Our Spires of Excellence
Welcome to the TRI website
In 2009, the University of Vermont (UVM) embarked upon an unprecedented University-wide conversation — the Transdisciplinary Research Initiative, or TRI — to strategically advance our national role as a premier small research university.
Led by UVM administrators, the Faculty Senate, and faculty experts from across campus, the TRI is helping us map UVM's existing and emerging transdisciplinary strengths, develop our distinctive national and international reputation for research and scholarship, and strategically invest resources to create new knowledge, advance economic development, and engage our communities.
As a result of the TRI process, three Spires of Excellence were named: Complex Systems, Food Systems, and Neuroscience, Behavior and Health.
All documents related to the TRI process have been archived on this website. The most recent annual formal report to the UVM Board of Trustees may be found here.
AY 2011-12 Announcements & Events
- TRIAC-Approved Metrics for Neuroscience, Behavior and Health
- TRIAC-Approved Metrics for Complex Systems
- TRIAC-Approved Metrics for Food Systems
- FY12 Resources & New Faculty Reception-Provost Knodell Memo (8/23/11)
- Protocol for TRI Spire-Driven Hires
- Approved FY12 TRI/Spire Investments
UVM Employment Opportunities
The University of Vermont will be searching for over 30 positions over the next year, with 20 of these aligned with one of the three Spires of Excellence. For the first time, UVM will also search for a core position supporting the Neuroscience, Behavior, and Health (NBH) Spire. To learn more about these opportunities, please see TRI Employment Opportunities.