Fiscal Year 2024
Rutgers stands at the forefront of a transformative era in research and innovation. We have achieved remarkable success, setting new records this year with nearly $970 million in sponsored award funding and more than 4,500 sponsored awards. Our unprecedented growth over the last several years is a testament to our world-renowned faculty, dedicated leadership, tireless research support staff, and strong partnerships with public and private stakeholders.
Looking ahead, we remain committed to addressing the ever-growing societal challenges alongside our partners, who are integral to our mission. As we transition from a great 20th-century research institution to a top-performing 21st-century research and innovation leader, we are evolving in exciting ways—developing cutting-edge research core services, integrating AI, using data to streamline processes, and developing and strengthening academic and research alliances.
Our 21st-century global challenges are formidable. At Rutgers, we see challenges as opportunities. Evolving how we work, ensuring accessibility to the tools and data researchers need, and encouraging multidisciplinary collaboration are essential for sustaining our growth in research and innovation. I am incredibly proud of the progress we have made and the steps taken to advance access, equity, and inclusion in research and innovation.
Rutgers is undergoing unprecedented change, and our faculty are embracing new and exciting opportunities. I am honored to work alongside exceptional leaders, faculty, and staff. I look forward to the groundbreaking projects on the horizon, confident that the coming year will be a banner year for Rutgers. Together, we are not just preparing for the future - we are creating it.
Michael E. Zwick, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Research at Rutgers University
Rutgers researchers develop solutions that address real-world problems.
The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers University has launched two signature Teaching and Research Labs on Race, Social Justice, and the Human: the Race and Gender Equity (RAGE) Lab.
Rutgers researchers have been working in the field of artificial intelligence decades before AI started to become a common part of our lives through face recognition software, social media algorithms, chatbots, digital assistants such as Alexa and Siri and in many other ways.
University leaders are creating an institute designed to elevate the local, national and international profile of Rutgers–New Brunswick as a locus for scholarship on climate change, renewable energy production, energy conservation and their environmental dimensions.
Two new grants exceeding $7 million will help the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies research how Black and Hispanic young adults perceive messaging about the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
Rutgers-Newark and Fiserv, a leading global provider of payments and financial technology with a flagship Innovation Center in New Jersey, celebrated the grand opening of the Rutgers-Newark Fiserv Innovation Hub (iHub). Read full story.
Research to find a new variety enters its final phase this summer. Rutgers researchers are getting close to identifying a new blueberry variety that can produce a sweeter, firmer fruit for Garden State growers. The decade-long research project will move into its final trial this season. Read full story.
Under the stewardship of new director Stephen Danley, associate professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration, CURE has rolled out programs and partnerships under a “Community First” Initiative, with a mission to place the voices and needs of local communities at the forefront of the research enterprise. Read full story.
Rutgers collaborates with companies, organizations, foundations, and government agencies to support and advance the research and innovation ecosystem.
As the wireless revolution continues to deliver higher networking speeds, more consistent connections, and increased capacity, the need for seamless integration of wireless technologies couldn’t be greater.
Thanks to a traineeship grant of more than $2.5 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)—to be administered over four years by Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden—a shortage of primary health care professionals in an underserved part of New Jersey will be boosted by an increase in the availability of nurse practitioners.
A multidisciplinary group of researchers have received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the impact of environmental influences on pregnancy and children’s health.
Rutgers collaborates with companies, organizations, foundations, and government agencies to support and advance the research and innovation ecosystem.
Basil varieties that are resistant to the deadly downy mildew disease. A computational tool that calculates the probability of the number of contributors in a DNA profile. These two innovations share two things in common: both were developed at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and both received Edison Patent Awards at the Research & Development Council of New Jersey (RDNJ) annual banquet on November 15, 2023.
In a world where human and industry activities keep steering climate change, a Rutgers startup aims to make cement manufacturing carbon-neutral while decreasing CO2 emissions.
Base editing technology invented at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and exclusively licensed to Revvity, Inc. subsidiary Horizon Discovery, has been sub-licensed to biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to support its creation of cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and immune-mediated diseases.
A Rutgers researcher, through his spinoff company, has led a team to design and test a device that quickly counts a person’s white blood cells with a single drop of blood, similar to the way glucometers rapidly scan for blood sugar levels.
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Rutgers and its researchers continue to break new ground through ideas, innovations, and technologies that push the New Jersey and United States research and innovation ecosystems to new heights.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science $39,673,786 over seven years to build and improve upon infrastructure that promotes clinical and translational science through the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS).
When Andrew Solomon transferred to Rutgers University–Newark from Middlesex College two years ago, he had no idea that biophysics was his calling. But once he settled on the science major, an obstacle stood in his way: a dearth of research opportunities on campus.
Two grants totaling nearly $3 million have been awarded to Assistant Professor Maria E. Solesio in the Department of Biology at Rutgers University in Camden. Her research aims to elucidate the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases and ultimately improve treatment options for common and severe conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
IntelliGenes, a first-of-its-kind software created at Rutgers Health, combines artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning approaches to measure the significance of specific genomic biomarkers to help predict diseases in individuals, according to its developers.
Rutgers scholars are known and respected around the world as some of the most knowledgeable in their respective fields and disciplines.
Employing massive data sets collected through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a research team led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astronomer is unearthing clues to conditions existing in the early universe.
Rutgers University–Camden is proud to announce that Montrell Sanders, a doctoral student in public affairs, has been named a finalist for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Award.
SASN Researcher Charlotte Francoeur has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Biology to study the microbial activity of honeypot ants living in different locales across the globe.
A Rutgers researcher has teamed up with a local high school student to build a machine-learning approach for screening current and existing drugs to determine which could potentially treat addiction-related disorders.
Rutgers researchers have developed an analytical tool for spotting and omitting stray DNA and RNA that contaminate genetic analyses of single-celled organisms.
Nurses were burning out before COVID-19. Long hours, intense emotions and cumbersome procedures all generate stress.
Rutgers celebrates the discoveries and innovations achieved by its researchers and supports future generations of scholars and scientists.
Rutgers faculty elected to the newest class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have made a difference in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, are advancing the understanding of how the brain processes rewards and motivates behavior and are tackling life-or-death questions regarding the success of cancer drugs.
Two Rutgers professors were named 2023 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, an honor recognizing individuals for their contributions to major advancements in science and consumer technologies.
NASA has selected Juliane Gross, a NASA Early Career Fellow and a Rutgers professor, to be a member of the geology team supporting the Artemis III mission, the first crewed lunar landing mission in more than 50 years.
Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Norma M. Riccucci in the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers University–Newark has been awarded the 2024 International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Routledge Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contributions to public management research.
Four faculty members in Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences have been awarded memberships for the 2023-24 academic year at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, one of the world’s foremost centers for intellectual inquiry into the sciences and the humanities.
A climate scientist, a playwright and an artist have been named Guggenheim fellows for their work in fields of creative arts and environmental sciences.
Excellence is earned at Rutgers. Standing among the nation's leading research universities, Rutgers is acclaimed for the excellent achievements of our people and their contributions to society in the pursuit of education, research, and health care.
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