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Howard University’s research impact ensures that intellectual, scientific, and technological progress benefits all communities.

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Research Reimagined, Innovation Redefined

Howard’s research priorities address humanity’s most urgent needs through groundbreaking discovery, strategic partnerships, collaboration, and capacity building. Throughout its history, the university has been in the forefront of creating new knowledge by convening experts and investigators from around the world to tackle persistent challenges and unlock future opportunities. In this way, the university serves as a research laboratory, a collaborative hub, a dynamic classroom, and a center of innovation. 

Building the UARC: Howard University Leads the Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy

Howard’s multi-year University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) contract with the U.S. Defense Department positions the university at the forefront of tactical autonomy, artificial intelligence, and national security research through the Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy 

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Research Areas

Howard University's Research Institutes and Centers pioneer innovation and drive impact by tackling society’s most pressing challenges, transforming inquiry into action and research into results that shape the future.

 

A Message from President Vinson: Howard’s Role as a Research Powerhouse

President Ben Vinson III reflects on Howard University’s designation as an R1 institution, an elite recognition of the university’s research excellence. As he shares his vision, President Vinson underscores how Howard’s scholarship, innovation, and commitment to justice make it not just a top-tier research university, but a driving force for change in our communities and across the globe.

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