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Rutgers’ research yields discoveries that improve the quality of life, fuel the economy and support businesses and industry in New Jersey. With research a fundamental part of the university’s mission, the Office for Research provides a pipeline of services across Rutgers to support faculty research and strategically leads the university's economic development activities. The Office for Research supports and sustains the research, scholarship, and creative endeavors of all Rutgers faculty.

Check out the Rutgers Innovation August Technology of the Month!
08/31/2026

Check out the Rutgers Innovation August Technology of the Month!

The August 2026 Technology of the Month is 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 (𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗦), developed by Robert Wood Johnson Medical School associate dean for Clinical Education and professor Archana Pradhan.

Dr. Pradhan’s innovation is a web-based education management platform that tracks all aspects of the clinical education lifecycle for third- and fourth-year medical students.

Medical schools and other health professions programs face significant challenges in tracking student clinical experiences, assessments, competency achievement, and accreditation requirements across multiple clinical training sites. Dr. Pradhan’s system brings everything into one platform, enabling students to document required clinical encounters, monitor progress toward graduation requirements, receive feedback, and complete evaluations; faculty to efficiently manage assessments and grading through role-based workflows; and institutional leaders to provide required oversight, analytics, and reporting to ensure quality improvement and LCME accreditation readiness.

This innovation has broad applicability across undergraduate medical education and related health professions training programs. At the institutional level, CATS serves as a real-time oversight and reporting tool for clerkship directors, coordinators, and central administration. Leaders can track student progression, identify gaps in required clinical experiences, monitor evaluation completion, and generate reports aligned with LCME accreditation standards.

This technology is available for licensing and/or research collaboration. For more information, click here: go.rutgers.edu/linf1h2d.

To search for other available Rutgers technologies, visit techfinder.rutgers.edu.



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The Office for Research is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Rutgers Innovation Awards!!Read about the recipient...
08/28/2026

The Office for Research is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Rutgers Innovation Awards!!

Read about the recipients here go.rutgers.edu/2026-ria .

In their third year, the Rutgers Innovation Awards (RIA) recognize researchers who have demonstrated excellence by developing a breakthrough idea, process, or technology that has the potential to benefit society and create economic value. Candidates submitted applications, which were then reviewed by external experts, who selected the winners based on novelty, competitive advantage, impact, utility, socio-economic value of the innovation, and the significance of the problem solved.

The 2026 RIA recipients:
Undergraduate Student Innovation Award: Tiya Bordia, Darshini Ajithkumar, Ben Yavin, Andrew L Ikemoto
Graduate Student Innovation Award: Bin Tan
Postdoctoral Fellow Innovation Award: Mengmeng Jin
Early Career Innovator Award: Youwen Zhang
Physical Science & Engineering Innovation Award: KiBum Lee
Health Sciences/Biomedical Innovation Award: Arash Hatefi
Artificial Intelligence/Digital Innovation Award: Subhajyoti De
Social Innovation Award: Peter Hepburn
Agriculture Innovation Award: Jim Simon
Rutgers Startup Award: Zena Therapeutics Inc.

Congratulations to the winners!!



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🚨APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨The deadline to apply for the 2026-27 Office for Research Technology Transfer Traineeship...
08/25/2026

🚨APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨

The deadline to apply for the 2026-27 Office for Research Technology Transfer Traineeship program is now 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝟯𝟬.

If you are interested in learning about the technology transfer process, this OfR Traineeship program is for you! You will gain first-hand knowledge on how to protect and commercialize the results of scientific research, what goes into evaluating an invention disclosure, non-confidential summaries, and engaging with prospective licensees, and how agreements in an academic institution are negotiated.

Visit go.rutgers.edu/ofr-trainee to learn more and apply!



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RUTGERS POSTDOCTORAL TRAINEES, GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND MBS STUDENTS: Are you interested in learning more about the Techno...
08/21/2026

RUTGERS POSTDOCTORAL TRAINEES, GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND MBS STUDENTS: Are you interested in learning more about the Technology Transfer process? If so, apply now to be part of the 2026-27 Office for Research Tech Transfer Traineeship program!

By the end of the program, you will learn how to:
✅ Effectively protect and commercialize the results of scientific research,
✅ Evaluate Invention Disclosures,
✅ Prepare high-quality non-confidential technology summaries, initiate outreach to qualified licensee prospects and participate in discussions with inventors and industry teams,
✅ Assist in negotiating the business terms of various agreements that govern Technology Transfer in an academic institution.

Click this link to learn more and apply: go.rutgers.edu/ofr-trainee

For the fifth-straight year, the Research & Development Council of NJ has honored two Rutgers University research teams ...
08/19/2026

For the fifth-straight year, the Research & Development Council of NJ has honored two Rutgers University research teams with Edison Patent Awards, New Jersey’s highest recognition for inventors and innovation!

