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RESEARCH @ UNLV
An Update on Research Activities
Dr. Thomas C. Piechota, Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Oct. 16, 2015
Slide2PRESIDENT LEN JESSUP
Welcome
Slide3FY2015 HighlightsSponsored Research Metrics:
609 Proposals Submitted ($226,756,850)367 Awards Funded ($50,658,340)State Investment in Research
Connection of research with community needsInterdisciplinary Research
Slide4Annual Report FY2015
Slide5Proposals
Fiscal
Year
Proposals
FY08
$228,366,587
FY09
$326,594,089
FY10
$323,327,776
FY11
$210,857,602
FY12
$281,270,704
FY13
$203,337,011
FY14$274,921,676FY15$226,756,850
Slide6Awards
*Sponsored Programs includes Research, Instruction & Training, and Other Sponsored Activity (i.e. Public Service, Student Services, etc.), (
Beginning in FY08 Financial Aid data was removed from Sponsored Program Reporting).
FiscalYear
Sponsored
Programs*
Research
FY08
$61,139,758
$39,844,720
FY09
$59,874,418
$40,097,479
FY10
$65,222,872
$38,381,001
FY11$56,090,962$40,398,054FY12$40,772,216$22,565,629FY13$43,204,579
$26,585,099
FY14
$59,636,152
$41,477,222
FY15$50,658,340$32,082,224
Slide7Expenditures
*Sponsored Programs includes Research, Instruction & Training, and Other Sponsored Activity (i.e. Public Service, Student Services, etc.),
(Beginning in FY08 Financial Aid data was removed from Sponsored Program Reporting).*NSF Reported Expenditures for FY2015 is estimated.
Fiscal
Year
Sponsored
Programs*
Research
NSF
Reported
FY08
$74,568,354
$46,765,293
$53,320,000
FY09
$59,359,059
$36,156,589$41,652,000FY10$62,414,679$35,913,552$44,457,000FY11$50,210,861$32,581,329$39,526,000
FY12
$42,924,520
$27,072,642
$34,543,000
FY13$44,593,471$27,649,163
$35,935,000
FY14
$48,144,405
$31,027,377
$39,448,000FY15$49,262,898$31,641,467$40,236,960*
Slide8FY2015 Sources of Funding
*Beginning in FY08 Financial Aid data was removed from Sponsored Programs Reporting
Source
Awards
Amount
Federal*
131
$31,562,706
Federal Pass Through
141
$13,430,417
State
47
$2,381,089
Industry/Foundations
42
$2,830,597Local6$453,531Total367$50,658,340
Slide9Disclosures & Patent Applications
Fiscal
Year
Disclosures
Submitted
Patents
Filed
FY08
13
10
FY09
14
8
FY10
3
4
FY1163FY1295FY131814
FY14
37
32
FY15
3447
Slide10Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approvals
Fiscal
Year
Biomedical
Social/
Behavioral
Total
FY08
61
235
296
FY09
75
254
329
FY10
91228319FY1193230323FY12
75
214
289
FY13
77184261
FY14
122
200
322
FY15109186295
Slide11Issued Patents
Slide122014 Issued Patents8,703,756“Synthetic
Procedure and Cancer Treatment with Cisplatin Derivatives”Bryan
Spangelo, Van Vo, Pradip Bhowmik, Ontida Tanthmanatham, & Haesook
Han8,663,429
“Hollow
Glass Microsphere Candidates for Reversible Hydrogen Storage,
Particularly
for Vehicular
Applications”
Kristina
Lipinska-Kalita
& Oliver Hemmers
Slide132015 Issued Patents9,105,434 “High Current, High Energy Beam Focusing Element”
Bob Schill
9,079,935 “Reducing Risk of Contracting Clostridium-Difficile Associate Disease”
Ernesto Abel-Santos & Amber Howerton
Slide14Start Ups
Slide15Faculty Opportunity Awards
Slide16Faculty Opportunity Awards Impact
Investment Payout
$1 : $5.70
Proposal Success~31%
11 Research Disclosures Submitted & 14 Patent Applications Filed
Slide17Faculty Opportunity Awards ImpactSmart Insoles for Diabetic Patients Mohamed Trabia & Janet
Dufek
Slide18Faculty Opportunity Awards Impact
Center for Robotics
Slide19Faculty Opportunity Awards FY2016New solicitation announced end of October, 2015Submission date of approximately end of January, 2016
3 Project Categories:Individual Investigator Innovation/Technology Development
