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World class professors. High-quality undergraduate and graduate programs.

The University of Arizona The Leading Public Research University in the American Southwest Highlights. World class professors. High-quality undergraduate and graduate programs. Nationally ranked programs. Focus on research, access, and excellence.

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World class professors. High-quality undergraduate and graduate programs.

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  1. The University of ArizonaThe Leading Public Research University in the American SouthwestHighlights

  2. World class professors. High-quality undergraduate and graduate programs. Nationally ranked programs. Focus on research, access, and excellence. Everything You Expect from a Great University.

  3. $632 million in research expenditures. Ranked #19 of public universities in the U.S. by National Science Foundation. Ranked #1 in astronomy. Extraordinary research opportunities for students in every discipline. A Leading Public Research University.

  4. 4 University Research Provides Long-Term Solutions. • Fundamental knowledge for future application • Innovation, application, and commercialization for practical use • A talented workforce of pioneers and leaders All enhance the economic and general well-being of Arizona’s population.

  5. Broad Research Excellence. • Five areas of sustained strategic emphasis: • Space sciences , #1 in the country • Create largest telescopes in the world • OSIRIS-REx project $800M ($170M to UA) • Biosciences and biotechnology • BIO5 Institute, including $50M iPlant and Translational Medicine Institute • College of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix • College of Agriculture & Life Sciences • Environment, water, and energy • Institute of the Environment • SW Climate Science Center • Optics/Information technology • College of Optical Sciences • Southwest and borderland life, language, and culture • Confluence Center

  6. Research at UA can be done nowhere else • Landscape Evolution Laboratory at Biosphere2 • Steward Mirror Lab • Ultra-high Temperature Materials Lab World-class research facilities.

  7. Overall Statewide Economic Impact. 49,000 jobs $2.5 billion in economic impact of UA and UAHN A total economic impact of $5.6 billion U of A Research expenditures from competitively awarded funding generates $1.2 Billion in impact and supports 8,728 jobs. FY 2012 Data

  8. Some research highlights. Led NASA’s mission to Mars. First public university to lead a NASA mission. UA receives more NASA funding for planetary sciences research than any other university.  UA Mirror Lab builds the mirrors for the largest, most powerful optical telescopes in the world.

  9. 9 Optical science  ultrafast, ultrabright fiber lasers • Nasser Peyghambarian, PhD, Prof. of Optical Sciences and Materials Science & Engineering • Founder & Chairman, NP Photonics Inc. • High-speed electronics and advanced fiber optics manufacturing • PI, NSF Engineering Research • Center for Integrated Access Networks • UA is lead in a multi-university consortium creating transformative technologies for optical methods of interfacing networks

  10. 10 Medicine, physics, engineering  SynCardia Total Artificial Heart • Co-founders • Marvin Slepian, MD, Prof. of Medicine, UA • Richard Smith, MSEE/CCE, electrical and computer engineer, UAHN • Tucson-based company makes world’s first and only FDA-approved total artificial heart • February 2012 – 1,000th implant • May 2012 –2012 Medical Design Excellence Award for first portable artificial heart

  11. Research Challenge. • Facilitating the process • Aligning resources • Improving research communications • Large proposal support • Optimize research space • Streamline contracting • Optimize responsible conduct of research • Double research expenditures to $1.2B by 2020 • Research initiatives >> faculty >> buildings and equipment

  12. 13 Investing in Research Excellence • Select areas for strategic investment • Capitalize on our interdisciplinary “gene” – focus on BIG projects that require teams, include industry partners • Sustain top status areas – e.g., space sciences • Grow in areas of opportunity – e.g., biomedicine UA is relatively lower in NIH funding UA is near top in NASA funding (#2 in 2009, #4 in 2010) * percent of portfolio * * *

  13. 14 Summary: Growing Research to Grow Innovation (Flinn Foundation) • Expand research: IDEAS • We pursue novel fundamental science and applied research • Big projects: interdisciplinary, multi-investigator, multi-institutional • Increase TALENT • “How do we double research?” becomes “How do we hire the most exciting, active faculty members?” • Competitive salaries will be key to hiring and retention • Those talented faculty will educate students, producing new talent • We must increase financial support for graduate students • Enhance tech commercialization: CAPITAL • Increase funding for proof-of-concept studies • Need increased angel and venture capital in Arizona

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