Rutgers University School of Engineering team of professors Thomas Nosker, Jennifer Lynch-Branzoi, and Richard Lehman earned the Industrial Processes award for structural plastic lumber, a material made of recycled plastics that is strong enough to support 120-ton trains. Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor Ximing Guo received the Aquaculture award for the oyster varieties he and his team developed that feature improved disease resistance, growth, and diversity, and produce uniform, faster-growing, healthier, and tastier oysters.

The Office for Research has supported both research teams through its Technology Transfer unit (Innovate Rutgers), including nominating them for the 2026 Edison Patent Awards.

Read more about their winning innovations here: go.rutgers.edu/edison26

Plant-based diet 🤝 Omnivore dietIn a study coauthored by Rutgers Director of Behavioral Nutrition Peggy Policastro, rese...
08/17/2026

Plant-based diet 🤝 Omnivore diet

In a study coauthored by Rutgers Director of Behavioral Nutrition Peggy Policastro, researchers found no statistically significant differences in how far recreational runners ran or how much weight resistance trainers lifted after four weeks on each diet.

Read more about the study here: go.rutgers.edu/j6eik0qv

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Our own senior vice president for research Michael Zwick and assistant vice president of Research Regulatory Affairs Hil...
08/13/2026

Our own senior vice president for research Michael Zwick and assistant vice president of Research Regulatory Affairs Hila Berger served as judges alongside Bergen Community College STEM Research Center director Chris Tully at the BCC annual STEM C² Conference, an event that promotes the intellectual and investigative development of students, faculty, and staff in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields.

The STEM C² Conference fosters strong collaboration among community colleges, high schools, and four-year colleges and universities in the state of New Jersey to create meaningful connections that expand research opportunities and foster mentorship while inspiring the next generation of scientists and innovators.

Thank you to State of New Jersey Assemblyman Tully for inviting the Office for Research to participate in the event and for your support of Rutgers University!

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Rutgers senior vice president for research Michael Zwick and vice president of Universitywide Core Services Jeetendra Es...
08/10/2026

Rutgers senior vice president for research Michael Zwick and vice president of Universitywide Core Services Jeetendra Eswaraka will both speak at the second Tecniplast VISTA symposium, hosted by Rutgers University—New Brunswick from August 10-13. The event will include a site tour of Rutgers’ state-of-the-art automated vivarium.

VISTA, which stands for Vivarium Innovating for Sustainability, Technology, and Advancement, will bring together leaders from across the biomedical research community to explore how digital technologies and automation are shaping the future of vivarium operations. Drs. Zwick and Eswaraka will discuss the challenges faced by research institutions and how Rutgers University is a leader in developing and using AI and other advanced technologies to streamline processes across its core services.

To learn more about Rutgers Universitywide Core Services, visit go.rutgers.edu/ru-cores.

To read more about the VISTA Symposium, click here: https://shop.tecniplastusa.com/blogs/news/vista-symposium-returns-in-2026



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Rutgers postdoctoral trainees, graduate students, and/or Master of Business and Science (MBS) students - apply now to be...
08/07/2026

Rutgers postdoctoral trainees, graduate students, and/or Master of Business and Science (MBS) students - apply now to be an Innovate Rutgers Technology Transfer Trainee!

The Office for Research wants YOU🫵 to apply to be one of our Technology Transfer Trainees!!

If you are a Rutgers postdoctoral trainee, graduate student, and/or Master of Business and Science (MBS) student interested in pursuing a career in Intellectual Property Law, Industry Partnerships & Business Development, and/or Academic Technology Transfer, you are invited to apply!

By the end of the program, you will know how to:

✅ Effectively protect and commercialize the results of scientific research
✅ Evaluate Invention Disclosures
✅ Prepare high-quality non-confidential technology summaries, initiate outreach to qualified licensee prospects and participate in discussions with inventors and industry teams
✅ Assist in negotiating the business terms of various agreements that govern Technology Transfer in an academic institution

For more information on the traineeship and how to apply, click here: go.rutgers.edu/TechTransferTrainee



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A Rutgers University food systems research team, led by Rutgers School of Environmental and  Biological Sciences Disting...
08/05/2026

A Rutgers University food systems research team, led by Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology Jim Simon, completed the first full cycle of community-led food security policy co-development across all four Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae), which faces an urgent food security crisis driven by climate change and a decades-long dependency on imported foods that replaced its once self-sustaining traditional food systems.

This milestone work delivered co-authored, collaborative, evidence-based, state-specific Food Security Policy Action Items to local stakeholders, marking the culmination of multi-year participatory action research that began in 2022.

Read more about the partnership and the research: go.rutgers.edu/xcbphjh0

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