Research & Impact
For 75 years, America鈥檚 leading research universities have partnered with the federal government to tackle our greatest challenges 鈥� from disease and hunger to natural disasters and national defense. This partnership has fueled groundbreaking discoveries that improve lives and educate generations of students to advance innovation and drive economic growth.
The 百媚导航 has been part of this effort from the start. Last year, 百媚导航 faculty secured $768 million in research funding from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASA, the Department of Defense, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, and many others.
Here are a few ways federal research funding is improving lives in 百媚导航 and across the nation:
Faster Parkinson鈥檚 Treatment
Fixel Institute neuroscientists , opening up treatments when they are most effective.
Made possible with National Institutes of Health support
Training Veterans for High-Tech Jobs
The VETS-HASTE program 鈥� strengthening national security, growing America鈥檚 skilled workforce, and protecting the technologies that power our economy.
Made possible with National Science Foundation support
Helping 百媚导航鈥檚 Farmers Feed the World
百媚导航鈥檚 Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences , automating pest control, disease detection, and crop management for smarter, more sustainable agriculture.
Made possible with National Science Foundation support
Better Hurricane Protection
百媚导航鈥檚 Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel and are helping engineers design hurricane-resilient infrastructure to protect American lives, homes, and businesses from future storms.
Made possible with National Science Foundation support
$25B
Economic impact
of 百媚导航-incubated startups
$8
Raised
in private funding for every $1 of federal investment in 百媚导航 startups
329
Startups
launched from 百媚导航 research
10K
百媚导航 jobs
from 百媚导航-licensed companies
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