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CU Boulder Research, Scholarly Activity, and Creative Works
• GSAC– April 30, 2010
• Russ Moore, Interim VC Research
Research & Scholarly Works
• Remarkable record of research and scholarly works achievement across all schools and colleges on our campus
– see http://www.colorado.edu/research/achievements/index.html
• World Class faculty and staff– > 40 faculty are members of their respective national
academies– 7 MacArthur Fellows, 10 Packard Fellows, 4 Nobel
Laureates, 9 NEH Fellows since 2000, 15 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships since 1998, 4 recipients of the National Medal of Science, and many more.
Office of Research Integrity- Export Controls- Restricted, Proprietary, Classified Research- Conflicts of Interest/Commitment- Research Misconduct- Responsible Conduct of Research- Animal Care and Use - Human Subject (Institutional Review Board)- Biosafety/Radiation (jointly with VC Admin)
RESEARCH COMPLIANCE
Office of Contracts and Grants - Proposal submission- Proposal and contract negotiation- Award processing- Reporting, fiscal (ARRA *)- Budget preparation and oversight- Sponsored research education/updates- Compliance oversight
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION
Research Support and Investment - Council on Research and Creative Works- Innovative Grant Program- Other cooperative seed grant programs- Matching funds (with units, colleges, etc)- Infrastructure- Electronic research administration project- Internal and external advocacy- Research Initiatives- Research Computing (with CIO, Provost, CFO)- State and Federal relations- Federal lab relations- Communications (with campus communications)
Some Functions of the Office of the VC Research
Sponsored Research at CU Boulder
• Annual research awards have increased from – $210 M in 2000 to $340 M in 2009 (+ 61%)– >$400 M projected for FY10
• Research Expenditures of ~$1.1 B over the last 4 years.
• Rich and diverse research portfolio
ARRA data through April 23, 2010 Total Proposals 305; Value - $257,683,648Total Awards = 137; Value - $93,852,113
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University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of Colorado - BoulderUniversity of Texas At Austin
University of Maryland
University of California, Santa Barbara
Trustees of Indiana UniversityTexas A & M Research Foundation
Iowa State UniversityUniversity of OregonUniversity of Nebraska
University of Kansas Center For Research
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDERUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCEINDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PK CAMPUS
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
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FY 2010 Sources of Revenue
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WHAT ARE RESEARCH FUNDS USED FOR?FY2009 Expenditures = ~$283 Million
• Salaries,wages,fringe benefits $147 M• Tuition $ 5 M• Supplies, services $ 31 M• Travel $ 8 M• Stipends $ 3 M• Equipment $ 8 M• Indirect Costs $ 62 M
– See http://www.colorado.edu/VCResearch/reports/index.html
Graduate Students & Research Staff
• ~2775 research personnel and grad students supported by sponsored research awards
• ~4,700 Graduate Students (Spring 2009)• ~2300 were on appointment
– 1156 on research appointments– 1144 on teaching appointments (TA, GPTI, etc)
• Currently ~1616 FTE research staff– 772 career research faculty tracks (RP series, RA series)– 844 as professional research assistants (PRAs)
• Undergrads receive support from sponsored research funds– Stipends and hourly support– Unique research experiences
• A strong research and scholarly works enterprise at CU Boulder creates a environment for learning and innovation that is truly unique.
• This environment is critical to our ability to attract the very best students and faculty to our campus
Downstream Economic and Societal Benefits of Research
• Research leads to innovation and transformation
• Company development has – economic impact– Societal and humanitarian impact
• Fifty companies have been formed based on technologies from CU Boulder since 1999, more than half of which have started in the past five years. Forty-three of these companies are still in operation now.
• In the past five years, CU Boulder inventors have submitted a total of 529 inventions to the Technology Transfer Office. A total of 156 license and option agreements have been signed in that time.
• CU Boulder licenses have generated over $59 million in royalty income in the past five years.
Private and public investment in CU spawned companies over the last 5 years exceeds
exceeds $627 M.
Source: IEEE Spectrum, Patent Power 2010; http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/patentpower2010
Summary
• A strong CU Boulder research and scholarly activity enterprise
– Attracts the best and brightest faculty, students and staff to our campus
– Creates a unique and rich environment for learning and innovation
– Has positive local and regional economic impact– Contributes to the creation of ideas that can
transform our futures