里士满詹姆斯河沿岸的岩石池为VCU的研究学生提供了一个独特的生态系统来探索.
Discover excellence
作为排名前50的公共研究机构,我们有不懈的动力去发现和创造. Our faculty, 教职员工和学生正在探索将重新构想人类经验和解决未来问题的想法.
这一切的核心是VCU的研究和创新办公室, where you can seek out the unexpected, the experimental, the never-been-tried.
Quick facts
- One of 3.7% of universities designated as R1
- One of five R1 universities in Virginia
- $460M+ in sponsored research funding in FY2023
Undergraduate research
We help get your research off the ground. 找到一个项目,获得研究资金,与教师导师联系等等 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
The 3D printable ink everyone was looking for
Biology major Andy Shar discovered an ink that 导电,这将使科学家能够制造可穿戴设备和esskin技术.
A great research subject: Fellow Rams
Psychology major Vanessa Olazabal explored 拉丁裔学生的种族认同之间的联系, relationships, 大流行以及酒精使用和焦虑是如何受到影响的.
A monster story comes to life
由本科生研究基金资助, 交流艺术专业的塞丝·豪厄尔为她参与创作的恐怖小说创作了10幅原创怪物插图.
Building a better tiny scaffold
Engineering major Caleb Wells is testing 微小的聚合物支架,将导致更好的可生物降解植入人体内.
QUICK FACT
- 350+ 学生在2024年本科生研究研讨会上的演讲
Graduate and postdoctoral research
As a graduate student or postdoc at VCU, 你将有机会深入研究对你很重要的东西, 当你需要指导时,与学院专家并肩工作.
Where the research magic happens
从工程无尘室到观察室再到湿地, VCU的教师和学生都可以使用最先进的 research facilities.
弗吉尼亚大学工程学院的弗吉尼亚微电子中心是一个提供主要研究人员的共享研究中心, students and industrial researchers training, access and technical support.
作为美国宇航局学生航空研究计划的一部分,学生们在科罗拉多州立大学Rice Rivers中心附近的Curles Neck农场参加实地工作.
在特拉尼生命科学中心的温室里, Students grow microgreens as part of their Urban Food Production class; the microgreens are harvested and donated to Ram Pantry.
人文与科学学院STEM大楼于2023年开放,设有教学湿实验室和干实验室, the Math Exchange, classrooms, computer labs, study space and more.
卫生职业学院医学检验科学综合教学实验室.
斯特拉维茨-桑亚尔肝脏疾病和代谢健康研究所正在开发新的治疗方法, prevent and reverse liver disease.
VCU转变零售实验室为学生企业家提供了一个重要的空间,通过销售和客户反馈来测试他们的想法.
Across VCU’s campuses, instructors, 研究人员和临床医生已经转向VR教学, training and patient care.
The VCU Rice Rivers Center Research Facility, which overlooks the James River, includes offices, collaborative/teaching spaces and state-of-the-art research laboratories; researchers can even pump water directly from the river into the facility’s labs.
With a patient-centered approach, 斯特拉维茨-桑亚尔肝病和代谢健康研究所将通过转化科学改变人们的生活.
The VCU Rice Rivers Center, a part of VCU Life Sciences, supports scholarship and student instruction, including water resources, climate science, wildlife conservation and wetlands restoration.
Entrepreneurship and innovation
我们相信学生有能力将想法转化为解决方案,使世界变得更美好.
- VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation. 这个创意中心利用跨学科合作的力量来培养下一代创新者和创造者, 它致力于增加创业和技术生态系统的多样性和包容性.
- VCU Entrepreneurship Academy. 代表性不足的学生和当地企业家一起学习和工作, 一路走来,在创新和创业方面获得微证书.
- Shift Retail Lab at VCU. One of the first of its kind, 这家店面让学生和校友可以测试他们的产品, services and ideas with real-world customers.
- Workshop at Cabell. 需要专业软件,录音室,3D打印机,或缝纫机? 参观卡贝尔图书馆的工作坊创客空间,并获得其创新媒体团队的帮助.
- TechTransfer and Ventures. 在许可专业人士和了解情况的业务开发人员的帮助下,将您的想法推向市场.
Certified innovator
在你获得创新和创业方面的学位或证书的同时创业.
Quick facts
- A Top 20 most innovative public university per U.S. News & World Report
- 165 VCU TechTransfer和Ventures在2023财年申请的专利