Welcome to the Division of Research and Economic Development
A Letter from the Vice President for Research and Economic Development |
Peter Alfonso, Ph.D.
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Funded by total sponsored program awards of over $68 million in fiscal year 2007, nearly $66 million of which are from federal sources, researchers at The University of Rhode Island continue to have a major impact on issues that affect the region, the nation, and the world. The ongoing research projects at URI not only affect regional health and environmental issues but also affect critical issues that bear on our planet and all of its inhabitants. While the scope of URI research goes well beyond our state borders, the economic impact of the URI research enterprise makes a significant contribution to the State of Rhode Island. It is estimated that the $66 million in federal awards, which represents new money to the State that we would not have otherwise, generates an additional $100 million in local economic impact, which in turn generates additional jobs, and state and local taxes. And, these numbers do not include the revenue and resultant economic impact that will accrue with commercialization of URI inventions. I trust you will see that the research enterprise at the Universty of Rhode Island is definitely on the move. Our research programs span an impressive numbers of disciplines, which bring resources to bear on the problems facing Rhode Island, our country, and the world. We are proud to say that URI is a fully-engaged research university at the global level.
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Peter Alfonso, Ph.D., is the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the University of Rhode Island. In previous research administration positions, he served as the Vice President for Research at the University of North Dakota, Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Tennessee and as Associate Provost for Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. From 1991-99 Dr. Alfonso was the Professor and Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and from 1977-91 served as research scientist at the Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut and as assistant professor, associate professor, and professor of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Connecticut.
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He has held a number of adjunct research and academic appointments in the U.S. and abroad. Since taking his Ph.D. in Speech Science and Experimental Phonetics from Purdue University in 1977, he has been awarded over $20M in federal research awards, and has published over 130 book chapters, articles, and abstracts in speech acoustics, perception, and speech physiology, particularly in the areas of speech motor control in normal and speech disordered populations. Dr. Alfonso is a 1990 Fulbright Research Scholar to The Netherlands, a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and a Fellow of the American Council on Education. |
Assistant Vice President, Research/Intellectual Property Management and Commercialization: Position Description and Search Committee Requirements
