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.
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Research Expenditures
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Engineers in the United States
TOP 50
Research Institution
Support and Services
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- Apr 16 Human Research Protections Program protocol coordinators support researchers The coordinators are highly trained subject matter experts in the regulatory requirements for research that involves people.
- Apr 15 Virginia Tech Helmet Lab wants to help protect equestrians The lab has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to evaluate equestrian helmets, which protect athletes in what can be a surprisingly risky sport.
- Apr 12 Former president of MIT to discuss ‘next technology revolution’ at community lecture in Roanoke Susan Hockfield, who is also a faculty chair of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research board of advisors, will speak about the growing convergence of biology and engineering at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke, Virginia at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18.