About Quantum Potential
Quantum Potential highlights just a few of the thousands of innovative and interdisciplinary research initiatives taking place at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center each year.
The idea for Quantum Potential was born soon after Jad Abumrad joined Vanderbilt University and began meeting the university’s researchers and scholars. He quickly realized, “These people are not just brilliant. If the ideas of any one of these people pop off, we could suddenly be living in a different, better world.”
Research at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University is a private, nonprofit R1 research and education institution. Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center rank in the top 10 among private universities and in the top 25 overall on the most recent NSF Higher Education Research and Development Survey.
- $1B+ in external research funding awarded to Vanderbilt and VUMC in fiscal 2023
- 1,500+ patent applications, industry license agreements, and material transfer agreements completed in FY23
- $96M in licensing revenue generated in FY23
