Research support 2023

Pie chart shows funding sources for grants and awards: Federal 85 percent, State of Kansas 8 percent, foundations and non-profits 4 percent, other states 2 percent, non-profits 1 percent; total 82 active awards; total 10.4 million PI funding; $5.4 million additional funding to KU

In 2023, our researchers brought 17 new awards to KU totaling $1.6 million. Another 65 continuing awards totaled more than $8.8 million, bringing total funding administered by our research center to more than $10 million.

Our scientists serving as principal investigators (PIs) or co-investigators (co-PIs) also had more than $5 million in active grant funding administered through other units at KU. Thus, our researchers were PIs or co-PIs on nearly $16 million in grant funding at KU in 2023. Of special note, several scientists continued to manage and lead numerous projects associated with the multi-year NSF EPSCoR Track-1 $20 million award to KU’s Office of Research; this project concluded in 2023.

Federal funds consistently the largest source of our research support, providing 52 percent of the $1.6 million in new award funding this year. Funding from the State of Kansas is used to inform many issues about water quality and quantity in reservoirs, the role of land use in recharging the High Plains aquifer, and mapping and quantifying habitats across Kansas.

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