Task Statement: Lehigh will foster interdisciplinary research across teams and colleges with the goal of doubling research activity over the next 10 years. 

Lead: Anand Jagota

Project Manager: Ainsley Lamberton

Initiative Team(s) / Advisory Group(s): Three study groups of five members each, including an external expert in each. These study groups will evaluate the white papers and help us to make recommendations.

Important Organizational Infrastructure: Research Advisory Council

Years 1-3 Anticipated Actions:

  • Stand up three university interdisciplinary research centers in the first year. To do so, ideas will be solicited, go through a process to determine which are viable, evaluating all activity and resources needed for success, including input from outside Lehigh, and provide the senior leadership with the most vetted options.

  • Keep the intellectual landscape fertile, simultaneously supporting the work of the centers while using the internal grants program to harvest new, exciting research ideas and teams.

Resources: Strategic Investments in Research webpage

See Actions Underway related to this initiative.