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Fayetteville, AR
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