1. ILLINOIS RESEARCH OVERVIEW SPRING 2018

3. 1,914 TENURE TRACK, 1,092 VISITING AND SPECIALIZED FACULTY Fall 2017
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1,914 TENURE TRACK, 1,092 VISITING AND SPECIALIZED FACULTY Fall 2017
Fall 2017

4. 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

5. Unique Breadth, Interdisciplinary Focus: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
#25 among “World’s Most Innovative Universities*”
- Thomson Reuters 2017
*system ranking
One of the most promising tech hubs in the nation
- techie.com 2014
#14 public university in the country
- U.S. News & World Report 2016
#1 University in NSF awards
-NSF,

6. Total Research and Development Expenditures
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7. Research Expenditures

8. Notable Recent Research Awards
$115 M to study next- generation biofuels
First U of I award for public humanities research
Three awards for research instrumentation
$15 M to study dynamic properties of materials
CABBI Bioenergy Research Center DOE
Public Scholar Award NEH
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) NSF
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center NSF
$45 M to enhance photosynthesis research
$110 M to help connect the nation’s digital resources
$10 M to mitigate CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels
$3 M for training grad students in brain science research
RIPE Gates Foundation
XSEDE NSF
Carbon SAFE DOE
Research Traineeship (NRT) NSF

9. We’re home to… Six “Title VI” Centers in International Studies
NOTABLE PROGRAMS
We’re home to…
Six “Title VI” Centers in International Studies
Support for interdisciplinary research in a number of disciplines critical to understanding languages and cultures
Grainger Engineering Breakthroughs Initiative
$100 M to support people, facilities, and research in bioengineering and big data
Humanities without Walls
Consortium of 15 humanities institutes supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE)
Nationwide, virtual system to share computing resources, data, and information

10. We’re home to… Carle Illinois College of Medicine
NOTABLE PARTNERSHIPS
We’re home to…
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
First college of medicine in the world to fuse engineering, medicine, and the humanities
HATHI Trust Research Center
Collaboration that enables open access to published works in the public domain, for non-profit and educational users
Advanced Digital Sciences Center
Partnership with Singapore to transform the way people and organizations use and interact with information technology
Illinois-Sandia Research Partnership
Five-year agreement to advance collaboration and information sharing

11. NOTABLE STRUCTURES
We’re home to…
Materials Research Lab Coordinated Science Lab Micro- & Nanotechnology Lab
Large-scale, College of Engineering interdisciplinary research units with multi-million dollar research portfolios
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Integrated roles as classroom, laboratory, and public square to advance education, research and public engagement in the arts
Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans
National leader in research, services and support for veterans with disabilities
Information Trust Institute
National leadership in research and education in trustworthy and secure information systems

12. 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 the University of Illinois System .

13. Economic Development Activities
62% of Illinois start-up companies
$108 M in SBIR/STTR funding
SINCE ENTERPRISEWORKS OPENED IN 2003
CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN ILLINOIS
$940 M in equity-based capital
RAISED BY COMPANIES THAT INCUBATED IN ENTERPRISEWORKS, SINCE 2003
100s of entrepreneurial teams and start-ups
RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM U OF I RESOURCES
#9 venture capita per capita, among U.S metro locations
$45 M in external funding
RAISED BY 120+ TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATED IN ILLINOIS I-CORPS SITE, BETWEEN
50+ average # of start-ups in EnterpriseWorks
160+ START-UPS SINCE OPENING
ACCORDING TO THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, 2015

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15. Totaling 790,00 SF, including 43,000 SF incubator space
Research Park: Remarkable growth in less than 2 decades!
200 Acres, 17 Buildings
Totaling 790,00 SF, including 43,000 SF incubator space
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

16. Research Expenditures 31% of total campus research expenditures
Campuswide Research Institutes: Enabling Interdisciplinary Research, Driving Experimentation, and Addressing Society’s Grand Challenges
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
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute
Frederick Seitz Materials Research Lab
Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Prairie Research Institute
Research Infrastructure Shared facilities to augment and enhance research capabilities of the colleges
Research Expenditures 31% of total campus research expenditures
High-Profile Impacts The Institutes convene researchers from across the campus to lead ambitious programs
Student Education In 2016, 2,000+ 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

17. A pre-eminent public RESEARCH UNIVERSITY with a land-grant mission and global impact
ILLINOIS