Overview

University of Central Florida professors received a record $103.6 million in research funding in 2004-05, exceeding the $100 million milestone for the first time in the university's history. UCF has posted double-digit percentage increases in research funding during five of the last six years.

The 2004-05 funding includes $43.7 million from federal government agencies, $25.6 million from state agencies and $34.3 from industries and corporations.

Research includes work in and across multiple disciplines such as optics and lasers, modeling and simulation, materials science, energy, biomolecular science, neuroscience, nanoscience, computer science, forensic science, education/distributed learning, and business operations including human factors and entrepreneurship.

The university has focused its technical development on key institutes and centers that include the Institute for Simulation and Training, Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, Florida Photonics Center of Excellence, Florida Solar Energy Center, Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, Biomolecular Science Center, and the Nanoscience Technology Center.

UCF is delivering on its promise of becoming America's leading partnership university through relationships on local, national and international levels. A significant amount of the sponsored research UCF generates annually is provided by industry along Florida's High-Tech corridor from Tampa/St. Petersburg through Orlando to Daytona/Melbourne. UCF keeps regional, state, national, and international needs in the forefront when recruiting top students, faculty and staff, and developing the infrastructure to achieve global prominence in selected areas of research.

For more information, visit www.research.ucf.edu.