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Research

×ÔοÊÓÆµ prides itself on being a global hub for conducting scholarly research, advancing discoveries and fueling breakthroughs across multiple disciplines. Students are central to the university’s world-class research efforts and have a variety of opportunities to take part in transformative discoveries.

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Undergraduate Research

For many undergraduates, the opportunity to work alongside graduate students and leading faculty experts is a defining aspect of their ×ÔοÊÓÆµ experience.

is integrated into many academic courses and majors, and it spans everything from field studies in the natural sciences, to laboratory research, to historical investigations and projects at the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. Beyond the classroom, undergraduate students are encouraged to pursue research as part of Immersion ×ÔοÊÓÆµ and through summer programs such as the ×ÔοÊÓÆµ Undergraduate Summer Research Program.

×ÔοÊÓÆµ is a preeminent global research university whose faculty are recognized for path-breaking research and innovative leadership in higher education.

Padma Raghavan, Ph.D., M.S. Vice Provost for Research Padma Raghavan, Ph.D., M.S.
Vice Provost for Research

Reinhart-King Lab
Engineer

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Centers & Institutes

In addition to its traditional schools and departments, ×ÔοÊÓÆµ supports numerous centers and facilities to promote interdisciplinary research and collaboration, such as the ten within the . These centers—including the  and the —provide a vibrant research and training environment through academic expertise spanning a wide range of specialization.

University-wide interdisciplinary centers and institutes include the Wond’ry, ×ÔοÊÓÆµ's Innovation Center, the ×ÔοÊÓÆµ Institute for Surgery and Engineering, the Center for Digital Humanities and the Data Science Institute, among many others.

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Support & Funding

The university is committed to helping ×ÔοÊÓÆµ faculty, students, labs, centers and institutes secure funding and resources for projects that can improve society from the university, federal and state-sponsored research grants and other external funding mechanisms.

From the proposal stage to the commercialization of key discoveries, the  provides a robust ecosystem of resources—including those through the department of Research Development & Support, the  ²¹²Ô»åÌý along with other services through the .

  • $253.6M 913 awards received totaling $253.6 million in FY2020
  • $81M Researchers from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences have received over $81 million in funding in 2020. Its biochemistry and cell and developmental biology departments are the first and second highest funded departments in the nation, respectively, by the National Institutes of Health.
  • $23.6M

    Industry sponsored research in FY2020