HBCU Research plays a key role in the Nation’s innovation ecosystem, partnering with universities, government agencies, and industry. HBCU Research brings world-class scientists and engineers from these organizations together with its own staff and the most sophisticated scientific facilities to solve problems too large for any one institution to take on by itself. These collaborations take on critical challenges in areas ranging from developing new materials and energy technology concepts to meeting human needs for clean water and disease prevention to unlocking the basic secrets of the universe. 

HBCU Research Areas