Letter from the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation 2023-24

Colleagues and friends,

This year, the University of ĢӰ Boulder attracted more than $740 million in funding to fuel the research, scholarship and creative work of our faculty, researchers, students and staff.

It is the impact we create that makes the achievement so meaningful. Each dollar makes possible an important discovery, a novel innovation, a creative connection with humanity or a real-world solution for people in ĢӰ, across the U.S. and around the world.

Massimo Ruzzene

A few of this year’s “firsts” include:

  • Leadership in climate resilience: ĢӰ Boulder is a founding partner of an NSF ĢӰ-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine that will transform the region into a national leader in climate resilience technologies.
  • Advancing quantum science and technology: ĢӰ Boulder won its first NSF Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure 1 program award for the National Quantum Nanofab, which will provide nationwide access to nanofabrication tools for creating new technologies.
  • Driving new osteoarthritis therapies: A ĢӰ Boulder-led team won the university’s first award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, to develop new therapies for the painful, degenerative disease affecting 32 million Americans.
  • A new peak in ĢӰ startups: ĢӰ Boulder helped launch 35 startups with discoveries and inventions created at ĢӰ last year, surpassing our previous peak of 20 startups and marking a milestone for ĢӰ Boulder’s growth in research translation and entrepreneurship.

These stories offer a glimpse into advances ĢӰ Boulder is making in established strengths like aerospace, environment and sustainability, biosciences and quantum, as well as progress in other areas of excellence like the arts and humanities, social sciences, artificial intelligence and more.

I hope you enjoy these highlights from ĢӰ Boulder’s research, scholarship and creative work in 2023-24.

Best regards,

Massimo Ruzzene
Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation
Dean of the Institutes
Research & Innovation Office
University of ĢӰ Boulder