Strengthen our capacity, productivity, and recognition across our total portfolio of research, scholarship, creative activity, and engagement.
Focus Areas
- Excellence across the total research portfolio
- Sponsored research competitiveness
- Engagement and outreach
- Research in the education mission
- Infrastructure, core facilities, compliance
2020 Goals
- Increase federal research expenditures to $200 million
- Increase total sponsored research expenditures to $346 million
* Research expenditures are for the Knoxville area and include the UT Institute of Agriculture.