Advancing interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle complex, real-world challenges.
UVA’s Research Hubs bring together faculty from across disciplines to build collaborative communities around emerging areas of research. These hubs are designed to seed new partnerships, align expertise, and position UVA for large-scale funding and impactful discovery. By connecting researchers across Grounds, the hubs accelerate innovation at the intersection of science, policy, and society.
Learn more on the OVPR Research Hubs main page.
What Are Research Hubs?
UVA Research Hubs are interdisciplinary communities focused on strategic research areas with strong potential for external funding and real-world impact. Each hub fosters collaboration through shared projects, proposals, and ongoing engagement, helping to build sustained research capacity across the University.
Rather than operating as standalone centers, hubs are designed to connect existing strengths across UVA while identifying new opportunities for collaboration and growth.
Why It Matters
Today’s most pressing challenges, from energy transitions to global supply disruptions, are deeply interconnected and require coordinated, cross-disciplinary solutions. UVA’s Research Hubs provide the structure to bring together diverse expertise, enabling new approaches that combine data, modeling, policy, and real-world implementation.
“Many of today’s challenges, whether in energy systems or supply chains, are fundamentally complex, networked systems," says Executive Director Madhav Marathe. "These hubs allow us to integrate AI, digital twins, and large-scale modeling with policy and domain expertise to generate actionable insights. We are excited to partner with colleagues across UVA to build collaborative teams that can drive both scientific innovation and real-world impact.”
Get Involved
We welcome faculty, researchers, and collaborators from across UVA to join these growing communities. Whether contributing to research projects, developing proposals, or participating in hub activities, there are many ways to engage.
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Understanding energy as a complex system that connects infrastructure, technology, and communities.
- Digital twins of energy systems
- AI-driven modeling of energy demand and infrastructure
- Community-centered energy transitions
- Policy, finance, and resilience analysis
Modeling and strengthening the global networks that power modern economies.
- Supply chain network modeling
- Critical materials for energy and national security
- AI and data integration for disruption analysis
- Policy, trade, and economic resilience