Research Trends Richard O. Buckius Vice President for Research Academic Leadership Forum

1. Research Trends Richard O. Buckius Vice President for Research Academic Leadership Forum March 31, 2010

2. Discovery at Purdue • Highlights and Trends • Investments in Research • Years Ahead

3. Discovery Highlights • Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) • $ 25 M, 5 year grant • NIH • Only national clinical and translational sciences institute that’s a statewide research laboratory • Partnership between three major universitiesand key community and business partners in the state Connie WeaverDeputy Director

5. Discovery Highlights • Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE) • $15 million • U.S. Department of Homeland Security • July 2009 to June 2015 • 15 national and international university collaborators PI: D. Ebert

7. Discovery Highlights • Center for the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Bioenergy (C3Bio) • $15 million • Energy Frontier Research Center, Department of Energy • August 2009 to July 2014 • Purdue researchers from Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science • 3 major university and national laboratory collaborators PI: M. McCann

9. Discovery Highlights • Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) • $105 million • National Science Foundation • October 2009 to September 2014 • 14 university equipment sites; 7 partner institutions

11. Discovery Highlights • Emerging Frontiers of Science of Information • $25 million • Science and Technology Center, National Science Foundation • June 2010 to May 2015 • 14 Purdue faculty from 6 campus units • 8 partner institutions PI: W. Szpankowski

12. Discovery Highlights • Liberal Arts creative works in FY 2009

13. Research Trends

14. Research Trends • Federal awards increased 18% overall. Significant increases in federal support were received from DOE, DOT, NSF, and DOD, with increases of 60%, 46%, 24%, and 14%, respectively. • Industry research awards continue to be strong and increasing –with a 2.2% increase over last year.

15. Research Trends • Industry and Foundation support continues to increase.

16. Peer Comparisons 2008 NSF Survey R&D Total Expenditures

17. Peer Comparisons

18. Discovery at Purdue • Highlights and Trends • Investments in Research • Years Ahead

19. Cost of Research • Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs • Real costs incurred for common or joint objectives • Cannot be identified readily and specifically with a particular sponsored project, an instructional activity, or any other institutional activity • Principles and costs are defined by the Office of Management and Budget in Circular A-21 • Purdue F&A costs rates: • Purdue’s A-21 justified rates: • Facilities rate – 33.69% • Administrative rate – 29.74% • Total – 63.43% • Administrative rate – capped by federal law at 26% • Final negotiated F&A rate for FY11 – 54.0%

20. Facilities and Administration Costs • Facilities • Operation and maintenance expenses • Library expenses • Depreciation and use allowances • Interest on debt associated with certain buildings • Equipment and capital improvements • Administration • Departmental administration • Sponsored projects administration • General administration and general expenses (such as financial management, management information systems, and general counsel) • Student administration and services

21. F&A Costs FY09

22. F&A Costs

23. F&A Costs • Unrecovered F&A Costs • U.S. contract with research universities • Discovery mission of Purdue • Purdue F&A Investment Examples – Industry/Foundation Awards • Gates Foundation Award – Encouraging • Regional Trade with Hermetic Storage for • Cowpea in West and Central Africa, $11.4M, 10% • Lumina Foundation is 20%

24. F&A Costs • Purdue F&A Investment Examples – Major Federal Awards • REU rate is 25% • Education/fellowships awards rates range from 36% to 0% • Purdue F&A Investment Examples – USDA, State, PRF, … Awards • PRF recovery is 0% • USDA – Extension Disaster Network, $1.7 M, 0% • Nation AgrAbiltity Project, $1.1 M, 0%

25. Peer Comparisons NSF Survey Institution Funds10-year Average (’99-’08)

26. Peer Comparisons 2008 IPEDS Survey Research Expenses Dollars Per Student

27. Discovery at Purdue • Highlights and Trends • Investments in Research • Years Ahead

28. Years Ahead • Research Themes • Life and health sciences • Sustainability - energy, environment and climate change • Security, defense and space sciences • Cyber and information technology • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education

29. Years Ahead Sponsored Programs Budget Projections

30. Research Trends F&A Recovered

31. Years Ahead • People • Processes • Partnerships • Facilities

32. # Collab. Awards Purdue Partners 100 50 10

33. University Partners

34. Corporate and Foundation Partners

35. Research Facilities Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering – completed 2006 Wayne T. and Mary T. Hockmeyer Hall – completed Fall 2009

36. Discovery Park • Seeks to catalyze interdisciplinary interactions that transcend academic boundaries of faculty, staff, and students, toward discovery with engagement and learning Birck Nanotechnology Center – completed October 2005 • $27M in new research equipment • 113,000 ft2 (assignable) laboratory space • 93,000 ft2 (assignable) office and support space Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship – completed October 2004 Bindley Bioscience Center – completed October 2005 Gerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall – completed Spring 2007 Hall for Discovery and Learning Research – completed Fall 2009

37. Discovery Park • Bindley Bioscience Center Addition • $14.9M; 19k ASF • NIH • Translational interdisciplinary cancer research

38. Thank You!