University of Cincinnati Research awards reach a record $314 million
The University of Cincinnati received a record $314 million in research awards in 2023, a 17% increase from a year earlier, the school announced in February.
Thanks to what it says are new innovations across its colleges, UC has doubled research awards since 2018.
Research expenditures at UC and its affiliates—including Cincinnati Children’s, UC Health, the Cincinnati VA, and the University of Cincinnati Research Institute—reached a record $699 million in 2023, up 14% from the previous year.
UC ranked No. 31 among public institutions and No. 49 overall in the National Science Foundation's Higher Education Research and Development Survey for Fiscal Year 2022, the latest data available.
What it means to Ohio
UC contributed to the state’s emergence as a key player in semiconductor research and manufacturing.
UC engineering Professor Marc Cahay is working with other universities in the region to train students for high-tech careers in the industry.
The National Science Foundation has invested in related projects led by UC researchers “including Sarah Watzman, who is researching next-generation semiconductors, and Rashmi Jha, who is developing novel memory devices for high-density data storage and in-memory computing.”
Elsewhere, Ohio State ranked first in Ohio and No. 11 among all universities with annual research and development expenditures reaching an all-time record of $1.449 billion last year.
What they’re saying
“Our continued research growth helps secure our place among the premiere institutions in the nation. I’m incredibly appreciative that our faculty hold such a deep commitment to the teacher-scholar model. Their innate curiosity and insatiable appetite for discovery lead to essential breakthroughs and foundational advances in understanding.”
- UC President Neville Pinto
“The sharp rise of UC’s awards would not be possible without extraordinary talent, but it is also a direct result of investments in people and infrastructure as a part of UC's strategic direction called Next Lives Here and its Research2030 initiative. UC is the leading R1 urban university in the region with unrivaled talent solving problems that matter, transforming society through game-changing new knowledge and applying disruptive discoveries. At the core of the rising success of research at UC is the brilliance and drive of each individual researcher and student and the hard work and dedication of our staff.”
- Patrick Limbach, UC’s vice president for research
“Clinical and scientific research is central to the mission of UC Health and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. We are proud of our talented faculty who combine research and compassionate clinical care to help advance medicine for all. Clinical trials allow patients to access promising new therapies which could improve their outcomes while helping to scientifically define the best treatments for future patients. Improving cancer patients' lives is among our top priorities. The outstanding research programs underway now within the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center will have a tremendous impact on cancer patients in our community and beyond.”
- Brett Kissela, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research at the UC College of Medicine and Chief of Research Services for UC Health
“The impact of growing research and grant success at the University of Cincinnati is remarkable.
Our faculty’s transformative, investigative work exposes students to new knowledge. Further, it pushes the boundaries of students’ learning inside and outside the classroom in all disciplines from the sciences to the creative arts, and from the humanities to the varied professional fields that comprise our educational disciplines.”
- Valerio Ferme, PhD, executive vice president for academic affairs and UC's provost
