Welcome
Tackling society's Grand Challenges - together
Wayne State’s Grand Challenges initiative unites researchers, students and partners to confront the most pressing issues facing society today — health, artificial intelligence, sustainable environments and smart mobility. Together, these teams turn bold ideas into real-world solutions, developing new therapies that improve lives, advancing ethical and powerful AI tools, designing sustainable urban neighborhoods, and creating technologies that make movement safer and smarter. From the heart of Detroit, they create solutions that shape the future of our city — and the world beyond.
Research facts
Ranked 75th by NSF among public research universities for R&D expenditures in FY24
NIH awards rose nearly 11% from FY17 to FY24
Wayne State has 432 patents issued (U.S. and foreign) since FY15.
Wayne State reported $291.7 million in research expenditures in FY24
Key research areas spotlight
Wayne State University faculty are engaged in collaborative research that engages the arts, design and humanities. Through their work, they are transforming cultural, economics and social attitudes through creative projects and advanced technology.
News
-
Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers establish new Digital Engagement and Cancer Outcomes Center with ACS grant
-
Collaborative research team develop nanocarrier that may offer new, less invasive treatment option for retinopathies of the eye
-
Construction advances on Health Sciences Research Building as steel arrives
-
Wayne State named among the top 100 universities patenting technologies by the National Academy of Inventors
Cores and facilities spotlight
The Microscopy, Imaging & Cytometry Resources core aims to enhance the peer-reviewed funded research activities of faculty whose research requires these techniques.
Events
-
April29
-
May1
-
May7
