OIRED- What We Do

The Office of International Research, Education, and Development (OIRED) oversees the education abroad program at Virginia Tech and manages donor-funded collaborative research projects around the world. The office also manages the Graduate Certificate in International Research, the Fulbright Program for Faculty, and the Peace Corps on-campus recruitment program.

Education Abroad

Education Abroad sends more than 900 students overseas annually in a range of programs. The office provides counseling for both students and parents in financial aid, credit transfer, and how to fit education abroad into a 4-year college curriculum that may already seem tight. In any given year, Tech students study abroad in as many as 40 countries.

Donor-Funded Collaborative Research

With a research grant portfolio of over $46 million in 44 countries around the globe--from Nepal to Uganda to Bolivia--OIRED manages projects in forestry and natural resource management, integrated pest management, sustainable agriculture, watershed management, capacity-building in education, and micro-enterprise development. Most of these ventures are funded by USAID. Project activities include such things as working to ensure food security in Ethiopia, saving the Guatemalan snow pea industry, and reducing the use of harmful pesticides in the Caribbean.

A major component of every OIRED/Virginia Tech project is providing leadership in advancing gender equity issues. Every effort is made to make sure women are not disadvantaged. This is done by empowering women with greater access to resources, knowledge and technology.

OIRED | Contact OIRED

Office of International Research, Education & Development
The International Affairs Offices (IAO), 526 Prices Fork Road (0378)
Phone: (540) 231-6338 | Fax: (540) 231-2439