Undergraduate Research and Innovation

"Undergraduate research is the pedagogy for the 21st century."
-Council on Undergraduate Research and National Council on Undergraduate Research

Through NJIT’s Undergraduate Research and Innovation Program (URI), our most ambitious students carry out professional-caliber research under the guidance of outstanding faculty mentors and volunteer advisors from industry. The URI program is supported through various resources including programs such as The Brian G. Kiernan Challenge. Brian G. Kiernan, '70, is an NJIT alumnus who chairs the URI Advisory Board and, in the latest Challenge, matched the Challenge donations dollar for dollar with a $250,000 challenge gift. As a result, this endeavor supported many of NJIT's most talented undergraduates to pursue important research in their fields of interest.

All gifts received from this Challenge are allocated for stipends, laboratory equipment and supplies for interdisciplinary teams of students who apply cutting-edge technology to address a wide range of environmental, social, economic, medical and health challenges.  Thanks to the generous support of alumni and friends, more than 200+ students have participated in URI programs.

The stipends are especially important for our first-generation college students and those from underrepresented backgrounds, many of whom would otherwise have to take less academically valuable summer jobs. URI students are thus able to devote their summers entirely to their research -- gaining indispensable professional experience, as well as contributing to technological breakthroughs that will lead to a better quality of life.

We hope you will support URI today!