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RESEARCH AT ILLINOISN o v e m b e r 2 0 1 7
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1,932 TENURE TRACK, 1,081 VISITING AND
SPECIALIZED FACULTY Fall 2016Fall 2016
Unique breadth,INTERDISCIPLINARY FOCUS
World-renowned programs in the natural and physical sciences and engineering
Highly regarded strengths in the arts, agriculture, business, the humanities, and the social sciences
T H E I L L I N O I S R E S E A RCH EN T ER P R I S E
Unique Breadth, Interdisciplinary Focus: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
#21 among
“World’s Most Innovative
Universities”
- Thomson Reuters2015
One of the most promising
tech hubs in the nation
- techie.com2014
#10 public
university in the country
- U.S. News & World Report
2016
#1university in
NSF awards, sixyears running
-NSF, 2010-2015
World-renowned programs in the natural and physical sciences and engineering.
Highly regarded strengths in the arts, agriculture, business, the humanities, and the social sciences.
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Content Slide TitleTotal Research and Development Expenditures
Research Expenditures
$115 M to study next-
generation biofuels
$3 M for training grad students in brain science research
$45 Mto enhance
photosynthesis research
$110 M to help connect
the nation’s digital resources
Threeawards for research
instrumentation
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)
NSF
Research Traineeship (NRT)NSF
CABBI Bioenergy Research Center
DOE
$15 M to study dynamic
properties of materials
Materials Research Science and Engineering
CenterNSF
XSEDENSF
FirstU of I award for
public humanities research
Public Scholar AwardNEH
RIPEGates Foundation
$10 M to mitigate CO2 emissions from
burning fossil fuels
Carbon SAFEDOE
Notable Recent Research Awards
We’re home to…
Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE)
Nationwide, virtual system to share computing resources, data, and information
N O TA BL E P R O G RA M S
$100 M to support people, facilities, and research in bioengineering and big data
Consortium of 15 humanities institutes supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Support for interdisciplinary research in a number of disciplines critical to understanding languages and cultures
Grainger Engineering Breakthroughs Initiative
Humanities without Walls
Six “Title VI” Centers in International Studies
We’re home to…
Illinois-Sandia Research PartnershipFive-year agreement to advance collaboration and information sharing
N O TA B L E PA RT N E R S H I P S
Multi-million dollar partnership with Abbott Nutrition to study the impact of nutrition on brain cognition
Partnership with Singapore to transform the way people and organizations use and interact with information technology
Collaboration that enables open access to published works in the public domain, for non-profit and educational users
Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory
HATHI Trust Research Center
Advanced Digital Sciences Center
We’re home to…
Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans
National leader in research, services and support for veterans with disabilities
N O TA BL E S T R U C T U R E S
Integrated roles as classroom, laboratory, and public square to advance education, research and public engagement in the arts
Large-scale, College of Engineering interdisciplinary research units with multi-million dollar research portfolios
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Materials Research Lab Coordinated Science Lab Micro- & Nanotechnology Lab
Information Trust InstituteNational leadership in research and education in trustworthy and secure information systems
Technology CommercializationRobust programs* to support commercialization, from research to transfer to impact, including:• Technology Entrepreneur
Center• Enterpriseworks• Illinois Ventures• I-Corps
*in collaboration with the University of Illinois System
Economic Development Activities
62%of start-up companies
#18among universities
granted U.S. patents
COMBINED CAMPUSES OF THE UNVIERSITY OF
ILLINOIS, 2016
CHOOSE TO REMAIN
IN ILLINOIS
$912 M in equity-based
capital
RAISED BY COMPANIES THAT INCUBATED IN
ENTERPRISEWORKS, SINCE 2003
100sof entrepreneurial
teams and start-ups
RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM U OF I
RESOURCES
#9venture capita per
capita, among U.S metro locations
$43 Min VC and
angel funding
RESULTING FROM CAMPUS INVESTMENT OF $870K IN POC FUNDING,
SINCE 2009
51current
EnterpriseWorks companies
160+ START-UPS SINCE OPENING
ACCORDING TO THE BROOKINGS
INSTITUTION, 2015
Research Park: Remarkable growth in just 15 years!
90+ Companies
Including Deere & Co., Caterpillar, State Farm,
Yahoo!, AB InBev, & many others
1,500+ Employees
Including 500+student interns
Innovation Centers
Enabling companies to generate fresh
ideas and harness new technologies
200 Acres, 13 Buildings
Totaling 623,00 SF, including 43,000 SF
incubator space
Campuswide Research Institutes: Enabling Interdisciplinary Research,
Driving Experimentation, and Addressing Society’s Grand Challenges
Student Education
In 2016, 2,000+ students were involved in fellowships, research experiences, and
volunteer opportunities
Recruitment & Retention
Institutes provide opportunities for collaborative research
across disciplines and a unique research and education
environment
ResearchInfrastructure
Shared facilities to augment and enhance research
capabilities of the colleges
Research Expenditures
31% of total campus research expenditures
Institutes• Beckman Institute • Carl R. Woese Institute for
Genomic Biology• Coordinated Science Lab • Illinois Applied Research Institute• Illinois Program for Research in the
Humanities• Institute for Sustainability, Energy,
and Environment• Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Institute• Frederick Seitz Materials Research
Lab • Micro and Nanotechnology Lab• National Center for
Supercomputing Applications• Prairie Research Institute
High-Profile Impacts
The Institutes convene researchers from across the campus to lead ambitious
programs
A pre-eminent publicRESEARCH UNIVERSITY
with a land-grant mission and global impact
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