Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies

The Othmer Institute supports innovative, interdisciplinary research and educational curriculum development, focusing on projects that entail risks, possess potential for substantial pay-off, and strive toward significant and "breakthrough" findings. A unique intellectual home for scholars from a variety of backgrounds, the Institute acts as a magnet for talent and ideas. The defining feature of work carried out under the auspices of the Othmer Institute is a commitment to interdisciplinary activity. Indeed, every undertaking of the Institute possesses in some important fashion an interdisciplinary character and explicitly crosses boundaries of current disciplines.