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R E S E A R C H R E P O R T

At Illinois, we’re among the nation’s research powerhouses—for the last six years running, we have been awarded more funding from the National Science Foundation than any other university in the nation.

Our work permeates our classrooms, fueling new ideas, new companies, and even entirely new industries.

L E A R N M O R E # I L L I N O I S R E S E A R C H

B Y T H E N U M B E R S AT I L L I N O I S

$640M 7813,013Total Expenditures (FY2015)

Cost share and unreimbursed F&A included

Earned Doctorates

NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2015

150+Centers, laboratories, and research institutes conducting groundbreaking research

24M+Items and materials in the University Library

11,413Graduate Students, Fall 2016

24%Total International Students

3.1MSquare Footage for Research

Faculty (Fall 2016)

1,932 Tenure/Tenure Track; 1,081 Other (including Visiting and Specialized Faculty, combined)

33,467Undergraduate Students, Fall 2016

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Robert J. Jones was named chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Three new Illinois Industry/University Cooperative

Research Centers (I/UCRCs) were announced.

NCSA celebrated its 30th

Anniversary.

The Family Resiliency Center celebrated the

10th Anniversary of Doris Kelley Christopher Hall.

NCSA’s XSEDE project received a five-year, $120 million extension.

Illinois was named a partner in a $3.5 million Midwest I-Corps Node.

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The Carle Illinois College of Medicine—the first new college on campus in more than 50 years—

hired its first dean.

Illinois led the nation in NEH Fellowships, for the second year

in a row.

U of I researchers were involved in 30% of all 2016 Department of

Defense MURI projects.

The University announced the

launch of the Siebel Center for Design.

The Humanities Without Walls project—led by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities—

was awarded a $4.2 million renewal.

FOR MORE

go.illinois.edu/research

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TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY FEDERAL AGENCYFY15

FY11 $545M

** FY13 $743M

FY12 $584M

FY14 $622M

FY15 $640M

TOTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) EXPENDITURES*FY11 – FY15

Federal prime awardee includes dollars passed through other entities.

TOTAL SPONSORED FEDERAL R&D EXPENDITURESFY11 – FY15

FY11

FY13

FY12

FY14

$323M

$469M

$360M

$343M

FY15 $338M

E X P E N D I T U R E S

National Science Foundation

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Other

$133M NSF

$61M HHS

$46M DOE

$43M DOD

$18M USDA $37M

OTHER

FY15

$338M

*HERD results include cost sharing, unreimbursed F&A, and non-sponsored institutional research support.

**FY13 increase includes $120M related to construction of the Blue Waters Supercomputer

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CORPORATE SUPPORT OF CAMPUS2012 – 2016

G L O B A L U N I V E R S I T Y, L O C A L I M PA C T

Corporate Contracts*

Corporate Philanthropy **

* Actual expenditures of non-philanthropic corporate funds

**Total receipts from outright gifts, pledge payments, and grant payments

FY12

FY13

FY14

FY15

FY16

$61.9M

$33.4M

$64.8M

$35.2M

$67.8M

$62.6M

$60.3M

$43.4M

$52.8M

$54.5M

Federal funding is the primary source of support for research at Illinois—and the money that our researchers spend on the equipment and services they use to conduct experiments, make discoveries, and solve big problems benefits communities across the state.

IMPACT IN NEARLY EVERY COUNTY IN ILLINOIS

From 2012-2014, university researchers spent more than $156M on equipment and services in the state of Illinois.

$45M+

$500,000-$45M

$10,000-$100,000

$100,000-$500,000

$1-$10,000

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RESEARCH PARK AND ENTERPRISEWORKS

E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T A N D T E C H N O L O G Y C O M M E R C I A L I Z AT I O N

Champaign-Urbana is regularly recognized as one of the nation’s leading tech hubs and a top city for recent college grads.

15 buildings

100 companies

594 student interns

200 Acres

1,711 employees

43,000 sq.ft.adjacent to campus, developed with a private partner

EnterpriseWorks is a small business incubator/accelerator located in the Research Park, that provides support for early stage tech firms

Home to a growing number of “Corporate Innovation Centers,” that enable companies to generate fresh ideas and harness cutting-edge technologies

Research Park employers include:

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1,711 employees

ROYALTIES

NEWLY LICENSED START-UP COMPANIES (FIRST LICENSE OF UNIVERSITY IP)

U.S. PATENTS ISSUED

T E C H N O L O G Y M A N A G E M E N T M E T R I C SS U P P O RT I N G N E W I D E A S & C O M PA N I E S

1,026 750+Invention disclosures in the last five years

Active, issued U.S. Patents

6.41M

FY12

4.91M

FY13

5.26M

FY14

6.19M

FY15

4.85M

FY16

5

FY12

6

FY13

6

FY14

10

FY15

8

FY16

76

FY12

72

FY13

78

FY14

76

FY15

73

FY16

Hundreds of teams and start-up companies receive support from University resources that enable entrepreneurship and economic development.

