4.15.2010: nc state's centers & institutes
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Multidisciplinary challenges call for multidisciplinary approaches. Our Centers & Institutes are built to do just that: Address real-world challenges with academic, industrial, and governmental “team science.”TRANSCRIPT
Centers & Institutes
Solving mission critical
challenges for North Carolina
and beyond
15 April 2010
Terri L. LomaxVice Chancellor for Research and Graduate
Studies
2010 Report
The Role of NC State’s Centers & Institutes
Multidisciplinary challenges call for multidisciplinary approaches.
Our Centers & Institutes are built to do just that: Address real-world challenges with academic, industrial, and
governmental “team science.”
The underlying mission for Centers and Institutes is to bring together the best knowledge, facilities, and research teams, to develop the best solutions for North Carolina, the nation, and
beyond.
Q: Why do we support Centers & Institutes?
The Role of NC State’s Centers & Institutes
Centers & Institutes foster the development of our next generation of leaders:
Last year, 2,629 students participated in team research and industry-relevant methods to enhance career competitiveness,
and significant mentorship opportunities.
Q: Why do we support Centers & Institutes?
The Roster of NC State’s Centers & Institutes
Centers 45
Institutes 12
Total 57
The roster as of April 15, 2010:
Centers 2
Institutes 1
Total in Planning 3
Currently in planning:
Industry members:
Total industry members 158
NC State’s Centers & Institutes Currently “in Planning”
Centers/Institutes currently “in planning”: Managing Unit:
North Carolina Institute for Climate Science
(NCICS – inter-institutional institute)
Research & Graduate Studies (RGS)
NextGen Air Transportation Center at ITRE (NGAT) Research & Graduate Studies (RGS)
Center for Analytical Paleontology (CAP) Physical & Mathematical Sciences (PAMS)
Centers/Institutes in the pipeline: Managing Unit:
Forensic Sciences Institute Research & Graduate Studies (RGS)
Digital Games Research Center Engineering (COE)
The Return on Investment: A Look at 2009 – 2010 Budget
Total Combined Budget
from External Grants/Awards
from Direct State Appropriations
from Private Gifts
from Dept/College/Unit State General Funds
from “Other”
$138,336,994
$104,985,166 $12,836,914 $1,908,184 $10,110,957 $8,495,773
$1,908,184 (1%) Private Gifts
$10,110,957 (7%) Dept/College/Unit
State General Funds
$8,495,773 (6%)Other
$104,985,166
(77%)External Grants/Awards
$12,836,914 (9%)Direct State Appropriations
For every $1 of direct state appropriations received, Centers & Institutes attract an additional $9.70 from other sources.
The Return on Investment: A Look at Direct State Appropriations
$104,985,166
(77%)External Grants/Awards
How Do We Leverage Direct State Appropriations?
Direct State Appropriations
External Funds Leveraged
Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education $540,000 $674,595
Center for Urban Affairs and Community Services $149,292 $8,505,302
Friday Institute $1,778,493 $6,887,508
Furniture Manufacturing and Management Center $442,286 $46,215
Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Educational Center $5,156,214 $820,950
Institute for Emerging Issues $365,000 $480,972
Institute for Transportation Research & Education $370,825 $6,328,049
NC Sea Grant College Program $1,194,206 $2,652,414
Nonwovens Institute $261,205 $2,460,408
Nuclear Reactor Program $437,771 $85,959
Small Business and Technology Development Center $1,571,940 $4,510,014
Water Resources Research Institute $569,682 $1,436,028
$12,836,914 $34,888,414
The Return on Investment: Leveraging Direct State Appropriations
$104,985,166
(77%)External Grants/Awards
Total Budget of Centers & Institutes that Receive Direct State Appropriations:
$83,180 (<1%) Private Gifts
$28,172,927
(59%)External Grants/Awards
Total Budget Combined
External Grants/Awards
Direct State Appropriations
Private Gifts Dept/College/Unit State General Funds
Other
$47,725,328 $28,172,927 $12,836,914 $83,180 $2,619,339 $4,012,967
$12,836,914 (27%) Direct State
Appropriations
$4,012,967 (8%) Other
$2,619,339 (6%)Dept/College/Unit
State General Funds
For every $1 of direct state appropriations received, the 12 Centers & Institutes that receive those funds attract an additional $2.70 from other sources.
IMPACT: NC State’s Centers & Institutes
Bringing together students, teachers, researchers, policy-makers,
educational professionals, and community members, the Friday Institute is a center for fostering
collaborations to improve education.
The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
The Friday Institute engages 2,300 schools, 47,000 teachers, 1.4 million K-12 students
North Carolina’s Race to the Top:On March 16, North Carolina’s team, including Glenn Kleiman, Executive Director of the Friday Institute, presented our Race to the Top Proposal to the U.S. Department of Education (USED). North Carolina was one of sixteen finalists. Winners from this round will be announced in early April with a second round of applications due in June.
For more information visit www.fi.ncsu.edu/
Institute for Maintenance Science & Technology (IMST)
H-46 helicopter rotor tip lights for night flights are expensive to repair in their current configuration. IMST designed, developed, and demonstrated the feasibility of a new wireless system that will increase reliability while reducing maintenance cost.
IMST uses advanced manufacturing to sustain equipment subjected to extreme environmental conditions including aircraft, land-based, and sea-based equipment.
IMST is working to attract a cluster of industries – aerospace, automotive, power generation, and marine – to engage in team research.
For more information visit www.mse.ncsu.edu/imst/
The IMPACT: NC State’s Centers & Institutes
WRRI’s current research priorities are:
Water Availability, Use and Climate Interaction Drinking Water Quality Surface Water Quality Management Urbanization Impacts on Water Quality Aquatic Ecosystem Functions and Instream Flow Needs Waste Management Ground Water
Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI)
For more information visit www.ncsu.edu/wrri/
WRRI serves ~9.4 million NC citizens by providing research, education, &
public service expertise to the largest urban water utilities in the state.
The IMPACT: NC State’s Centers & Institutes
The Nuclear Reactor Program (NRP)
For more information visit www.ne.ncsu.edu/NRP/reactor_program.html
In 1953, NC State became the first university in the world to host a nuclear reactor for teaching, research, and service to the public.
Today, the Nuclear Reactor Program is the only program of its kind in North Carolina, and offers the following nuclear services to the research community:
Neutron Activation Analysis Neutron Radiography Radioisotope Production
In September 2007, NC State researchers produced the most intense low-energy positron
(antimatter electron) beam operating anywhere in the world via the PULSTAR reactor.
http://www.ncsu.edu/featured-stories/innovation-discovery/oct-2007/antimatter-nuclear/index.php
The IMPACT: NC State’s Centers & Institutes
NC State’s Centers & Institutes
Questions? Solving mission critical
challenges for North Carolina
and beyond
Terri L. LomaxVice Chancellor for
Research and Graduate Studies