The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) bolsters the research enterprise at Virginia Tech through services and support that help faculty, staff, and students plan, perform, and commercialize groundbreaking research.
$530M +
Research Expenditures
5th Largest Producer
of Engineers in US
Ranked Top 50
Research Institution in the World
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- Jul 22 Employee professional development recognized at recent ceremony During the 2018-19 academic year, more than 130 employees completed professional development and research administration certificate programs.
- Jul 22 Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist earns grant to examine ‘catastrophic’ seizure disorder Sharon Swanger, an assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has won a $150,000 Dravet Syndrome Foundation research grant.
- Jul 19 Researcher discovers how mosquitoes integrate vision and smell to track victims Clément Vinauger has discovered new neurobiology associated with mosquito vision and sense of smell that explains how Aedes aegypti mosquitoes track their victims. These findings were recently published in the journal Current Biology.