If you want to conduct groundbreaking research with world-class scholars, then St. John’s is for you. With grants from both the public and private sectors, faculty and students partner to create cutting-edge discoveries that affect our world.
Fast Facts
Total Student/Faculty Fulbright Awards
Grant Funding over Last Three Years
First-Time Research Grant Funding Fiscal Year 2019–21
Research with Purpose
Helping the Knowledge Creators
Research is the heart of a university education. Professors create knowledge that benefits society, while students learn from their instructors’ expertise. The Office of Grants and Sponsored Research helps researchers at St. John’s to identify and secure funding.
Expanding the Boundaries of Scholarship
Professors at St. John’s are teacher-practitioners, using the experience they gain in the lab and in the field to enhance their students’ education. Yet their work influences the world beyond the campus, pushing the limits of medicine, technology, business, the arts, literature—virtually every endeavor that touches our lives.
Distinguish Yourself
Since 2012, 24 St. John’s students have accepted prestigious Fulbright Scholar awards to conduct research and teach in countries around the world. You can join the talented young men and women who have received this honor.
Showcasing Excellence
Every year, St. John's showcases the academic and scholarly achievements of students and faculty with a celebration featuring lectures, poster sessions, presentations, roundtables, and workshops.
Creating Knowledge
As a University that inspires excellence, St. John’s develops, supports, and implements policies that encourage the creation of knowledge and intellectual property for the benefit of humanity.
Making an Impact
Diverse, driven, and dynamic—St. John’s undergraduate and graduate students join faculty in research projects in all fields. At St. John's, we focus on obtaining grant dollars, publishing scholarly work in peer-reviewed journals, and supporting students as they present at major conferences.
Success at St. John's
Student’s Research Shines Light on Women’s Role in East African Seaweed Trade
While some students preferred a summer break closer to home, St. John’s University graduate student Diana Nikoloski ’22CCPS traveled thousands of miles on a research journey that transformed her life.
Diana Nikoloski ’22CCPS The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional StudiesHighlight
In 2021 Diana journeyed to the East African archipelago of Zanzibar to study the harvesting of seaweed, one of the primary cash crops in the region. She built from that trip a research project, “The Role of Women in Seaweed Aquaculture in East Africa,” that won first prize in the University’s 2022 Student Research Conference.
Helping Others Serves as Impetus for Law Enforcement Career
Long before he set foot on St. John’s University’s Queens, NY, campus as a freshman, John Pohopin was determined to pursue a career in law enforcement. Now, as the senior prepares for life after college, his dream is closer to becoming reality.
John Pohopin ’19CPS The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional StudiesHighlight
Long before he set foot on St. John’s University’s Queens, NY, campus as a freshman, John Pohopin was determined to pursue a career in law enforcement. Now, as the senior prepares for life after college, his dream is closer to becoming reality.