University leaders joined officials from New Jersey’s Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) to announce the newly created “Research with NJ” database. Research with NJ is a free portal that showcases New Jersey’s experts in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), including their professional backgrounds, publications, and achievements. The portal is structured and branded in such a way to encourage collaboration between entrepreneurs, businesses, and New Jersey’s academic research institutions.
 
“Strengthening the connection between academia and industry is critical to Governor Murphy’s strategy for spurring the State’s innovation economy, which is a central focus of his overall vision for economic development,” said EDA chief executive officer Tim Sullivan. “The decisive step represented by the creation of Research with NJ sets us on a clear path toward boosting the State’s standing as a center of innovation.”
 
Research with NJ is launching with over 3,500 faculty profiles from five public and private universities: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Rowan University, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and Stevens Institute of Technology.

Within the researchers’ profiles, collectively, are abstracts of more than 180,000 published works, and over 23,000 media citations. This body of information allows New Jersey’s entrepreneurs and commercial enterprises to readily find a university’s research, experts, and facilities to help them build innovative new businesses and products based on the latest scientific and technological breakthroughs.

“The alignment of businesses and academic institutions will help to grow New Jersey’s economy by creating opportunities for our institutions of higher education to compete on the national and global levels,” said Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Zakiya Smith Ellis. “Research with NJ offers visibility into groundbreaking research happening in our universities, and will serve as a conduit to innovation, facilitating commercialization of novel ideas and products and attraction of more funding to ensure pioneering research can continue at our world-class institutions.”