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By Jamie Crockett and Todd Simmons / 08/18/2023 Research and Economic Development
Note: A graphic illustrating growth of the past four years is available here.
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Aug. 18, 2023) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University faculty and staff secured $147.4 million in research and program funding in fiscal year 2023 – a $50 million jump over the previous year, Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. announced today at the university’s back-to-school gathering for faculty and staff.
External contracts and grants have increased by more than $85 million since FY2020 at North Carolina A&T, which is one of the University of North Carolina System’s top three most productive research universities.
The new total “not only represents the first time that our faculty have won more than $100 million in external support, it amounts to astonishing growth of 138% over a four-year span,” Martin told more than 1,000 faculty and staff at this morning’s gathering. “Those grants fund significant scientific discovery and the pursuit of solutions that advance the human condition.”
“Our dedicated faculty and their research teams continue to surpass goals and overachieve as we advance and develop as a high-impact research university,” said Eric R. Muth, Ph.D., vice chancellor for Research and Economic Development. “A&T today is a university increasingly well regarded for its research in areas ranging from autonomous vehicles to nanoscale materials to plant science. Our faculty and talented graduate and undergraduate students are making that possible through outstanding science.”
A&T faculty and staff secured 278 grants and contracts during FY2023. This includes a $24 million U.S. Department of Commerce grant to fund a model clean energy training initiative, and an $18.1 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) that supports a “NEXTGEN” program to increase participation of underrepresented minority students in food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences disciplines. CAES also secured nearly $40 million in grant funding–almost a third of the university's total.
Select additional projects that received funding include:
In addition to securing funding for these research and sponsored program activities, faculty members were awarded three patents in FY2023, raising to 66 the number of patents historically awarded for A&T research.
This growth comes on the heels of a newly released study conducted by Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics associate professors Cephas Naanwaab, Ph.D., and Alfredo Romero, Ph.D., that revealed A&T’s economic impact on the state totaled $2.4 billion for FY2022.
The analysis focused on six sectors, including research expenditures, and found that A&T spent approximately $73.1 million on research and development activities that included employing talent and purchasing equipment, supplies and services.Media Contact Information: jicrockett@ncat.edu