Annual Report 2021

Our chemists are accelerating research into new antibacterial drugs that will help in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

RTI Health Solutions researchers found that spending to promote vaccinations for older Americans prevents disease and reduces health care costs.

RTI’s newest business operation, RTI Health Advance, seeks to apply our expertise in health care innovation to the private sector, with a goal of improving outcomes and reducing health disparities for all.

We are coordinating a nationwide network of researchers seeking to understand the long-term effects of COVID-19 infections.

A consortium of North Carolina–based academic, industry, nonprofit, and state government organizations offers world-class human performance solutions to the Department of Defense.

We expanded our partnerships to prevent children from being exposed to lead in drinking water in homes, schools, and childcare centers.

We are building a cloud-based platform to facilitate access to data that can inform research and practices to address the national opioid public health crisis.

In Guinea, we are strengthening community involvement in the fight to end malaria by training religious leaders to educate their communities about how to prevent and control the spread of this devastating disease.

Our Environmental, Social, and Governance Report highlights our COVID-19 response, progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, racial justice and equity work, commitment to sustainability, and philanthropy.

RTI Innovation Advisors worked with an industry partner to increase the percentage of plastic packaging waste that gets recycled in the United States.

The RTI Center for Climate Solutions launched, enabling a frontline scientific response to efforts to address emissions, build a Net Zero Economy, confront environmental justice issues, and strengthen resilience worldwide.

In Tanzania, one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, we are supporting USAID’s efforts to protect ecosystems and conserve wildlife through partnerships with the government, private sector, and civil society.

We are helping USAID and its partners promote innovative energy technologies in six South Asian countries, accelerating this densely-populated, fast growing region’s transition to clean energy.

An industry partner engaged RTI Innovation Advisors to investigate ways to create consumer products free of certain harmful chemicals.

With a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, our chemical engineers are developing technology to capture carbon dioxide and use it in concrete production.

Our energy researchers are demonstrating novel processes to reduce the energy intensity and carbon emissions of ammonia production.