Public trust

A University of Dayton education creates citizens committed to the common good. But the University can’t do it alone. It takes collective investment to improve access, achieve academic excellence and develop solutions that have real benefits for people, society and our world. Here are a few of the ways federal funds are helping advance the common good through UD.

• $275K National Science Foundation award for “pure” math research, including training undergraduate researchers from a variety of majors.
• $6.8M in Veterans Administration benefits and federal tuition assistance, including the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps.
• $1.57M in tuition and book stipends for the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps, whose cadets are commissioned to serve the nation through active duty, national guard and reserves.
• $1M in work-study funds for student employees to support their education.
• $52M in federal loans for 4,200 students and $10M in Pell and Supplemental Educational Opportunity grants for 1,500 students, improving access to higher education.

• $1.5M from the U.S. Small Business Administration to support business development through a permanent location for the Greater West Dayton Incubator.
• $1.65M from the National Institutes of Health to study early eye development and early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
• $3M for UD’s Industrial Training and Assessment Center, whose students and faculty provide hands-on technical assistance for small- and medium-sized manufacturers to improve operations and save money, from the U.S. Department of Energy.
• $75K to develop AI-aided lung cancer screening in children, from the National Institutes of Health.
• $20K for the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community, located off-picture on Main Street, to partner with local organizations to inspire meaningful conversations through the Big Read initiative, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

A version of this article appears in print in the Summer 2025 University of Dayton Magazine, Page 20. EXPLORE THE ISSUE — MORE ONLINE