Drexel University Office of the Provost

Office of Research -
Vice Provost for Research

Drexel University has distinguished itself over the past ten years as an institution with a rapidly growing research enterprise. During this period, our faculty have achieved an outstanding record in competing for external funding that has resulted in an increase in research expenditures at Drexel University from about $15M in FY '96 to over $100M today.

Over this same period, the nature of university based research has changed dramatically. Increasingly research has tended to focus on highly complex, multidisciplinary topics that address significant issues that have societal impact. Drexel faculty have responded to these national trends by developing and participating in the growth of multi-investigator programs that produced "cutting edge" research and technology. These programs have increasingly produced technologies that are successfully commercialized and introduced into the public sector through our Office of Technology Commercialization.

The Office of Research is committed to facilitating the research activities of the faculty across the institution. The research mission of the University is intertwined with our outstanding graduate and undergraduate research programs and greatly influences the content of our academic curriculum. We look forward to the exciting future of the research enterprise at Drexel University and the discoveries that our faculty and students will contribute to the nation and the world.

Kenneth Blank, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Research