• Collectively awarded nearly $1.4 billion in total research dollars for the most recent fiscal year and nearly 3,000 awards

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• Exceptional institutional rankings across several distinct evaluation criteria

• Excellence at research-driven innovations, such as inventions, startups, and incubators

• Considerable experience with regional corporate partners

• Collectively hold 30 contracts and 20 secondary contracts on critical research totaling nearly $40 million.

• Involved with non-fundamental classified research through distinct campus centers

• Awarded nearly 100 contracts by national labs (either as prime or sub) valued at over $40 million

• Strong track record of ground-breaking interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research on issues of concern for the USAF and USSF