Research
Since 1867, the University of Illinois has been on the cutting edge
of research and discovery. Research at the University has yielded
revolutionary innovations such as the Mosaic Web browser, new plant
varieties and the discovery of a third domain of life — a group
of single-celled microorganisms called archaea.
University of Illinois faculty scholars and researchers attract
thousands of separate grants and contracts that range from tens of
thousands of dollars to multi-year, multi-million dollar projects.
Highlights
- Both the Urbana and Chicago campuses are among the 96 universities
in the nation that are classified by the Carnegie Foundation as having
very high research activity.
- According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), both the
Urbana and Chicago campuses are in the top 100 in the nation for
federal science and engineering support; Urbana ranks 36th
and Chicago ranks 47th.
- There are more than 150 research centers and institutes on the
Urbana campus that perform research for government agencies,
industry and campus units.
- Two University of Illinois faculty members on the Urbana campus
won Nobel prizes in 2003. Paul Lauterbur shared the Nobel in physiology
or medicine with Sir Peter Mansfield for their work in magnetic resonance.
Anthony Leggett shared the Nobel in physics with Alexei Abrikosov and
Vitaly Ginzberg for their pioneering work on the theory of superconductors
and superfluids.
- The Urbana campus is partnering with the University of California
at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to form
the Energy Biosciences Institute, a $500 million research initiative
funded by BP in early 2007.
- The Chicago campus is the recipient of a four-year, $16 million
grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for its ImpacTeen project
that focuses on economic, environmental, and policy influences on
youth substance use, obesity and physical activity.
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