4.15.2010: NC State's Centers & Institutes

Centers & Institutes

Solving mission critical

challenges for North Carolina

and beyond

15 April 2010

Terri L. LomaxVice Chancellor for Research and Graduate

Studies

2010 Report

The Role of NC State’s Centers & Institutes

Multidisciplinary challenges call for multidisciplinary approaches.

Our Centers & Institutes are built to do just that: Address real-world challenges with academic, industrial, and

governmental “team science.”

The underlying mission for Centers and Institutes is to bring together the best knowledge, facilities, and research teams, to develop the best solutions for North Carolina, the nation, and

beyond.

Q: Why do we support Centers & Institutes?

The Role of NC State’s Centers & Institutes

Centers & Institutes foster the development of our next generation of leaders:

Last year, 2,629 students participated in team research and industry-relevant methods to enhance career competitiveness,

and significant mentorship opportunities.

Q: Why do we support Centers & Institutes?

The Roster of NC State’s Centers & Institutes

Centers 45

Institutes 12

Total 57

The roster as of April 15, 2010:

Centers 2

Institutes 1

Total in Planning 3

Currently in planning:

Industry members:

Total industry members 158

NC State’s Centers & Institutes Currently “in Planning”

Centers/Institutes currently “in planning”: Managing Unit:

North Carolina Institute for Climate Science

(NCICS – inter-institutional institute)

Research & Graduate Studies (RGS)

NextGen Air Transportation Center at ITRE (NGAT) Research & Graduate Studies (RGS)

Center for Analytical Paleontology (CAP) Physical & Mathematical Sciences (PAMS)

Centers/Institutes in the pipeline: Managing Unit:

Forensic Sciences Institute Research & Graduate Studies (RGS)

Digital Games Research Center Engineering (COE)

The Return on Investment: A Look at 2009 – 2010 Budget

Total Combined Budget

from External Grants/Awards

from Direct State Appropriations

from Private Gifts

from Dept/College/Unit State General Funds

from “Other”

$138,336,994

$104,985,166 $12,836,914 $1,908,184 $10,110,957 $8,495,773

$1,908,184 (1%) Private Gifts

$10,110,957 (7%) Dept/College/Unit

State General Funds

$8,495,773 (6%)Other

$104,985,166

(77%)External Grants/Awards

$12,836,914 (9%)Direct State Appropriations

For every $1 of direct state appropriations received, Centers & Institutes attract an additional $9.70 from other sources.

The Return on Investment: A Look at Direct State Appropriations

$104,985,166


How Do We Leverage Direct State Appropriations?

Direct State Appropriations

External Funds Leveraged

Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education $540,000 $674,595

Center for Urban Affairs and Community Services $149,292 $8,505,302

Friday Institute $1,778,493 $6,887,508

Furniture Manufacturing and Management Center $442,286 $46,215

Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Educational Center $5,156,214 $820,950

Institute for Emerging Issues $365,000 $480,972

Institute for Transportation Research & Education $370,825 $6,328,049

NC Sea Grant College Program $1,194,206 $2,652,414

Nonwovens Institute $261,205 $2,460,408

Nuclear Reactor Program $437,771 $85,959

Small Business and Technology Development Center $1,571,940 $4,510,014

Water Resources Research Institute $569,682 $1,436,028

$12,836,914 $34,888,414

The Return on Investment: Leveraging Direct State Appropriations

$104,985,166


Total Budget of Centers & Institutes that Receive Direct State Appropriations:

$83,180 (<1%) Private Gifts

$28,172,927


Total Budget Combined

External Grants/Awards

Direct State Appropriations

Private Gifts Dept/College/Unit State General Funds

Other

$47,725,328 $28,172,927 $12,836,914 $83,180 $2,619,339 $4,012,967

$12,836,914 (27%) Direct State

Appropriations

$4,012,967 (8%) Other

$2,619,339 (6%)Dept/College/Unit

State General Funds

For every $1 of direct state appropriations received, the 12 Centers & Institutes that receive those funds attract an additional $2.70 from other sources.

IMPACT: NC State’s Centers & Institutes

Bringing together students, teachers, researchers, policy-makers,

educational professionals, and community members, the Friday Institute is a center for fostering

collaborations to improve education.

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

The Friday Institute engages 2,300 schools, 47,000 teachers, 1.4 million K-12 students

North Carolina’s Race to the Top:On March 16, North Carolina’s team, including Glenn Kleiman, Executive Director of the Friday Institute, presented our Race to the Top Proposal to the U.S. Department of Education (USED). North Carolina was one of sixteen finalists. Winners from this round will be announced in early April with a second round of applications due in June.

For more information visit www.fi.ncsu.edu/

Institute for Maintenance Science & Technology (IMST)

H-46 helicopter rotor tip lights for night flights are expensive to repair in their current configuration. IMST designed, developed, and demonstrated the feasibility of a new wireless system that will increase reliability while reducing maintenance cost.

IMST uses advanced manufacturing to sustain equipment subjected to extreme environmental conditions including aircraft, land-based, and sea-based equipment.

IMST is working to attract a cluster of industries – aerospace, automotive, power generation, and marine – to engage in team research.

For more information visit www.mse.ncsu.edu/imst/

The IMPACT: NC State’s Centers & Institutes

WRRI’s current research priorities are:

Water Availability, Use and Climate Interaction Drinking Water Quality Surface Water Quality Management Urbanization Impacts on Water Quality Aquatic Ecosystem Functions and Instream Flow Needs Waste Management Ground Water

Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI)

For more information visit www.ncsu.edu/wrri/

WRRI serves ~9.4 million NC citizens by providing research, education, &

public service expertise to the largest urban water utilities in the state.


The Nuclear Reactor Program (NRP)

For more information visit www.ne.ncsu.edu/NRP/reactor_program.html

In 1953, NC State became the first university in the world to host a nuclear reactor for teaching, research, and service to the public.

Today, the Nuclear Reactor Program is the only program of its kind in North Carolina, and offers the following nuclear services to the research community:

Neutron Activation Analysis Neutron Radiography Radioisotope Production

In September 2007, NC State researchers produced the most intense low-energy positron

(antimatter electron) beam operating anywhere in the world via the PULSTAR reactor.

http://www.ncsu.edu/featured-stories/innovation-discovery/oct-2007/antimatter-nuclear/index.php


NC State’s Centers & Institutes

Questions? Solving mission critical

challenges for North Carolina

and beyond

Terri L. LomaxVice Chancellor for

Research and Graduate Studies