2025 Annual Report

Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation

Awards by source

Donut chart showing a total of $568M in funding. The largest portion is Industry ($128.2M), followed by Other ($120.42M), NIH ($115.75M), and State ($100.05M). A smaller section breaks down additional federal sources: UFT ($28.7M), DoD ($18.45M), DoH ($16.33M), VMAC ($12.95M), NSF ($8.69M), DoE ($7.01M), Other Federal ($6.92M), and SSA ($5.18M).

Awards by school

Donut chart showing $568M in total funding. SOM is the largest share ($316.9M), followed by Other (OVPRI, Provost, Fin) ($51.53M), A&S ($51.36M), ENGR ($47.55M), and EDU ($38.48M). Smaller amounts include H&S ($17.53M), SOP ($10.15M), SPH ($7.45M), SOD ($7.42M), Wilder ($6.49M), SHP ($6.12M), SON ($5.37M), SSW ($1.85M), and BUS ($435.4K).

Line chart titled “Sponsored Program Awards FY18–FY25” showing growth from $271M in 2018 to $568M in 2025, a 109% increase over 8 years and the 8th consecutive year of record funding. Intermediate totals: $308M (2019), $335M (2020), $363M (2021), $405M (2022), $464M (2023), and $506M (2024).

CLINICAL RESEARCH NUMBERS header only

$154.3M in clinical research and clinical trials
12,000+ total active participants enrolled in clinical research (identified individuals)
1,447 enrolled across all active clinical trials
400 faculty-led, VCU designed clinical studies
112  faculty-led, VCU designed clinical trials
32 VCU held active drug / device registrations
5 VCU held new drug / device registrations
735 active clinical trials at VCU / VCUHS
1,197 clinical research studies

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Colleges and Schools Ranking
School of Dentistry 9
School of Pharmacy 25
School of Nursing 28
School of Public Health 34
School of Medicine 35
College of Health Professionals 36
Department / Unit Ranking
Family Medicine 4
Pharmacology 11
Genetics 13
Anatomy / Cell Biology 15
Biochemistry 21
Obstetrics and Gynecology 25
Surgery 27
Emergency Medicine 28
Neurosurgery 28
Neurology 30
Microbiology 33
Pathology 35
Pediatrics 37
Internal Medicine 40
Physiology 43

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National Science Foundation's Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey rankings (FY24 data)
No. 1 Visual and performing arts
No. 7 Non-science / engineering fields - humanities, social sciences, art
No. 13 Education
No. 27 Health sciences
No. 28 Social work
No. 36 Life sciences
No. 38 Psychology
No. 43 Biological and biomedical sciences
No. 54 Combined science and engineering fields
No. 88 Engineering
No. 91 Computer and information sciences

Explore this year’s annual report

VPRI message

FY25 highlights

Faculty highlights and awards

TechTransfer and Ventures

Strategic priorities plan

VCU researchers' impact stories

Student research at VCU

Research Weeks 2025