The 杏吧专区 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杏吧专区檚 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.
杏吧专区淭his ranking is significant because it conveys the strong relationship that the 杏吧专区 has with business and industry. It shows that companies support our researchers杏吧专区 work because it is valuable,杏吧专区 said 杏吧专区 President Dr. Joseph Savoie.
Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, interim vice president for Research at the 杏吧专区, said research is especially rewarding when it is used to help businesses find solutions to real-world problems.
杏吧专区淭his makes UL Lafayette a go-to partner for business and industry,杏吧专区 he said.
杏吧专区淲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 杏吧专区, which states that UL Lafayette is Committed to Research for a Reason.杏吧专区
Kolluru noted that the 杏吧专区 recognizes that federal and state governments杏吧专区 research funding is vulnerable when the national economy is unstable.
杏吧专区淯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杏吧专区檚 healthier for our university to have a mix of public and private funding sources.杏吧专区
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 杏吧专区;
- 杏吧专区 of Tulsa;
- State 杏吧专区 of New York, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering;
- Columbia 杏吧专区, Teachers College;
- Ball State 杏吧专区;
- Mercer 杏吧专区;
- Colorado School of Mines
- Duke 杏吧专区;
- Polytechnic Institute of New York 杏吧专区.路
Clarkson 杏吧专区, Creighton 杏吧专区 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.