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51 start-up tenants in the EnterpriseWorks incubator.

Between 2013-2015, more than 100 teams participated in the Illinois I-Corps site, raising over $24M in external funding.

Companies that incubated at EnterpriseWorks have raised an impressive $911M in venture capital/private equity financing.

62% of Illinois startups remain in the state.

From 2010-2015, companies in the Research Park were awarded $88.7M in SBIR/STTR funding.

120 student start-up teams competed in the 2016 Cozad New Venture Competition.

“The scientific opportunities enabled by convergence—the coming together of insights and approaches

from originally distinct fields—will make fundamental contributions in our drive to

provide creative solutions to the most difficult problems facing us as a society.”

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, 2014

CONVERGENCE

THE HALLMARK OF I LL INO IS RESEARCH

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PATH-BREAKING RESEARCH

A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION

WORLD-CLASS RESOURCES

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Equipment and services that support the nation’s

research community

CREAT IV I TY & HUMAN

UNDERSTAND ING

Pushing boundaries in academia and the

public square

SOC IAL & BEHAV IORAL SC IENCES

Understanding the drivers of human behavior

BAS IC SC IENCE & ENG INEER ING

Underlying discoveries that enable fundamental

research advances

ADVANC ING

TECHNOLOGY

Harnessing the power of computing, data, and

information

FOR MORE RESEARCH UPDATES

@UofIResearch #ILLINOISresearch

HEALTH

Treatments and tools to improve human health

ENERGY &

ENV IRONMENT

Actionable research for a changing environment

AGR ICULTURE

Innovations to feed the world

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INSTITUTE WHAT WE DO CORE ACTIVITIES

BECKMAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYbeckman.illinois.edu

CARL R. WOESE INSTITUTE FOR GENOMIC BIOLOGY igb.illinois.edu

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENTsustainability.illinois.edu

ILLINOIS PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIESiprh.illinois.edu

Interdisciplinary research in physical sciences, biological imaging, computation, engineering, behavior, and neuroscience

Genomics-based research in energy use and production, the environment, human health, and agriculture

Actionable research to find solutions for global needs in sustainability, energy, and environment

Research in the humanities, arts, and social sciences for deeper understanding of people, societies, artifacts, and events

• Integrative Imaging• Intelligent Systems• Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures

• Systems Biology• Cellular and Metabolic Engineering • Genome Technology

• Research in Climate Solutions, Energy Transitions, Sustainable Infrastructure, Water and Land, Stewardship, and Secure and Sustainable Agriculture

• Campus sustainability efforts • Education and outreach

• Fellowships for faculty, graduate students, and post-docs• Lectures, symposia, and panel discussions • Research clusters/reading groups• Awards that recognize excellence in humanities research• Public engagement (i.e., The Odyssey Project)

M A J O R I L L I N O I S R E S E A R C H I N S T I T U T E S I N T H E O V C R P O R T F O L I O

INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH SCIENCES INITIATIVEhealthinitiative. illinois.edu

Support and coordination for campus health sciences research

• Strengthen relationships with clinical providers

• Support for clinical and campus research communities

• Enhance the University's stature as a leader in biomedical research

INSTITUTE WHAT WE DO CORE ACTIVITIES

NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUPERCOMPUTING APPLICATIONS (NCSA)ncsa.illinois.edu

PRAIRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTEprairie.illinois.edu

Computational power and expertise to develop simulations and study models that cannot be physically created in labs

Objective research, expertise, and data to steward our nation’s natural and cultural resources

• Bioinformatics and Health Sciences

• Computing and Data Sciences• Culture and Society• Earth and Environment• Materials and Manufacturing• Physics and Astronomy

• Energy• Climate• Water• Agriculture• Public Health• Environment

Center on Health, Aging, and Disability chad.illinois.edu

Coordinated Science Laboratory csl.illinois.edu

Family Resiliency Center familyresiliency.illinois.edu

Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory mrl.illinois.edu

Illinois Applied Research Institute appliedresearch.illinois.edu

Micro + Nanotechnology Lab (MNTL) mntl.illinois.edu

Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory criticism.english.illinois.edu

LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH INITIATIVES AND CENTERS IN COLLEGES ACROSS CAMPUS

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Both undergrad and graduate students are involved in all aspects of research at Illinois, working in labs, conducting field trials, doing analysis, and presenting discoveries. In 2015, more than 2,000 students were involved in the campus-wide interdisciplinary research institutes.

Meanwhile, research faculty and staff teach courses, offer guest lectures, and present workshops to foster practical training of graduate students—enhancing learning and creating unique educational opportunities.

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