This Central Service acts as a technical and administrative support structure for the Vice-Rector for Research and Scientific Policy, and for the Research Commission, and performs the functions of advice, information, dissemination, promotion, management, monitoring and justification of the various elements in the area of research, together with the transfer of the results and knowledge thus generated into society.

The Research Service is organised internally into six sections:

• Contracted R & D + I, mainly dedicated to the management of R+D + I and its related activities conducted under the protection of Art. 83 of the Organic University Law (LOU). It includes the negotiation, drafting, review, invoicing and legal-administrative follow-up of contracted R+D + I activities and related legal business.
• R&D & I Support Resources and Programmes, responsible for the management of human capital recruitment devoted to research and the mobility of R&D & I personnel, together with the justification and economic-administrative monitoring of R&D & I grants in terms of personnel and mobility, the design and management of calls for its own R+D + I Programme, and the evaluation of its activity.
• I+D+I International, dedicated to promote and manage the participation of researchers from the University of Valencia in different European R+D +I initiatives (Horizon 2020, COST, LIFE, etc.) and, in general, those of an international nature, through the different available sources of financing. It also endeavours to dynamise and promote participation in international research programmes considered of strategic advantage for the University.
• Subsidised R+D + I, which deals with the management of R+D + I projects and related public-private collaborative activities, as well as the promotion of participation in national and regional R+D + I projects and initiatives, and their justification and economic-administrative follow-up.
• Innovation, Evaluation and Entrepreneurship, is mainly dedicated to the appraisal of research capabilities and results leading to an effective transfer into production, either through licence to companies and other entities, or through the creation of Technological Base (EBTs). Furthermore, this section deals with the management of intellectual and industrial property rights derived from the research activity, the management of the University's own grant programme with respect to the evaluation and transfer of technology, and the management of the initiatives developed within the framework of the University of Valencia´s Empren + programme for the revitalisation of an entrepreneurial culture and co-operation in R+D + I.
• Financial Control, Audit and Structural Funds of R+D + I, dedicated to the control of R+D + I´s economic management, the justification of contracted R&D + I activities, plus audit management together with the application, follow-up and justification of infrastructures and structural R+D + I funding.

UVemprén is an institutional strategy for attracting university talent, training in innovation and validating ideas and projects of social importance, coordinated by the Office of the Vice Principal for Employment and Training Programs through the Policies for Excellence Office.

Among the specific services offered to companies and entities of the Science Park, the following stand out:

•      Encourage the creation of entrepreneurship classrooms
•      Participate in institutional mentoring programs aimed at students
•      Participate in the fairs and entrepreneurship forums of which UVemprén is a part
•      Participate in institutional programs and competitions, such as 5UCV Startup.
•      Participate in UVemprén Club.
•      Access the information contained in the Bank of Ideas and the talent bank We Are of the student body that has been successfully trained in the UVemprén programs.