The amount of federal monetary awards that went to research at the University of Connecticut has doubled in the past four years, it was announced at the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday morning.
In her 12-minute slideshow presentation titled “UConn Research, Envisioning Tomorrow,” Radenka Maric, UConn’s vice president for research, innovation and entrepreneurship, showed that the amount of federal research dollars earmarked for the university went from $184 million in fiscal year 2017 to $375 million in fiscal year 2021.
More than half – or 52% – of the federal awards came from Health & Human Services and, of that amount, the National Institute of Health accounted for 88% of the funding. In addition, 21% of the research funding came from the National Science Foundation.
In addition, Maric’s 23-page slideshow also highlighted statistics on the school’s Technology Incubation Program, or TIP.
Maric’s presentation showed there were five new UConn faculty startups in fiscal year 2021 and that $8.6 million was raised by those specific UConn TIP startups. In total, Maric’s presentation showed there are 62 UConn TIP companies and that $71 million in funds were raised by those TIP companies.