Research Funding Highlights FY16-17

Our ability to attract a record $508 million in research funding, while remarkable, only hints at the transformational impact we are creating. It is a tribute to the innovative mindset and excellence of our faculty, researchers and staff, as well as the undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, entrepreneurs, and government and industry partners who are so vital to our work.

Research funding highlights

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Total awards: $508 million

  • Federal agencies: $354 million
    • Commerce: 23%
    • NSF: 22%
    • NASA: 22%
    • NIH: 13%
    • Defense: 7%
    • Energy: 7%
    • Other: 4%
    • Education: 2%
  • International, nonprofits and other: $89 million
  • Other universities: $35 million
  • Industry: $24 million
  • State of Colorado: $6 million