A Welcome from the Vice Chancellor
Welcome to the research and economic development Web site of LSU!
LSU is focused on maximizing our impact on the intellectual, economic
and social development of Louisiana, our nation and our world. To create
a better environment that promotes advanced research, creative scholarship,
and economic development our office recently underwent reorganization. Formerly
the Office of Research & Graduate Studies, we are now the Office of
Research & Economic Development. We have renewed focus on our intellectual
property development and commercialization activities producing a greater,
more lasting impact on the economic development of Louisiana and beyond—an
aim of the University’s National Flagship Agenda.
At any given time, there are more than 2,000 sponsored research projects
being conducted by the more than 6,000 faculty and graduate students at
LSU. For the 2005-2006 fiscal year, LSU’s external research funding
reached an all-time high of $144.8 million, a tribute to our outstanding
faculty, students and staff. With support from national sources like the
National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National
Endowment for the Humanities, Department of Homeland Security and NASA,
LSU is forging new frontiers in hurricane response and preparedness, bioscience,
national security, technology, literature, coastal sciences, and genetics.
Our site contains a wealth of information on the current research being
undertaken, as well as numerous resources on obtaining research funding
from LSU and external sources. Enjoy your visit. If you have any questions,
please contact us at 225-578-5833 or research@lsu.edu.
Brooks Keel
Vice Chancellor for Research & Economic Development
