We emphasize the centrality of excellence in research and scholarship because this quality is an absolute prerequisite to deepening our understanding of the physical and social world that will allow us to lead better and wiser lives. To accomplish this objective, we focus our efforts in areas where we can demonstrate the potential for a major impact of our work. This includes the recognition, in all our thinking and planning for the university, that faculty research and scholarship is a faculty activity equal in importance with the instructional component of faculty work. E nhance the connectivity between research efforts in different fields with overlapping interests .
C reate an institutional climate of emphasis on research.
This includes involving all students, undergraduates and graduate alike, in research by encouraging a spirit of inquiry in the curriculum and by creating more pathways into disciplinary research. E ducate the next generation. Equip these scholars and researchers to assume leadership roles in their respective fields. S eek and enhance professional research partnerships. Combine our strengths with sister universities and public and private enterprises, and provide further pathways for the dissemination and application of knowledge created at Northeastern.