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RI-INBRE (The Rhode Island IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence)

$21 MILLION GRANT In current funding from the National Institutes of Health to support biomedical research and training in Rhode Island. 23 YEARS

^ URI selected by the National Science Foundation for the new program in Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies, (ExLENT) that will support hands-on learning and workforce development at URI. ^ Launched one of the country’s first masters in quantum computing in 2021. ^ Partnered with IBM to grow quantum computing research. RI-INBRE supported 802 research projects involving 218 faculty, training 2,210 under-graduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students.

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SCIENCE CAREERS

OCEAN EXPLORATION COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE A NOAA-funded research project exploring, mapping and characterizing our ocean territory with six years of research, five partner institutions, 96 expeditions, 354 ROV dives, 29 university students supported, and 72,820 K-12 students reached. Developed new technologies that can obtain preserved tissue and high-resolution 3D images within minutes of encountering fragile animals in the deep ocean.

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