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Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Research
Melanie J. Loots
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
August 18, 2009
Research Highlights from FY09
Nancy Abelmann is New Associate Vice Chancellor for
Research for Humanities, Arts and Related Fields
Progress in four strategic areas
• Energy/Sustainability – Creation of the INRS
• Informatics – Blue Waters Petascale Computing, launch of eDream
Institute
• Integrated Sciences for Health – Division of Biomedical Sciences
• International Research Relations – Advanced Digital Sciences
Center launched in Singapore
Research Highlights from FY09
Tremendous faculty response to stimulus funding
opportunities for research and research infrastructure
(8/14 data)
• 277 proposals pending ($230.6M requested)
• 72 awards to date ($40.4M awarded)
State capital bill supports research and scholarship
• Lincoln Hall Renovation
• Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory
• Electrical and Computer Engineering Building
• Petascale Computing Facility
FY09 Research Expenditures were $357M, a
10% increase over FY08
State
$27M, 7%
Other
$23M, 6%
Private
$30M, 8%
Federal
$278M, 78%
OVCR Priorities
Ensure research is carried out in a safe, healthful
environmentally sound, and compliant manner.
Identify, initiate and sustain strategic, campuswide programs.
Enable units to sustain future growth by hiring and
retaining faculty.
Support individual research programs
OVCR Units and Programs
Research Assurance
Research Support Units
Campus Research Board
Strategic Programs
Research Units
www.research.illinois.edu
Research Assurance Units
Ensure research and economic development are carried out in
compliance with federal regulations and university policies
Human Subjects (and Scientific Diving)
Animal Care and Use
Research Standards
Research Safety – Bio, Chem, Radiation
Conflict of Interest Management
Stem Cells
OVCR Research Services
Office of Sponsored Programs and Research
Administration
Biotechnology Center
Committee on Natural Areas
Campus Research Board
New Research Initiatives
Research Assistantships
Equipment and Supplies Funding
Travel to Research Sites
Humanities Release Time
Scholars’ Travel
Research Scholars Program
www.research.illinois.edu/crb/index.asp
OVCR Strategic Programs
Washington D.C./Federal Agencies Representation
with Lewis-Burke
Division of Biomedical Sciences
International Research Partnerships
Argonne and Fermilab Collaborative Relations
• Scientific Advisory Committees/Boards
• DOE linkages
Research and Scholarship Units
Center for Advanced Study
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Institute for Genomic Biology
Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
Center for Advanced Study
Cross-Disciplinary Activity and Interaction
CAS Professorships
CAS Associates and Fellows
Co-sponsorship for Public Events
George A. Miller Visiting Professors and Scholars
CAS Resident Studies Program
www.cas.illinois.edu
National Center for Supercomputing
Applications
Home of the Blue Waters Consortium for Petascale
Computing
Deploying systems targeted to discipline-based researchers
and their problems
Large-scale supercomputing and data resources available to
researchers on and off campus
Expert User Services
NCSA Faculty Fellows Program and IACAT
www.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Blue Waters Petascale Computing Facility
Leverage unique petascale computing resource and global
connectivity
Integrate key areas of research and scholarship.
Develop new science and engineering applications
Provide specialized support for various disciplines.
Institute for Genomic Biology
Advancing life science research
and stimulating bio-economic
development in the state of
Illinois
The $75 million, 186,000
square foot state-of-the-art IGB
facility houses approximately
400 researchers in nine thematic
areas.
Home to the BP-funded Energy
Biosciences Institute (EBI)
www.igb.illinois.edu
WHAT
IS THE EBI? INSTITUTE
ENERGY
BIOSCIENCES
The Programs
 Ecosystem Impact and Sustainability of Feedstock
Production
 Engineering Solutions for Biomass
 Feedstock Production/Agronomy
 Assessing the Potential Impact of Insect Pests and Plant
Pathogens on the Biomass Production of Miscanthus and
Switchgrass
 Genomics-Enabled Improvement of Andropogoneae
Grasses as Feedstocks for Enhanced Biofuel Production
 Biochemistry, Structure, and Engineering of Enzymes to
Overcome Biomass Recalcitrance
 Engineering of Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacteria to
Improve Biocatalysis of Plant Cell Wall Deconstruction.
 Engineering a Yeast Strain that Efficiently Utilizes
C5/C6 Sugars
 Biofuels: Law and Regulation
 Economic and Environmental Impacts of Biofuels:
Implications for Land Use and Policy
 Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery
Status
 New model for academic-business
collaboration.
 Largest single corporate investment in
Second Generation Biofuels.
 Solely funded by BP; 10 year
commitment; Illinois 2009 budget $21M
 Unique integration of domains ranging
from crops to fuel and environment to law
 First 3 patents filed for University within
1st year.
Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
Incorporates the four Illinois State Scientific Surveys into a
single Institute within the University
• Illinois State Geological Survey
• Illinois State Water Survey
• Illinois Natural History Survey
• Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
The $42 million institute has 540 employees
www.research.illinois.edu/inrs
Contact Information
Melanie Loots
419 Swanlund
333-0034
[email protected]