Breakthrough
research & innovation
Breakthrough
research & innovation
UConn's robust innovation pipeline spans disciplinary lines to address real-world challenges and unleash the solutions of tomorrow.
At UConn, our faculty, staff, and students are dedicated to learning more about the world around them through research. That's what makes us one of the nation's Top 25 public universities. With annual expenditures in excess of $260 million, collaborative research is carried out within the departments of our 14 schools and colleges and at our 80 research centers and institutes.
Spotlight
record-breaking
In fiscal year 2020, researchers from UConn and UConn Health secured nearly $286 million in research and other types of sponsored funding, the most in the University’s history.
While the COVID-19 pandemic means that UConn Nation has to be physically distant, we remain socially and globally connected.
By The Numbers
Cross-Campus Collaboration to Produce PPE for UConn Health
A collaboration between UConn Health doctors and engineers, scientists, and researchers from Storrs will soon result in an increased supply of personal protective equipment (PPE). These items, such as masks and face shields, will be used by those on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19 at UConn John Dempsey Hospital.
UConn Study to Look at COVID-19, Pandemic Preventative Health Behavior
Understanding why some people comply with recommended behaviors during a health crisis - and why some don't - is the goal of new research by the School of Nursing's Natalie Shook. The project is funded by a RAPID award from the National Science Foundation.
UConn Student Tracks Pandemic With Data
Using data from the state, graduate student Yuansun (Sonny) Jiang tracks not only the latest number of confirmed coronavirus diagnoses by county, but charts how they’ve grown since March 12. He hopes understanding where the disease is spreading, and how fast it’s spreading, will provide valuable insight for policymakers and the public.
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