{"id":4782,"date":"2023-07-31T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=4782"},"modified":"2024-07-09T13:43:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:43:02","slug":"purdue-research-awards-and-philanthropic-fundraising-both-new-records-in-fiscal-year-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q3\/purdue-research-awards-and-philanthropic-fundraising-both-new-records-in-fiscal-year-2023","title":{"rendered":"Purdue research awards and philanthropic fundraising both new records in fiscal year 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Purdue University has announced it reached new milestones in both research awards and gift funding for fiscal year 2022-23, shattering previous records for both research funding and donor giving to the university. Purdue received $613 million in research awards during the fiscal year that ran from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. Concurrently, Purdue received a record $610 million in private contributions. These two new records mark the first time in university history that either category surpassed $600 million in a year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cExcellence at scale is both reflected in and further supported by these two new watermarks, simultaneously achieved at Purdue this past year,\u201d Purdue President Mung Chiang said. \u201cAnnual percentage increases around 10% for research funding and for philanthropic gifts continue the compounding rise and are based on the persistent pursuit in excellence by our faculty, staff and students and the incredible generosity of Boilermaker family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Funding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The university\u2019s total research awards have steadily climbed each year since 2013. The total amount represents a 9% increase in awards from fiscal year 2022 and a 92% hike over the last 11 years (FY 2013 to FY 2023), with this year\u2019s funding supporting approximately 3,500 research projects. This year’s funding is\u00a0benchmarked as high for a university without either a medical school or a major Department of Defense establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of this record funding, Purdue has seen a significant uptick in larger awards from federal agencies through highly competitive processes, which account for 70% of the research funding at Purdue, with the U.S. Department of Defense topping the list for the first time at $98 million. In FY23, DoD authorized $20 million to advance SCALE, the preeminent U.S. program for semiconductor workforce development in the defense sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other top sponsors include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the National Institute of Health ($95 million), National Science Foundation ($81 million), U.S. Department of Agriculture ($62 million), U.S. Department of Energy ($41 million) and state and local government ($43 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private industry also contributed nearly $90 million to support Purdue research, and the university signed 11 master research agreements, including a new commitment of $50 million from Eli Lilly and Company toward a five-year strategic research collaboration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis new record for research awards funding demonstrates the strength of Purdue research and, perhaps even more importantly, the impact of our work by our faculty, staff and students,\u201d said Karen Plaut, executive vice president for research. \u201cThrough concentrated effort, Purdue has successfully increased the diversity of our funding sources, providing more opportunities for our researchers across all areas of study and training the next generation of scientific leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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