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.

November 30, 2016

RIT awarded grant to develop curriculum modules

RIT was awarded nearly $75,000 from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop standards educational modules for the university’s College of Applied Science and Technology.
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.”

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