Research happening at Rutgers University is making impacts across the globe, from medical advancements to everyday innovations. As a Top 100 World Research University, Rutgers is home to over 300 research centers and institutes. On an annual basis, the university brings in research funding adding up to roughly $1 billion. “Investments that we’re making at research universities are really essential because the way America wins is we have to be ahead of the game,” Michael Zwick said, the senior vice president for research at Rutgers.
“We’re facing fierce global competition.” According to Zwick, the university has more than 4,600 grants in its research portfolio, ranging in areas from arts and humanities, social behavioral sciences, economics, engineering, natural sciences and more. “Some of the real signature work, remarkable work in agriculture, that we’ve done in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences that Jim Simon has done with plant breeding to build drought-resistant and disease-resistant plants,” Zwick said.
He says another advancement from the drone lab comes to his mind – the Edison Patent Award-winning Naviator, made possible by collaborating with industry experts. To read the full story.