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from the issue of August 18, 2005
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External research dollars hit record level
BY KIM HACHIYA, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
A reputation for innovative research has drawn a record level of external funding to UNL.
According to the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, external research funding - which includes monies awarded for university research projects - has doubled from $49.2 million in 2000 to $98.3 million for the fiscal year that ended in June.
Of that total, $70.7 million came via federal sources.
Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and dean of graduate studies, credited UNL's faculty for achieving the new record despite increased competition for federal funds.
"Our faculty is consistently recognized for the quality of their intellectual output and research funding is an important indicator of a university's quality," Paul said. "Research is very competitive and only the best ideas get funded. UNL has created a good track record with the funding agencies by submitting innovative proposals and proving our ability to manage large projects."
He cited the April receipt of a $3 million grant from the Office of Naval Research's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Program.
That grant supports a team of engineering researchers to refine a process to coat surfaces with thin diamond films. More than 120 proposals were submitted to the competition and just 33, including UNL's, were funded, Paul said.
Research funding is not just about science and engineering, Paul said, emphasizing that UNL research ranges from studying soybean diesel fuel to Walt Whitman's poetry, from math education to prostate cancer research.
Research is also important to Nebraska's economy.
"The research by itself creates jobs," said Harvey Perlman, UNL chancellor. "This means that since 2000, we have created 1,450 jobs in Nebraska by the increase in our research."
Perlman also said research has the ability to draws students who are interested in cutting edge information and techniques that can only be learned from faculty engaged in research.
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