RESEARCH AT ILLINOIS February 2016

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1,931 TENURE TRACK, 1,061 VISITING FACULTY & INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF

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 FY14

$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

We’re home to… One of ten National Medal of Science recipients in 2014 May Berenbaum, Entomology NOTABLE AWARDS Cara Finnegan, Communication; Eric Calderwood, Comparative and World Literature; Eugene Avrutin, History; Gabriel Solis, Music; Derrick Spires, English Tami Bond, Civil and Environmental Engineering Renee Baillargeon, Psychology; Gary Dell, Psychology; Steve Granick, Materials Science and Engineering; Taekjip Ha, Physics; Catherine Murphy, Chemistry; John Rogers, Materials Science and Engineering Five NEH Fellowships (only institution with more than three in 2015) A MacArthur Fellowship, the award commonly known as a “Genius Grant” Six of the 84 newest members of the National Academy of Sciences

Health and Wellness –Creating new devices that diagnose disease –Unlocking the secrets to healthy aging –Synthesizing drugs to treat illness –Improving methods to rehabilitate wounded veterans –Understanding the behavioral basis for health Social Equality and Cultural Understanding –Exploring the ethnohistory of indigenous people –Understanding the roots of bullying –Developing ways to integrate the arts into the spectrum of university research –Studying the impact of pension reform –Addressing the causes of food insecurity VISIONING FUTURE EXCELLENCE

Energy and the Environment –Sustainable agriculture –Access to clean water –Energy solutions –Exploring the implications of “smart cities” VISIONING FUTURE EXCELLENCE

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

Research Themes: Biological Intelligence Human-Computer intelligent Interaction Integrative Imaging Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures Research in physical sciences, computation, engineering, biology, behavior, cognition, and neuroscience Founded: 1989 Funded: By $40 M from alumnus and founder of Beckman Instruments, Inc., Arnold O. Beckman, and his wife, Mabel M. Beckman Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology CAMPUS INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTES

Program Areas: Systems Biology Cellular and Metabolic Engineering Genome Technology Integrated genomics-based research in energy use and production, the environment, human health, and agriculture Founded: 2003 Funded: By a $75 M investment from state of Illinois, plus $229 M in external funding since inception Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology CAMPUS INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTES

Noteworthy projects include: Humanities Without Walls Consortium Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in emerging areas of the humanities The Odyssey Project – college credit for low-income community members IPRH supports interdisciplinary study in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, work that leads to a deeper understanding of people, societies, artifacts, and events, locally as well as globally, in past and present contexts. Founded: 1997 Funded: In part by generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a variety of initiatives Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities CAMPUS INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTES

Research Themes: Bioinformatics and Health Sciences Computing and Data Sciences Culture and Society Earth and Environment Materials and Manufacturing Physics and Astronomy Home to Blue Waters, NCSA provides computational power and expertise to develop simulations and study models that cannot be physically created in labs Founded: 1986 Funded: Originally by the National Science Foundation, the result of an unsolicited proposal sent by visionary faculty who needed more powerful computers to advance their research National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) CAMPUS INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTES

Scientific Surveys: Illinois Natural History Survey Illinois State Archaeological Survey Illinois State Geological Survey Illinois State Water Survey Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Multidisciplinary research institute providing objective research, expertise, and data to steward our nation’s natural and cultural resources Founded: 2008 (though the oldest Scientific Survey dates to 1851) Funded: By the state of Illinois and external grants and contracts Prairie Research Institute CAMPUS INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTES

Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Facilitating cross-campus interactions and using the campus as a “living laboratory” to become a global model of sustainability Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute Further developing the campus as a world leader in health research Illinois Applied Research Institute Partnering with companies and government mission-driven agencies to develop new technologies New Institutes and Initiatives

A pre-eminent public RESEARCH UNIVERSTIY with a land-grant mission and global impact ILLINOIS