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Research

From Nobel Prize winners to undergraduates, all members of the »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ community are engaged in the creation of knowledge and in developing solutions for a better future.

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Building Tomorrow

»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ research has a distinctive track record of developing life-changing treatments for disease, inventing revolutionary technologies, and unlocking new ways of understanding the world around us.

Driving Growth

6,699 Inventions created by federally funded »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ research
3,029 U.S. patents based on federally funded »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ research
400+ Start-up companies founded based on federally funded research at »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ
350,000+ Jobs created by companies that started with federally funded »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ research
$94 Billion Private investment in start-up companies that grew out of federally funded »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ research
$11+ trillion Market value of the top 30 companies founded by »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ alumni

»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ-Grown Ventures

Many of the world’s most innovative and influential companies got their start here. Companies founded by »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ alumni boost the U.S. economy, drive job growth, and help maintain national security and competitiveness. These are just some of them:

Cisco Systems Instagram PayPal
Gap Intuit Sun Microsystems
Genentech LinkedIn Tableau
Gilead Netflix WhatsApp
Google Nike Yahoo!
Hewlett-Packard Nvidia YouTube

World-Changing Discoveries

»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ’s robust and pioneering research ecosystem is supported by a long-standing partnership between universities and the federal government. Thousands of projects across campus and around the world drive discoveries in areas vital to our world, our health, and our intellectual life.

Invented at »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ:

  • Antibody therapies that made cancer and autoimmune disease treatments possible
  • Artificial organ prototypes and advancements in artificial hearts and other organ-support technologies
  • Recombinant DNA technology that laid the foundation for the biotech industry
  • Google’s page-rank algorithm that revolutionized searching the web
  • Internet protocols (TCP/IP) that formed the backbone of the modern internet
  • Microwave technology that made military radar detection, commercial air navigation, and satellite communications possible
  • Neural networks and reinforcement learning, which laid the groundwork for the AI revolution
»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ physicist Felix Bloch co-authored the explanation of nuclear magnetic resonance, the fundamental science that allows MRI machines to identify disease and injury in the body. He shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in physics for the work.

An Infrastructure for Innovation

Vice Provost and Dean of Research

The Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research (VPDoR) advances »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ’s research ecosystem, which includes independent labs, centers, and institutes to engage faculty and students across the university.

»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ Universities Libraries

»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ is home to 21 libraries, each with a world-class collection of books, journals, films, maps, and databases.

Office of Technology Licensing

The Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) manages intellectual property licensing and brings innovations that grow from »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ research to the marketplace.

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