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The Commonwealth is home to many internationally recognized
research and development (R&D) facilities. Federally funded R&D facilities, coupled
with the research from Virginia universities, provide Virginia businesses access
to leading researchers and cutting-edge technology. From the automotive industry
to medical research to the next generation of high technology, these research
facilities have something to offer your business.
- Twenty-nine federal R&D functions are located in Virginia, including 15 Department of Defense research centers, the new Homeland Security Institute, NASA Langley Research Center, and DOE’s unique Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
- More than 200 private sector R&D facilities are located
in Virginia.
- NASA Langley's facilities in Hampton include the only wind tunnels in the United States capable of testing structures in winds up to 17,500 miles per hour.
- Wallops Flight Facility, located on Virginia's Eastern Shore, is a unique research airport and is NASA's principal center for management and implementation of suborbital research programs.
- Seven university research parks offer private companies opportunities for co-location and cooperative relationships with the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Medical College of Virginia, The College of William and Mary, George Mason University and Old Dominion University.
- Four nationally prominent private, non-profit research institutes have established significant centers in Virginia in recent years: SRI’s Center for Advanced Drug Research in the Shenandoah Valley, The National Institute of Aerospace in Hampton; The Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Loudoun County; and Carilion Biomedical Institute in Roanoke.
- The National Institute of Aerospace is a strategic partner of NASA Langley Research Center and conducts leading-edge aerospace research and development through a consortium of research universities including Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, Old Dominion University, William and Mary, Georgia Tech, University of Maryland and North Carolina State University.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Northern Virginia is a unique new biomedical research complex modeled after the successful collaborative science centers in Europe. The complex will house and support 300 scientists across a wide range of disciplines engaged in biomedical research.
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