UT has reported its most impressive research year on record for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018, with $260 million in expenditures including projects to advance the development of hypersonic vehicles, further STEM education in East Tennessee, and study Antarctica as a means of better understanding Mars.
Key Stats:
- 2018 Total NIH funding: $41.7M
- 2019 Total R&D Expenditures: $208M
- 2020 Awards: $165M
- Federal funding accounted for $117.8 million of UT’s expenditures in fiscal year 2018, with the remainder coming from institutional, state and local government, business, nonprofit, and other funds.
- In fiscal year 2019, faculty members received seven National Science Foundation CAREER awards, an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship , and a European Union Collaborative fellowship.
- Award amounts have consistently remained higher in FY20 than in FY19, with $165 million awarded by the end of Q3 FY20, compared to $146 million awarded by the end of Q3 FY19 (approximately 13% increase).
