Iowa State University Research Strengths

Iowa State University of Science and Technology was founded in 1858 and became Iowa's land-grant university in 1864. Historically it has played a major role in scientific and technological advances in agriculture, veterinary medicine, home economics, engineering, and many of the basic sciences underlying these fields.

Today, Iowa State University (ISU) is recognized both nationally and internationally for its strong programs in agriculture and engineering and in the basic sciences. In recent years, Iowa State has launched bold new research and technology transfer initiatives in such important areas as

Agricultural Biotechnology Agricultural Economics and Policy Department of Economics Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Agricultural Product and Market Development Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station Animal Diseases Animal Genomics Bioinformatics Biorenewables Office of Biorenewables Programs Iowa Energy Center Center for Crops Utilization Research Combinatorial Chemistry Food Safety and Security Human Computer Performance Human Computer Interaction Virtual Reality Applications Center Human Nutrition Food Science and Human Nutrition Center for Designing Foods to Improve Nutrition Center for Research on Dietary Botanical Supplements Information Sciences Bioinformatics Computational Intelligence, Learning, & Discovery Human Computer Interaction iCube - Information Infrastructure Institute Information Assurance Center Virtual Reality Applications Center Plant Genomics Center for Plant Genomics Plant Sciences Institute Materials Science Department of Materials Science & Engineering Ames Laboratory Nondestructive Evaluation Programs Dealing with Rural America Institute for Social and Behavioral Research Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute