Research Committee Chairs
John Christy - john.christy@nsstc.uah.edu
Tom Koshut - tom.koshut@uah.edu

$100,000,000 Annual Research Expenditures - Strategic Plan

MISSION

The research mission of UAHuntsville is to advance technological knowledge through basic and applied research. The interdisciplinary interaction of faculty, scientists, students, and partners enriches are academic environment. Knowledge is shared through scholarly publication and intellectual property commercialization to encourage competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and economic growth in our region, state, and nation.

VISION

UAHuntsville conducts leading-edge research and customer-driven applied research. Our interdisciplinary approach to knowledge creation enhances the academic experience of our students and faculty while positively impacting the economic growth of our region.

STRATEGIC GOALS

• Grow research expenditures by 9% each year while diversifying sponsors and balancing fundamental and application-oriented research of the highest quality.
• Enhance the convergence of sponsored research and academics.
• Ensure that the university infrastructure has the capacity to support the anticipated growth in research expenditures.
• Leverage university intellectual property to enable value-added societal and financial outcomes.
• Increase the economic impact of the university for the benefit of our community, our region, our state, our nation, and our world.
• Communicate the quality, breadth, and impact of UAHuntsville research to our stakeholders.

SUMMARY

Research at UAHuntsville continues to be a vibrant and expanding function as it demonstrates our unique role in Alabama as the leading science (non-medical) and engineering research institution. Responding to the academic needs of the Colleges and the opportunities to perform sponsored research with the Federal agencies, we have managed to continue to grow in an uncertain and changing environment.

We have made significant progress with aligning research to address the needs of the DOD while maintaining our strong basic science program. Our priorities for the next two years will be to grow in collaboration with the academic units, maintaining a balance in our research while continuing to diversify our sponsors. UAHuntsville should continue to leverage its location relevant to the Redstone Arsenal, Cummings Research Park, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to support ongoing research and to create new partnerships.

Growing a stronger presence outside DOD and NASA must be a high priority. UAHuntsville must continue to capitalize on the intellectual property created as a result of our research and to find effective ways to commercialize this property so that its benefits can be brought to society.