University collects more than $600M in research funding
University of Colorado Boulder brought in $613.9 million in research funding in fiscal year 2020, including for projects that studied adolescent brain development, electrifying transportation and how odors guide behavior.
Funding agencies included NASA, the National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense.
The year’s funding was a decrease from fiscal year 2019, when CU Boulder brought in $631 million in research funding.
The University of Colorado system as a whole was awarded $1.41 billion in research funding in fiscal year 2020.