Virginia Tech’s strategic plan affirms the university’s commitment to achieving excellence as a comprehensive land-grant university that makes innovative contributions in learning, discovery, and engagement.
The Research Institutes of Virginia Tech enhance the university's ability to address large scale research opportunities by crossing traditional disciplinary and college lines. The six institutes provide clients access to world class expertise across many disciplines and to the scientific and technical capability of specially equipped, advanced laboratories.
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The Fralin Life Science Institute promotes interdisciplinary research and education in the sciences.
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The Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment strengthens the university’s competitive position in the social sciences, arts, and humanities.
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The Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science promotes cutting-edge research at the intersection of engineering, science, and medicine.
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Virginia Bioinformatics Institute combines information technology, medicine, and biology to generate, interpret, and apply vast amounts of data to solve problems in the biomedical, environmental, and agricultural sciences.
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The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute conducts interdisciplinary and translational research within the medical sciences to facilitate discovery-based medical education and to continually improve patient care through discovery and research.
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute develops and uses state-of-the-art tools, techniques, and technologies to solve transportation challenges.
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Opportunities and answers to complex challenges lie at the intersections of traditional disciplines. Virginia Tech is a leader in the practice of crossing disciplinary lines to solve problems and open doors to possibilities. While these 10 university-level interdisciplinary research centers are resources for researchers, students, and partners beyond the university – the practice of collaboration is not limited to these centers.
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