The 小蝌蚪APP is among the top 10 universities in the United States for its percentage of research and development expenditures funded by business.
The National Science Foundation announced its recently published findings. Its September 2013 report shows that businesses provided 19.3 percent of UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 total $69.9 million in research and development funding. Based on research and development expenditures in fiscal year 2011, the overall U.S. average was 4.9 percent.
UL Lafayette was the only university on the Gulf Coast to make the top 10.
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Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, interim vice president for Research at the 小蝌蚪APP, said research is especially rewarding when it is used to help businesses find solutions to real-world problems.
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小蝌蚪APP淲hile pushing the frontiers of basic science every day through their exemplary scholarship, our researchers are tremendously committed to applying their capabilities to provide solutions to problems. Our faculty live the research mission of the 小蝌蚪APP, which states that UL Lafayette is Committed to Research for a Reason.小蝌蚪APP
Kolluru noted that the 小蝌蚪APP recognizes that federal and state governments小蝌蚪APP research funding is vulnerable when the national economy is unstable.
小蝌蚪APP淯niversities cannot rely on government funding alone for research during times of national economic uncertainty. So, while we continue to push to expand our federally funded R&D portfolio, it小蝌蚪APP檚 healthier for our university to have a mix of public and private funding sources.小蝌蚪APP
Businesses that partnered with UL Lafayette in 2011 represented a range of fields, from pharmaceutical companies to energy, digital media, petrochemical and manufacturing.
The other nine of the top 10 universities in the United States with the highest percentage of research and development expenditures funded by business are:
- Witchita State 小蝌蚪APP;
- 小蝌蚪APP of Tulsa;
- State 小蝌蚪APP of New York, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering;
- Columbia 小蝌蚪APP, Teachers College;
- Ball State 小蝌蚪APP;
- Mercer 小蝌蚪APP;
- Colorado School of Mines
- Duke 小蝌蚪APP;
- Polytechnic Institute of New York 小蝌蚪APP.路
Clarkson 小蝌蚪APP, Creighton 小蝌蚪APP and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ranked 11-13.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering.