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Graduate Education and Research Plan Developing NSF Centers

Graduate Education and Research Plan Developing NSF Centers. NSF EPSCoR Fitzgerald B. Bramwell March 23, 2001. Five Year Planning Process. Committee on Graduate Education -1996 University Task Force on Research and Graduate Education-1997 1997 HB1 Top 20 Public University by 2020

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Graduate Education and Research Plan Developing NSF Centers

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  1. Graduate Education and Research PlanDeveloping NSF Centers NSF EPSCoRFitzgerald B. BramwellMarch 23, 2001

  2. Five Year Planning Process • Committee on Graduate Education -1996 • University Task Force on Research and Graduate Education-1997 • 1997 HB1 • Top 20 Public University by 2020 • 1998 UK Strategic Plan adopted

  3. Targeted Research Programs Medical Center • Gerontology and Aging • Advanced Medical Research • Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences • Toxicology

  4. Targeted Research Programs Lexington Campus • Computer Science and Electrical Engineering • Materials Synthesis • Plant Sciences

  5. Targeted Research Programs Lexington Campus • Biological Chemistry • Management and Economics • Psychology of Substance Abuse and Prevention • Geography

  6. Medical Center • 24 new faculty hired • 29 new graduate research assistants hired • $2.8 million spent on lab renovations • $295,000 spent on new equipment • $450,000 spent on startup expenses

  7. Lexington Campus • 30 new faculty hired • 41 new graduate research assistants hired • $966,000 spent on lab renovations • $1.16 million spent on startup expenses

  8. Graduate Student Support Initiative • 105 full tuition fellowships awarded since AY 98–99 (35 students a year) • 724 full tuition scholarships awarded to research assistants since AY 98–99 (241 students a year)

  9. $16 million spent on 11 targeted programs and graduate student support during FY 98-99

  10. $17.5 million in research equipment purchased in FY 99-00

  11. Faculty Success • Ted Hasselbring, College of Education • Phyllis Wise, College of Medicine • Henry Dietz, College of Engineering • Gail Robinson, College of Fine Arts • Greg Gerhardt, College of Medicine

  12. Endowment Program • FY 1998, infrastructure put in place to launch UK’s first comprehensive fund-raising campaign • FY 2000, UK major donors gave $66.7 million for endowments that were matched by RCTF (Phase II)

  13. Endowment Program • FY 2001, UK major donors are being asked for another $66.7 million for endowments that will be matched by RCTF (Phase III)

  14. Endowment Program • Before UK Capital Campaign • 23 endowed chairs • 45 endowed professorships

  15. Endowment Program • In the last two years: • Added 49 new endowed chairs (72 total) • Added 105 new professorships (150 total)

  16. Endowment Program • In the last two years: • 106 new fellowships, scholarships, and research support • 20 library endowments

  17. Industry Contribution • 12 aluminum companies pledged $1.45 million in 1999 to establish the Center for Aluminum Technology in the College of Engineering

  18. Endowment Program • By the end of FY 2001 • Endowment will be increased by $266.8 million from RCTF efforts

  19. R&D Expenditures Reported to NSF($ in millions)

  20. Research Ranking • NSF reports UK 32nd among public research universities and 49th overall in research expenditures

  21. External Research SupportGrants, Contracts and Gifts($ in millions) Totals do not include Community College System. Lexington Community College awards are included. 2001 total through 3/21/01

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