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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May 16, 2018
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Grant supports research on novel ultraviolet photonics technology
Jing Zhang, assistant professor of electrical and microelectronic engineering department, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for work to develop new, highly efficient ultraviolet light sources. -
April 18, 2018
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Potter receives prestigious grant
Peter Pincus, visiting assistant professor in the School for American Crafts, has received a Biennial Grant from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, a prestigious honor given to a small number of artists across the country to help them produce new work and push the boundaries of their creativity. -
April 13, 2018
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RIT pilots community nutrition program
A federally funded pilot program developed by RIT professors promotes a healthy diet with financial incentives that allow local shoppers to stretch their nutrition assistance benefits when they buy fresh vegetables at designated locations. -
March 29, 2018
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Using cinema technology for space missions
RIT scientist Zoran Ninkov is developing and testing an astronomical imager inspired by an Oscar-award winning cinema projection system. The RIT astronomical imaging system is competing with other technologies for deployment on future NASA space missions for surveying star and galaxy clusters. -
March 27, 2018
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RIT improving technology for autonomous materials handling
Technology development for “smart” forklifts and trucks that communicate with each other is underway at RIT where a team of engineers is building a next-generation intelligent materials handling system. -
March 19, 2018
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Study-abroad options adapt to better serve students
Study abroad at RIT has been undergoing a quiet transformation in the past five years with the growth of short-term international programs, an increase in faculty-led opportunities and a stronger connection to RIT’s global campuses. -
February 2, 2018
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Image Permanence Institute receives major grants
RIT's Image Permanence Institute has received $544,198 in grants from the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities to support two major education and research initiatives. -
January 5, 2018
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RIT to digitize rare videos about ASL poetry and literature
NTID will digitize and make publicly accessible more than 60 videotapes held in the RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive that document the ASL poetry and literature movement in Rochester from 1970 through 2011. -
October 23, 2017
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RIT receives $2.8M to support diversity programs
RIT received three grants to help underrepresented minority students receive access and support in their education. The grants will support the Upward Bound Classic program, the RIT McNair Scholars program and the LSAMP program. -
October 9, 2017
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RIT to develop hybrid biological cell separations technology
Research being done at RIT to refine lab-on-chip devices—highly sophisticated laboratories on microchips—will provide more detailed and timely information to detect diseases such as cancer. -
September 18, 2017
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New app could help detect atrial fibrillation
A team of engineers and clinicians at RIT and the University of Rochester Medical Center received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a non-contact, video recording technology to detect the presence of atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder. -
August 9, 2017
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RIT physicist studies quantum sensing solutions
Research conducted by Mishkat Bhattacharya, a theoretical physicist, is advancing a new kind of sensing technology that captures data with better precision than currently possible and promises cheaper, smaller and lighter sensor designs.
