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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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