UNIVERSITIES AS INNOVATION DRIVERS IN THEIR REGION - President - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

UNIVERSITIES AS INNOVATION DRIVERS IN THEIR REGION ‘- President Satish Tripathi, PhD University at Buffalo 1

Change is Impacting Research Universities • Decreasing governmental support – Federal & State ‘- • Increasing pressure to serve as economic development driver • Competition for research & philanthropy is increasing 2

Scope, Scale, and Impact • 30,000+ students (50 U.S. states, 120 Scope, Scale, and Impact nations) • AAU member and largest public research university in New York State ‘- • 6,000 FTE employees • $383M annual research expenditures • 249,000 alumni in 147 countries • Top 20 U.S. international enrollment • Economic impact: $2.18 billion per year 3

UB 2020: Achieving Our Mission to its Fullest 277 faculty hired in high-demand areas (2010-14) Advancing high-impact $38 M increase in annual federal research expenditures research Inter-disciplinary research communities Connecting the curriculum to the research enterprise Transforming Learning communities to navigate the research environment the educational ‘- experience Study-abroad opportunities for global discovery Building UB Six major new facilities on three campuses campus World-class new medical school building under construction master plan Fostering entrepreneurs in the region through START-UP NY Engage with our Integrating STEM experience into local public schools community 4

Western New York Regional Economic Development Council • Established by the Governor in 2011 • Economic development decisions ‘- made locally • Region spans 5 counties of Western New York • Core strategies • Entrepreneurship • Health Life Sciences 5

Driving Growth of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus ‘- 6

New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences • Opened in 2005, epicenter housing UB’s technology-based economic development entities and programs • Wet labs, CCR, office space, three UB Core facilities (Clean Room, Genomics & Bioinformatics, Proteomics & Bioanalysis) • Over 250 resident scientists ‘- Clinical and Translational Research Center • Biosciences incubator including laboratories and office space to facilitate formation of startups as spinoff companies • Comprehensive support for investigators including examination rooms, space for blood drawing and specimen collection, and a certified research pharmacy • Space for 25 Principal Investigators with translational research 7

Buffalo Institute for Genomics • $100 million collaboration between the University at Buffalo and the NY Genome Center in New York City • Partnership builds out existing computational infrastructure & expand existing biomedical research capacity at UB • Project is expected to create more than 500 jobs • Development of companies focused on diagnostics and IT essential to ‘- breakthroughs in personalized medicine 8

A World-class Academic Health Center • New medical school building - open 2017 • Will bring 2,000 faculty, staff, and students to Buffalo ‘- daily • Close proximity enhanced medical education, patient care, clinical research, and bench- to-bedside innovation 9

Medical Campus Growth (2016-17) Conventus John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital ‘- Roswell Park’s Clinical Sciences Center UB School of Medicine 10

Converting Research Into Jobs ‘- 11

Investing in Innovation Advancing Faculty Innovation • 165+ patents benefiting the public good • 200+ technologies available for licensing Fostering Student Entrepreneurship ‘- • WNY Prosperity Scholars • Panasci award competition • Academy in Entrepreneurship • E-lab “boot camp” for startup ventures 12

New York State Programs to Grow Startups Partnering in Regional Economic Growth • START-UP NY Leadership WNY Innovation ‘- • Innovation Hot Spot Hot Spot • Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership • Partnership with 43North 13

Next Phase: Taking the Innovation Districts to UB’s Other Campuses ‘- 14

A New Image for Western NY ‘- 15