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Research Weeks 2025

VCU Research Weeks celebrates the university's research and creative endeavors, highlighting its impact on society's challenges. Click here to explore the 2025 Research Weeks events.

Research Weeks 2025

State of the Research address

P. Srirama Rao, Ph.D., will give the VCU State of the Research address on April 15, where he'll highlight VCU's 2024 research milestones, impact and research discoveries. Click here to register.

State of the Research address

VCU surpasses $500 million in sponsored funding for the first time

The milestone represents the sixth consecutive year of record-setting funding. Click here to read the VCU news article.

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P. Srirama Rao selected as a 2024 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

VCU's vice president for research and innovation, who holds 22 issued patents, contributing to the development of technologies that address critical medical needs, has been selected as a 2024 NAI Fellow.

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Click here for updates and resources related to federal actions impacting federally-funded research.

The One VCU Research Strategic Priorities Plan shapes the future through transformative innovation.

More by the numbers

$506M

in combined awards for sponsored programs for research, FY24

Top50

in R&D expenditures among public institutions, FY23

54

products on market over the past decade

60+

startups founded over the past decade

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2024 marks a landmark year for VCU’s research and innovation enterprise

Record funding, global footprint, student participation and faculty entrepreneurship highlight the expanding quest for discovery.

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