Research Office at West Virginia University

Baltimore police interacting with community members

WVU sociologists study Baltimore police interacting with community.

Former police officer and WVU Professor James Nolan and colleague Henry Brownstein study conditions that create strong communities. The NSF-funded research aims to shift policing from law enforcement to collaborative community safety.
(Photo courtesy of the Baltimore Police Department)

WVU Mountain Hydrology Lab research group

Recipient of a $450K+ NSF award, this group studies and prepares for flash floods in Appalachia, focusing on vulnerable rural communities. The project also includes workforce development for over 500 underrepresented students with hands-on environmental training.
(WVU Photo)

Morgan Bridi oversees student researcher Yaqeen Abodhair cryosectioning fixed brain tissue

WVU neuroscientists study how brains change and adapt to new information.

The WVU Neuroscience group studies neural plasticity––how the brain adapts––using advanced tools like specialized microscopes and gene analysis. Funded by NSF and NIH, their research on brain changes in animals has implications for understanding human learning.
(WVU Photo)

Fiscal Year	Total
2023	$231M
2022	$199M
2021	$181M
2020	$172M

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Externally-funded Research and Development Expenditures

Research Office Units