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   from the issue of September 8, 2005

     
 
External research dollars hit record level

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 faculty for achieving the 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."

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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