Growth in Notre Dame research and scholarship funding continues | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Growth in Notre Dame research and scholarship funding continues Growth in Notre Dame research and scholarship funding continues Published: August 09, 2018 Author: Brandi Klingerman Ken Gomes and graduate student work in the lab The University of Notre Dame continued the steady expansion and growth of its research, scholarship and creative endeavor programs during the most recent fiscal year (FY), recording $141.6 million in research funding. This surpasses the $138.1 million received in FY 2017. The amount is part of a trend that has led to a 75 percent increase in external research funding awarded to Notre Dame compared to 10 years ago.  “Despite a very competitive environment and some delays in federal grant awards that are still playing out, our faculty members successfully sustained and expanded their research programs through innovative ideas, collaborations and partnerships for research that address significant technological and societal challenges,” said Robert J. Bernhard, vice president for research and professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering. “I congratulate our hardworking researchers and administrative staff for their success in helping Notre Dame continue to advance our research programs as a force for good.” Among the significant new research programs that were launched this year is the Applications and Systems-Driven Center for Energy Efficient Integrated Nano Technologies (ASCENT). Led by Notre Dame’s Suman Datta, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Engineering, the multi-university research collaboration, which includes Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Purdue University, Stanford University, University of Minnesota, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Los Angeles, University of California-Santa Barbara, University of California-San Diego, University of Colorado, University of Texas-Dallas and Wayne State University, is tasked with developing next-generation technologies that increase the performance, efficiency and capabilities of future computing systems for both commercial and defense applications.  This center, which developed out of the University’s Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano), the Notre Dame-led Center for Low Energy Systems Technology (LEAST) and the Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND), is funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s Joint University Microelectronics Program, which represents a consortium of major semiconductor and defense companies, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. Additionally, Peter Burns, Henry Massman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and director of Notre Dame’s Center for Sustainable Energy (ND Energy), is leading a newly awarded National Nuclear Security Administration Actinide Center of Excellence. This center includes a partnership with multiple universities and aims to prioritize research that is important for stockpile stewardship – the certification that the nation’s nuclear weapons are secure and operational. Collaborating universities include Northwestern University, Oregon State University, the University of Minnesota and Washington State University. Similar to ASCENT, the Actinide Center of Excellence has a history of success, as Burns previously led an Energy Frontier Research Center at Notre Dame with funding from the Department of Energy. Notre Dame is also leading a new National Institutes of Health program project grant. The grant’s principal investigator, Michael Ferdig, professor of biological sciences and affiliated faculty of the Eck Institute for Global Health, is partnering with the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Seattle, Washington, and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute on the project. The goal of the program is to better understand the genes in the malaria parasite that are responsible for drug resistance and virulence in order to reduce and ultimately eliminate the deadly disease. Overall for FY18, 62.9 percent of Notre Dame’s external research awards came from federal funding while 24.2 percent was the result of foundation and other sponsor funding, and 12.9 percent came from industry awards. The University also expanded its global footprint to operating research grants in 32 countries.  To learn more about the research, scholarship and creative endeavor at the University of Notre Dame, visit research.nd.edu.  Contact: Brandi R. Klingerman, research communications specialist, Notre Dame Research, bklinger@nd.edu, 574-631-8183; @UNDResearch   Originally published by Brandi Klingerman at research.nd.edu on Aug. 8. 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