News by Topic: Grants
Groundbreaking research is always happening at RIT. Thanks to grants from organizations such as the National Science Foundation, RIT can continue pushing the boundaries of all known sciences, from medicine to astrophysics.
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October 31, 2016
Research awarded grant for ultrathin membrane work
Thomas Gaborski, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop ultrathin membranes for tissue engineering. -
October 21, 2016
Researcher gets grant to study vaccine market
RIT received a three-year, $374,949 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for faculty-researcher Ruben Proaño to study and help design a coordinated decision-support system for the global procurement of vaccines. -
October 18, 2016
RIT receives grant to support STEM transfer students
RIT received a five-year grant of nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to support low-income transfer students’ access to undergraduate degrees in engineering and engineering technology. Surendra Gupta, professor of mechanical engineering, is overseeing the program. -
October 6, 2016
RIT gets grant for nanofabrication equipment
Assistant Professor Jing Zhang received a $305,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire a new etching system for photonic, electronic and bio-device fabrication. -
September 27, 2016
RIT named in $4.2 million NSF grant
The Upstate New York Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation—a partnership of Cornell University, RIT and University of Rochester—has been awarded $4.2 million from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Program. -
September 16, 2016
Professor to study K-12 computing education
Adrienne Decker, assistant professor of interactive games and media, received a $1.19 million grant to study the long-term effects of pre-college computing activities. -
July 25, 2016
RIT to revitalize Cary Graphic Design Archive
The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded RIT a $280,000 grant to document, digitize and preserve the university’s Graphic Design Archive. -
July 14, 2016
NTID celebrates growing number of Ph.D. candidates
Four NTID students were enrolled in the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program, which helps deaf and hard-of-hearing students earn doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines. -
June 22, 2016
Professor to help assess child language abilities
Assistant Professor Emily Prud’hommeaux received a grant to update the tests speech-language pathologists have used for decades to determine a child’s language abilities. -
June 16, 2016
RIT and UW-Madison study high-tech workforce
A study exploring how high-tech employees learn to develop competencies relevant to the workplace is the focus of a collaboration between RIT and UW-Madison. -
April 21, 2016
Researcher developing next-gen computer systems
Dhireesha Kudithipudi received a grant for the project “Reservoir computing and benchmarking of neuromorphic systems for size/weight/power constrained environments.” -
April 13, 2016
RIT joins research experience program
Undergraduate students from around the country will try their hand at research as part of an upcoming Research Experience for Undergraduates program at RIT.