【Purpose/significance】This paper aimed at helping researchers understand the newest foreign research develop-ment in LIS through an analysis of i Schools’ research projects in U.S.【Method/process】This paper made an overview of theproject funding, research areas and projects funded by National Science Foundation with quantitative analysis. And wemade an analysis of 9 hot research areas such as Design and Evaluation of Information Systems and Services, InformationTechnology and Behavior, Digital Humanities and Digital Library and Data Management, Data Mining and Data Analysisetc. with qualitative method.【Result/conclusion】The results indicated that the LIS research trends of i School presented amulti-field cross-cutting and integration feature and it had penetrated into different industries.