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Graduate Education and Research Plan Developing NSF Centers. NSF EPSCoR Fitzgerald B. Bramwell March 23, 2001. Five Year Planning Process. Committee on Graduate Education -1996 University Task Force on Research and Graduate Education-1997 1997 HB1 Top 20 Public University by 2020
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Graduate Education and Research PlanDeveloping NSF Centers NSF EPSCoRFitzgerald B. BramwellMarch 23, 2001
Five Year Planning Process • Committee on Graduate Education -1996 • University Task Force on Research and Graduate Education-1997 • 1997 HB1 • Top 20 Public University by 2020 • 1998 UK Strategic Plan adopted
Targeted Research Programs Medical Center • Gerontology and Aging • Advanced Medical Research • Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences • Toxicology
Targeted Research Programs Lexington Campus • Computer Science and Electrical Engineering • Materials Synthesis • Plant Sciences
Targeted Research Programs Lexington Campus • Biological Chemistry • Management and Economics • Psychology of Substance Abuse and Prevention • Geography
Medical Center • 24 new faculty hired • 29 new graduate research assistants hired • $2.8 million spent on lab renovations • $295,000 spent on new equipment • $450,000 spent on startup expenses
Lexington Campus • 30 new faculty hired • 41 new graduate research assistants hired • $966,000 spent on lab renovations • $1.16 million spent on startup expenses
Graduate Student Support Initiative • 105 full tuition fellowships awarded since AY 98–99 (35 students a year) • 724 full tuition scholarships awarded to research assistants since AY 98–99 (241 students a year)
$16 million spent on 11 targeted programs and graduate student support during FY 98-99
Faculty Success • Ted Hasselbring, College of Education • Phyllis Wise, College of Medicine • Henry Dietz, College of Engineering • Gail Robinson, College of Fine Arts • Greg Gerhardt, College of Medicine
Endowment Program • FY 1998, infrastructure put in place to launch UK’s first comprehensive fund-raising campaign • FY 2000, UK major donors gave $66.7 million for endowments that were matched by RCTF (Phase II)
Endowment Program • FY 2001, UK major donors are being asked for another $66.7 million for endowments that will be matched by RCTF (Phase III)
Endowment Program • Before UK Capital Campaign • 23 endowed chairs • 45 endowed professorships
Endowment Program • In the last two years: • Added 49 new endowed chairs (72 total) • Added 105 new professorships (150 total)
Endowment Program • In the last two years: • 106 new fellowships, scholarships, and research support • 20 library endowments
Industry Contribution • 12 aluminum companies pledged $1.45 million in 1999 to establish the Center for Aluminum Technology in the College of Engineering
Endowment Program • By the end of FY 2001 • Endowment will be increased by $266.8 million from RCTF efforts
Research Ranking • NSF reports UK 32nd among public research universities and 49th overall in research expenditures
External Research SupportGrants, Contracts and Gifts($ in millions) Totals do not include Community College System. Lexington Community College awards are included. 2001 total through 3/21/01