Research at OSU

The OSU Research Agenda is leading the OSU research enterprise into an ever-more  productive role  in expanding knowledge and enhancing the health of people, the environment, and the economy.

Earning $261.7 million in external research funding in FY 2011, Oregon State is one of only two land, sea, space and sun grant institutions in the U.S., and holds a top tier research designation from the Carnegie Foundation.

Nine of OSU’s academic programs have ranked among the top 10 nationally in the past three years. Faculty include 29 NSF Early Career Award recipients since 2000, two MacArthur Foundation Fellows and scientists who lead federal programs at NSF, NASA and NOAA. More than 35 present and past faculty have been elected as Fellows of AAAS, and five as members of NAS.

As its research program grows, OSU is increasingly turning discoveries into commercialized innovation. The university recently disclosed that licensing royalties from OSU patents exceeded $4 million in FY2011, an increase of 63 percent over the previous year. The university has more than 100 active licenses in products ranging from Braille printers to a new pressure-sensitive adhesive technology that could be used in goods ranging from wound dressings to postage stamps.  OSU intellectual property helps create companies and jobs.

OSU Impact 2012 Oregon State University's impact is specific and measurable, wide-ranging as well as personal - making a positive and significant difference across Oregon and beyond. Undergraduate Discovery: Great Chemistry A student helped develop the most efficient and productive method yet reported for a fundamental step commonly used to synthesize new molecules. Portland's Culinary Incubator Oregon State’s Food Innovation Center helps turn culinary innovations into commercial products, with research, testing, packaging design, and marketing and business plan development. The Spin on Research is blog for the OSU community from the Vice President for Research. more news   upcoming lectures and conferences