Biotech was created in 1987 at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, jointly by the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology and by the university. Research at Biotech focuses on fundamental problems of state, regional, and national practical significance. Such research is a mandate for which Rutgers, a land-grant university, is well suited. The center benefits from the input of a Science Advisory Board, with broad representation from the scientific, industrial, and agricultural communities. Funding for the center is provided by the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology and by Rutgers.
Additional support is received from federal, state, industry, and foundation sources.