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For the second year in a row, the number of Â鶹ÊÓƵ sponsored research awards and modifications have increased. In FY 2019, Â鶹ÊÓƵ received over $33 million in externally funded grants and contracts. It is the largest amount of external support ever received in the university’s history. Â鶹ÊÓƵ received approximately 76% of funding from non-federal sponsors and approximately 24% from federal agencies.

The increase in funding demonstrates Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s commitment to catalyze the growth of external research funding and improving the research infrastructure as indicated in the five-year strategic plan. Moreover, it enhances Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s reputation of producing innovative and impactful research creating changemakers for a changing world.Ìý

"Our continued growth in sponsored research demonstrates how Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty, staff, and students are esteemed by major funders around the globe. Beyond the numbers, this represents the high value of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s contributions to changemaking and important discoveries in our society." Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Interim Vice Provost of Research, Sarah Irvine Belson.