Collaborative Interdisciplinary ResearchEmerging Area Seed GrantCenter of Excellence Challenge Grant
Reviewed by Research Council, CoRE Council, and external reviewers (where appropriate)
Slide20Research InfrastructureResearch Computing Network
Slide21Research InfrastructureAnimal Care Facility Expansion (2016)
Slide22Research InfrastructureProposal Development SupportResearch SpaceCore Labs
Slide23Featured Research InitiativesKnowledge Fund ProjectsNational Institute of Personalized Medicine
Center for Gaming InnovationUNLV Unmanned Aerial Systems/RoboticsMountain West Clinical Translational Research – Infrastructure Network
Solar Energy-Water-Environment NexusBattery Research & Tesla
Slide24Knowledge Fund Projects
Nevada Institute of Personalized MedicineMartin Schiller, Executive Director
External Advisory Board
Executive Director
UNLV Advisory Board
Slide25Knowledge Fund Projects
Center for Gaming InnovationMark
Yoseloff, Executive Director, Center for Gaming InnovationBo Bernhard, Executive Director, International Gaming Institute
Slide26Unmanned Aerial Systems/RoboticsPaul Oh, Lincy Professor of Unmanned Aerial Systems
Slide27Unmanned Aerial Systems/RoboticsTwo New Surveys Assess Public Attitudes Toward Unmanned Aerial SystemsJoel Lieberman, Professor/ChairTerance Miethe, Professor
Symposium on UAS in Nevada – Implications for Privacy, Law and Technology: Oct. 16, 2014
Dan Hamilton, Dean, William S. Boyd School of Law
Rebecca
Scharf
, Associate Professor
Slide28Mountain West Clinical Translational Research – Infrastructure Network
Bob Langer, Research Professor
Carl
Reiber
, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Carolyn
Yucha
, Dean, School of Nursing
John Mercer,
Slide29Mountain West Clinical Translational Research – Infrastructure Network (Pilot Grants)
Wendy Woodall, Co-Associate Dean & Associate Professor, School of Dental MedicineERH screening Medical/Dental Risk Factors and Cardio Vascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, and Sleep Disorders
Michael Neubauer, Associate Professor in Residence General Practice Residency ProgramImpact of Periodontal Disease on Outcomes in Diabetes
Slide30NSF Solar Energy-Water-Environment NexusResearch to Explore Solar Energy, Water, and Environmental IssuesBob Boehm, Director of the Center for Energy ResearchJaci Batista, Professor
Slide31Battery Research and Tesla
Slide32Recognition of Top Researchers
Slide33Melva Thompson-Robinson, Associate ProfessorMark Buttner, Associate ProfessorPatricia Cruz Perez, Associate ProfessorCarolee Dodge Francis, Associate ProfessorShawn
Gerstenberger, Interim Dean, School of Community Health Sciences
Community Health Sciences
Slide34HRSA Behavioral Health
Workforce Education
Ramona Denby
-Brinson, Professor/Lincy Senior Resident Scholar of Social SevicesJoanne Thompson, Professor/Director of School of Social
Work
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals
Grant
Slide35Health Care DesignAttila Lawrence, Professor
Slide36Other Research Highlights
NEH Libraries ProjectJason Vaughn, Director, Libraries TechnologiesCory Lampert
, Head of Digital Collections
Educational Psychology
Gregg
Schraw
, Professor/Director of the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment
Business
Darryl Seale, Professor
Cost-sharing Allocation in Directed Networks Project
Slide37Scholarship in Physics and AstronomyBing Zhang, ProfessorDaniel Proga, Professor
Changfeng
Chen, ProfessorYusheng Zhao, Professor
Slide38Human Health and NutritionAnthropologyAlyssa Crittenden, Lincy Assistant Professor
Slide39Economic Development Highlights
Engineering – License AgreementKwang Kim, Professor
Slide40Thank you!