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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June 3, 2015
Project aims to draw black teens to STEM fields
Associate professor Edward Brown received a grant to expose African-American teens to STEM fields through design projects related to rehabilitation and assistive robotics. -
May 6, 2015
RIT receives $495,608 federal grant
The Golisano Institute for Sustainability received the National Institute of Standards and Technology grant to help accelerate the growth of advanced manufacturing. -
May 4, 2015
Researcher wins award to study irregular heartbeat
Behnaz Ghoraani and her research team are developing an algorithm to improve clinical intervention for atrial fibrillation. -
April 23, 2015
RIT honors 386 researchers
RIT honored 386 researchers who secured funding for fiscal year 2014, serving as either principal or co-principal investigators on active research. -
April 20, 2015
RIT scientist chosen as educator ambassador
Astrophysicist Brian Koberlein is one of nine educators to participate in the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program. -
April 16, 2015
Andre Hudson awarded Erskine Fellowship
Biochemist Andre Hudson will give lectures and conduct research at University of Canterbury in New Zealand as part of the Erskine Fellowship. -
March 9, 2015
Physicist earns distinguished NSF CAREER award
Mishkat Bhattacharya received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award to examine better optical sensing of mechanical rotation devices. -
March 5, 2015
Professor creates maps for refugee camp
Brian Tomaszewski traveled to Jordan to look at how geographic information systems and mapping could help in disaster situations at the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp. -
March 3, 2015
Image Permanence Institute awarded major grant
The Image Permanence Institute at RIT received a $399,825 grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and Access Research and Development program. -
February 18, 2015
Gabrielle Gaustad receives NSF CAREER award
Gabrielle Gaustad of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability received the award to study the implications of material scarcity and criticality on clean energy technologies. -
December 23, 2014
RIT to establish cybersecurity scholarship program
Responding to the national demand for workers highly trained in cybersecurity, RIT will use a National Science Foundation grant to establish the scholarship program. -
December 1, 2014
New technology could reshape space telescopes
Scientists at RIT and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are exploring a new type of space telescope with an aperture made of swarms of particles released from a canister.