Research
For fiscal year 2009, Virginia Tech ranked 44th in the nation with total research and development expenditures of $396.7 million, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF). In fiscal year 2010, the university received 2,472 awards to conduct research.
Virginia Tech has seven main research institutes:
- Fralin Life Science Institute
- Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology
- Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS)
- Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment (ISCE)
- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute (VTCRI)
- Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI)
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