"The WVSU Agricultural and Environmental Research Station conducts research that is highly applicable and responsive to societal and environmental needs. A competitive portfolio of research programs, driven by national and state agendas has been established at the Institute by high caliber research faculty, scientists, and staff. Building of research capacity at the Institute has been an ongoing event since re-inception of land-grant status at the University. Overall advancement of research is greatly enhanced by the establishment of numerous collaborations with other partnering institutions of higher education, governmental agencies, private enterprises, and key stakeholders."
Dr. Robert Barney
Associate Research Director
Our Strategy for Research
Our strategy for research at West Virginia State University is to aspire to be the best at what we undertake. The research endeavor supports both USDA Land-Grant and other university research priorities such as:
- Developing a USDA Center of Excellence in Biotechnology and Renewable Resources
- Interdisciplinary collaborations
- Enabling areas of research such as crop genetics and genomics
We build on our strengths when developing programs; supporting interdisciplinary and community programming; developing human capital and acquiring related supporting resources. The research program at West Virginia State University is committed to developing new knowledge; and engages in technology transfer and economic development activities that benefi t the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic Region, national, and international constituents.
