RIT surpasses $76 million in research funding in 2020-21 pandemic year
Rochester Institute of Technology’s sponsored research awards surpassed $76 million for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, another significant milestone in spite of the challenges posed to research efforts brought about by the pandemic.
This follows several years where the university has seen record amounts for new awards of $82 million and $74 million in 2020 and 2019, respectively. In addition, the university also achieved a new record in terms of the number (779) and the cumulative value ($246 million) of proposals submitted.
Of the new awards, more than $38 million came from the federal government. The National Science Foundation (NSF) was the single largest sponsor at $10.6 million.
Other significant federal funding sources include the Department of Defense ($9.4 million) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which includes the National Institutes for Health (NIH) at $7.5 million.