HU RECEIVED RECORD AMOUNT IN RESEARCH FUNDS
During Fiscal Year 2002-2003

Hampton, Va. – Hampton University received a record $40 million in research funding during fiscal year 2002-03, due in large part to a $7.8 million annual increase in funding from NASA awarded to Hampton’s Center for Atmospheric Sciences and School of Engineering and Technology.

An additional $5.8 million award from the U.S. Agency for International Development to write and translate 4.5 million textbooks, and other learning aids, into the national languages of six African countries.
“Hampton University’s faculty created numerous new initiatives in such areas as information technology, cancer research, nursing, pharmacy programs and atmospheric sciences and engineering,” said Acting President and Provost JoAnn Haysbert. “We continue to be highly competitive while pursuing cutting-edge research in new interdisciplinary fields of science.”

Hampton’s competitiveness and dedication to cutting edge research netted the university a full partnership affiliation with the National Institute of Aerospace. In July, the university joined six other national research universities when it was given full membership to the National Institute of Aerospace, located in Hampton. The research and grant potential for this important NASA Institute could reach $70 million in its first five years and $400 million over the next twenty years. In 2002, NASA awarded Hampton a $92 million grant to conduct satellite-based atmospheric research.

That same year, the National Science Foundation named Hampton one of four Physics Centers in the country, among the top research universities in America. This center is connected to the International Virtual Data Grid, a large Internet network serving four continents.

New funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was increased substantially by $6.5 million, which supports research in basic sciences, such as disparities in health care services and drug abuse research in Hampton’s School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy.

The 38 percent increase in 2002-03 is $10.8 million more than in fiscal year 2001-02. Research funding to Hampton University has increased 147 percent over the last decade to a record total of $40 million.