RESEARCH AT ILLINOIS February 2016

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1,903 TENURE TRACK, 1,071 VISITING FACULTY & INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF Fall 2014 Fall 2014

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign An “Innovation and Prosperity University” - Association of Public and Land Grant Universities 2014 One of the most promising tech hubs in the nation - techie.com 2014 A “best value” in public education - Kiplinger’s 2014 The leading university in NSF awards, five years running -NSF,

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 THE ILLINOIS RESEARCH ENTERPRISE

Total Research and Development Expenditures *Higher Education Research and Development Survey FY13 includes $120 M for the construction of the Blue Waters Supercomputer

Research Expenditures

$18.5 M to improve power density in electrical systems $24 M to build resilient energy delivery systems $1 M to explore digital publishing options $4.3 M to develop advanced, self- healing materials Notable Recent Research Grants $5 M to increase water efficiency in bioenergy crops “Water Efficient Sorghum Technologies” ARPA-E “Cyber Resilient Energy Delivery Consortium” DOE “POETS” Engineering Research Center NSF $6.25 M to advance multi- modal data analysis “Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative” DOD “Center of Excellence in Self-healing, Regeneration, and Structural Remodeling ” DOE $9 M to enhance the use of biomedical “Big Data” “BD2K Center of Excellence” NIH $20 M to manage critical infrastructure disruptions “Critical Infrastructure Resilience Center of Excellence” HOMELAND SECURITY “Digital Publishing Infrastructure within Scholarly Commons” MELLON FOUNDATION

We’re home to… Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Nationwide, virtual system to share computing resources, data, and information NOTABLE PROGRAMS $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 Partnership Five-year agreement to advance collaboration and information sharing NOTABLE PARTNERSHIPS 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 NOTABLE STRUCTURES 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 Institute National leadership in research and education in trustworthy and secure information systems

Technology Commercialization Robust programs* to support commercialization, from research to transfer to impact, including: Technology Entrepreneur Center Enterpriseworks Illinois Ventures I-Corps *in collaboration with University Administration

Economic Development Activities 73% of start-up companies #18 among universities granted U.S. patents COMBINED CAMPUSES OF THE UNVIERSITY OF ILLINOIS, 2014 CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN ILLINOIS $879 M in equity-based capital RAISED BY COMPANIES THAT INCUBATED IN ENTERPRISEWORKS, SINCE entrepreneurial teams and start-ups RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM U OF I RESOURCES, 01/ /2015 #9 venture capita per capita, among U.S metro locations $43 M in VC and angel funding RESULTING FROM CAMPUS INVESTMENT OF $870K IN POC FUNDING, SINCE current 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 2014, 1,900+ 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 Research Infrastructure 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 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 public RESEARCH UNIVERSITY with a land-grant mission and global impact ILLINOIS