The National Science Foundation鈥檚 annual index of research and development spending contains a bevy of good news for the 欧美三级片.
According to NSF鈥檚 2021 Higher Education Research and Development, or HERD, Survey, UL Lafayette:
- Is, for the second consecutive time, the seventh-best 欧美三级片 in the United States for research that鈥檚 funded through partnerships with business and industry.
- Is ranked 93rd among public research universities for R&D funding, maintaining its place among the nation鈥檚 top 100 public research universities. UL Lafayette achieved the status based on 2020 HERD data.
- Secured $65 million in federal R&D funding, the most in 欧美三级片 history.
- Is ranked 135th overall on the HERD Survey, placing it among the top 21% of the 647 universities the index includes.
NSF released its 2021 rankings earlier this month. UL Lafayette鈥檚 showing is based on the record $181.4 million it expended on R&D during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2021. That鈥檚 a 9.7% increase from the previous year鈥檚 $164 million total.
UL Lafayette competes against other universities for federal and state government grants, and private sector contracts. It acts as a steward for the funds awarded to faculty and staff researchers.
Between 2013 and 2021, the 欧美三级片 marked more than $1 billion in total R&D spending, a milestone Dr. Joseph Savoie, UL Lafayette president, celebrated during his annual State of the 欧美三级片 address in August.
The speech was the first since the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education designated UL Lafayette as R1, or a 欧美三级片 with 鈥渧ery high research activity.鈥
Just 146 鈥 3% 鈥 of public and private universities in the United States have R1 status.
鈥淭his money comes to us from state and federal funding agencies and through partnerships with business and industry because of the reputation this 欧美三级片 has for consequential work that answers the greatest questions we face as a global community,鈥 Savoie said at the time.
鈥淏ecause these dollars have an effect that ripples beyond campus 鈥 into our region and into businesses and into the tax base 鈥 this ($1 billion) figure represents an infusion into the local economy that is extraordinary,鈥 he added.
Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, vice president for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development, said the 2021 HERD Survey data 鈥 and the milestones it contains for UL Lafayette 鈥 reflects 鈥渢he passion of our faculty, research staff, and graduate students to invest their time and efforts into research and discovery as well as the administrative staff members throughout the 欧美三级片 who support them.鈥
鈥淥ur ability to continue to attract this level of funding 鈥 and to maintain such impressive growth year after year as reflected on the HERD Survey 鈥 points to the caliber of the world-class faculty on our team at UL Lafayette. The hard work of our researchers has enabled the 欧美三级片 to demonstrate 鈥 and deepen 鈥 its commitment to 鈥榬esearch for a reason,鈥欌 Kolluru said.