Rutgers Researchers Get Gates Foundation Funding

In line with Rutgers’ strong land-grant tradition, faculty members pursue mission-based teaching, research, and outreach that address pressing global challenges and provide real-world approaches to the complex problems facing us today. Research on health and wellness is among the top priorities for the school, located on the George H. Cook Campus.

Click on the links below for the full stories on each of the researcher's projects receiving Gates Foundation funding.

Eric Lam, director of the Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment and a professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, is creating a new way to fight infectious disease through an innovative approach to disease prevention using RNA therapeutics and transgenic tomatoes.

Carl Pray, a professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, wants to improve decision making on policies and investments in agricultural research, development, and innovation.

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Ilya Raskin, a member of Rutgers’ Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment and a professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, is leading an effort to discover new drugs derived from botanical sources to treat malaria.

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