UNL Research Update Prem S. Paul Vice Chancellor for Research & Economic Development March 5, 2010
Total and Federal Research Growth Total Research Federal Research US $ (Millions)
Federal Research Funding (YTD) Awards thru 3/1 Awards Remainder of Year
Total Research Funding (YTD) Awards thru 3/1 Awards Remainder of Year
FY2010 Major Research Awards $12.9MSorghum/Millet (INTSORMIL), USAID $10MNebraska Center for Research on Rural Education, Dept. of Education $3.3MExecutive Function Development in Preschool Children, NIH $3.1MIGERT: Stressed Watersheds, NSF $1.2M GP-National Security Education Consortium, ODNI $300KWalt Whitman’s Civil War Writings, NEH
Federal Stimulus Act UNL aggressively pursued ARRA opportunities Individual, team proposals: –YTD: 62 ARRA awards for $35,289,662 Institutional facilities proposals: BuildingBudgetAgencyStatus Morrison Life Sciences Addition$8.0 MNIHAwarded Nanoscience Facility$6.9 MNISTAwarded Hamilton Hall (renovate 6 th floor)$6.7 MNIHPending (A+) Behlen Lab (renovate basement)$2.0 MNSFPending (A+)
Stimulus Research Success $2.7MANDRILL Coulman High Project, NSF $1MCharles Wood, virology, NIH $1MLarry Rilett, transportation, EPA $997KAndy Benson, gut microbe project, NIH $675KNCMN, new magnetic materials, DOE ARPA-E $610K Tim Gay, spin-polarized electrons, NSF
Prestigious Early Career Faculty Awards DOE Early Career Research Program – Martin Centurion NSF CAREER Awards –Eva Schubert, electrical engineering –Wei Qiao, electrical engineering
Priority Research Initiatives Water for Food Climate Change Energy Sciences Math and Science Education Transportation Life Sciences
Positioning for the Future Enhanced integration of research and economic development –Nebraska Innovation Campus –Nutech Ventures –Increased public-private partnerships –Partnerships with STRATCOM
Positioning for the Future Increased collaboration among Life Sciences Research Facilities Master Plan –Animal Research Facility –Life Sciences Building –Agricultural Research Service Building
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