Purpose Statement: Lehigh will expand and enhance research facilities, increase support for the development of large grant proposals, and invest in faculty lines, postdocs, graduate students, and research staff. We will improve our ability to partner with key external stakeholders and increase support for faculty seeking external funding. We will continue to build on our interdisciplinary structure that supports high-paced, high-reward research and work towards doubling our research output within 10 years.
Leads: Anand Jagota, Kate Bullard
Project Manager: Ainsley Lamberton
Strategic Goals Supported:
- Make it New
- Embrace risk taking and a philosophy of fast failure as vital to innovation and learning.
- Pursue understanding in emerging areas.
- Be nimble, dynamic and future-focused.
- Make a Difference
- Focus deeply in interdisciplinary research and education.
- Lead in student learning outcomes through building from theory to practice to expertise.
- Build and strengthen external partnerships.
- Become a user-focused university.
- Make it Together
- Broaden Lehigh’s global perspective and impact.
- Enhance access and equity, develop trust and ensure a sense of belonging for all members of the Lehigh community.
- Strengthen and grow community engagement and service, and partnerships within Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley.
Strategic Throughlines: Artificial Intelligence and Arts and Libraries
Highlights and Accomplishments:
- Achieved R1 status, the highest level of research activity in the Carnegie Classification system
- Established three University Research Centers (URCs): Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience, Center for Community-Driven Assistive Technologies (CDAT) and Center for Advancing Community Electrification Solutions (ACES)
Explore more accomplishments for this and other initiatives on the Completed Projects page.
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