Research

Overview

UI research has led to numerous discoveries and developments, such as blood banking, the Van Allen Radiation Belts, educational TV, and the Gallup Poll.

• The University collected $382 million in grants, gifts, and contracts for research, development, education, and service in FY07.
• Iowa ranks 18th among public universities in federal research and development funding.
• The Oakdale Research Campus, an important center of UI interaction with industry and the public, is home to:
  
  
  • UI Hygienic Laboratory—The state’s public health and environmental laboratory.
  • National Advanced Driving Simulator—The world’s most sophisticated ground vehicle simulator.
  • UI Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing—A state-funded biotech lab for growing the agricultural, chemical, nutritional, and pharmaceutical industries.
  • Research programs in human health and medicine.
• The UI Research Foundation filed 130 patent applications for inventions in FY07 and earned more than $15 million in license revenue.
• The UI Technology Innovation Center, a business incubator, has admitted nearly 90 technology start-up companies since 1984.

For more information, visit the Office of the Vice President for Research site.