Research & Discovery UConn Health

May 16, 2025 | Matt Engelhardt

Our Health, Our Economy, Our Nation, Our Future

UConn research has an extensive, proud history of federal and state partnerships that have helped shape Connecticut and the world beyond.

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UConn researchers have a distinguished history of important breakthroughs and have imparted their knowledge to the next generation of innovators. Photo by Coppola Photography.

For more than 80 years, colleges and universities across the country have collaborated with the federal government on research and innovation that has changed the world. UConn is proud of its longstanding relationships with federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, the departments of Energy and Defense, and multitudes of other funders who have enabled the discoveries that define our society.

As a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant institution, Connecticut’s workforce and economy, public health, and technological ingenuity are intertwined with the research that takes place in Storrs, at UConn Health in Farmington, and campuses across the state. UConn, like other universities across the nation, carries out critical research with the expertise required to move America forward.

This report and website illustrate the impact of UConn’s research enterprise. It outlines the University’s influence on Connecticut, the breakthroughs made in fields from healthcare to national security, and the importance of continued federal research partnerships.

For more information, please visit research.uconn.edu.