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.

June 15, 2015

BlackBox Biometrics receives major contract

Engineering faculty member David Borkholder and his company received a $9.4 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to help manufacture the Blast Gauge System.
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.
January 7, 2015

Top stories and videos for December

News about RIT being ranked a best value university and an appearance in Google’s Year in Search 2014 video were among the most popular last month.

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