UNL Research

Update

Prem S. PaulVice Chancellor for Research &

Economic Development

March 5, 2010

Total and Federal Research Growth

           

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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• $12.9M Sorghum/Millet (INTSORMIL), USAID

• $10M Nebraska Center for Research on Rural Education, Dept. of Education

• $3.3M Executive Function Development in Preschool Children, NIH

• $3.1M IGERT: Stressed Watersheds, NSF

• $1.2M GP-National Security Education Consortium, ODNI

• $300K Walt 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:

Building Budget Agency Status

Morrison Life Sciences Addition $8.0 M NIH Awarded

Nanoscience Facility $6.9 M NIST Awarded

Hamilton Hall (renovate 6th floor) $6.7 M NIH Pending (A+)

Behlen Lab (renovate basement) $2.0 M NSF Pending (A+)

Stimulus Research Success• $2.7M ANDRILL Coulman High Project, NSF

• $1M Charles Wood, virology, NIH• $1M Larry Rilett, transportation, EPA

• $997K Andy Benson, gut microbe project, NIH

• $675K NCMN, 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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