A Real World Connection
Our faculty are engaged in a broad array of research sponsored by private industry and agencies such as the National Science Foundation, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, the State of Illinois, and more.
To see a complete listing of our projects, search the Engage! Database, or visit our research table. Visit our faculty profiles page to find information on each member of our faculty.
Current Research
The ROCK Program was established in 2004 and devoted $18.4 million in manufacturing research fro the US Army and also to support manufacturing modernization in northern Illinois, orginally focused on start-up small business and institutions, but more recently included mid-sized businesses. Learn More!

NIU's PROMISE, Providing Resources and Opportunities to Maximize Interest in STEM Education, is a campus-wide effort to encourage studenets to declare or persist in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) major. Learn More!

A grant totaling $2.4 million has been awarded to a collaborative made up of NIU, Rock Valley College, the Rockford Area Economic development Council and EIGERlab to accelerate job creation and innovation for small and medium-sized aerospace companies in the region. Learn more!
Centers and Expertise