Editing University of Florida (section)

==Research==
[[File:UF Cancer Genetics Complex.JPG|right|thumb|The [[University of Florida Cancer and Genetics Research Complex]] is one of several research facilities at the university]]
[[File:Emerging_Pathogens_Institute.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Emerging Pathogens Institute]]]]

The university spent over $1.26 billion on research and development in 2024, ranking it within the nation's Top 25 public and private universities.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |url=https://news.ufl.edu/2022/07/one-billion-in-research-funding/ |title=University of Florida surpasses $1 billion in research spending for first time in 2022 |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810193533/https://news.ufl.edu/2022/07/one-billion-in-research-funding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, the University of Florida's research portfolio surpassed $1.26 billion, marking a growth of over $500 million in annual research expenditures over the past decade.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=UF research spending at record $1.26 billion for FY2024 |url=https://news.ufl.edu/2024/07/research-spending/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |publisher=University of Florida |language=en }}</ref>

According to a 2019 study by the university's [[Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences]], the university contributed $16.9 billion to Florida's economy and was responsible for over 130,000 jobs in the 2017–18 fiscal year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fred.ifas.ufl.edu/DEStudio/html/EconomicImpactAnalysis/ReportUFEconomicContributions2017-18.pdf |title=Economic Contributions of the University of Florida and Related Entities in 2017-1 |work=Ifas.ufl.edu |access-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104094211/https://fred.ifas.ufl.edu/DEStudio/html/EconomicImpactAnalysis/ReportUFEconomicContributions2017-18.pdf |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  Royalty and licensing income includes the glaucoma drug [[Trusopt]], the sports drink [[Gatorade]], and the Sentricon [[termite]] elimination system.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+UF Annual Research Expenditures per fiscal year 2015–2024
!2024
|US$1.26 billion<ref name=":1" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2023
| US$1.25 billion<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.ufl.edu/2023/09/research-spending/ |title=UF research spending up 15% to record $1.25 billion |date=September 1, 2023 |access-date=August 11, 2024 |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330111823/https://news.ufl.edu/2023/09/research-spending/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2022
|US$1.08 billion<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.ufl.edu/2022/02/uf-research-spending-at-record-960-million/ |title=University of Florida surpasses $1 billion in research spending for first time in 2022 |access-date=August 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526144903/https://news.ufl.edu/2022/02/uf-research-spending-at-record-960-million/ |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-date=May 26, 2024 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2021
| US$960 million<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.ufl.edu/2022/02/uf-research-spending-at-record-960-million/ |title=UF research spending at record $960 million in 2021 |date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330111823/https://news.ufl.edu/2022/02/uf-research-spending-at-record-960-million/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| US$942 million<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.ufl.edu/2021/03/research-expenditures-/ |title=UF research spending at record $942.2 million in 2020 despite pandemic |date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330111823/https://news.ufl.edu/2021/03/research-expenditures-/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2019
| US$776 million<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://research.ufl.edu/about/annual-reports.html |title=Annual Report |date=September 11, 2014 |access-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018122350/https://research.ufl.edu/about/annual-reports.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2018
| US$837 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.ufl.edu/articles/2018/07/university-of-florida-smashes-research-awards-record-with-8376-million-in-fiscal-year-2018.html |title=University of Florida smashes research awards record with $837.6 million in fiscal year 2018 |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421120248/https://news.ufl.edu/articles/2018/07/university-of-florida-smashes-research-awards-record-with-8376-million-in-fiscal-year-2018.html |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2017
| US$801 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://research.ufl.edu/ |title=Office of Research – University of Florida |access-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803134130/https://research.ufl.edu/ |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2016
| US$791 million<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=https://news.ufl.edu/articles/2017/06/university-of-florida-research-spending-at-record-791-million-in-2016.html |title=University of Florida research spending at record $791 million in 2016 |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403162232/https://news.ufl.edu/articles/2017/06/university-of-florida-research-spending-at-record-791-million-in-2016.html |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
| US$740 million<ref name="autogenerated1" />
|}

Research includes diverse areas such as health-care and citrus production (the world's largest citrus research center). In 2002, Florida began leading six other universities under a $15 million [[NASA]] grant to work on space-related research during a five-year period.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mae.ufl.edu/NasaHydrogenResearch/index.php |title=About UF and NASA partnership |website=Mae.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005024651/http://www.mae.ufl.edu/NasaHydrogenResearch/index.php |archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> The university's partnership with Spain helped to create the [[Gran Telescopio Canarias|world's largest single-aperture optical telescope]] in the Canary Islands (the cost was $93 million).<ref name="MediaGuide">{{cite web |url=http://gatorzone.com/football/media/2007/pdf/18.pdf |title=Florida Gators |website=Gatorzone.com |access-date=July 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070925225531/http://gatorzone.com/football/media/2007/pdf/18.pdf |archive-date=September 25, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Plans are also under way for the University of Florida to construct a {{convert|50000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} research facility in collaboration with the [[Burnham Institute for Medical Research]] that will be in the center of [[University of Central Florida]]'s Health Sciences Campus in [[Orlando, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ufl.edu/2006/08/23/burnham/ |title=08 » UF researchers to play key role in Burnham Institute's Florida location » University of Florida |author=University of Florida |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616131113/http://news.ufl.edu/2006/08/23/burnham/ |archive-date=June 16, 2012}}</ref> Research will include diabetes, aging, genetics and cancer.

The University of Florida also houses one of the world's leading lightning research teams.<ref name="MediaGuide" /> The university is also host to a [[UF Training Reactor|nuclear research reactor]] known for its Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nre.ufl.edu/facilities/uftra.php |title=About the Training Reactor |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531190124/http://www.nre.ufl.edu/facilities/uftra.php |archive-date=May 31, 2010}}</ref> In addition, the University of Florida was the first American university to receive a [[European Union]] grant to house a [[Jean Monnet]] Centre of Excellence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alligator.org/articles/2007/09/13/news/campus/center.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717174957/http://www.alligator.org/articles/2007/09/13/news/campus/center.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |title=UF to get EU grant to fund European studies center |work=The Independent Florida Alligator |access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

The University of Florida manages or has a stake in numerous notable research centers, facilities, institutes, and projects
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*[[Askew Institute on Politics and Society|Askew Institute]]
*[[Bridge Software Institute]]
*[[University of Florida Cancer and Genetics Research Complex|Cancer and Genetics Research Complex]]
*[[UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital|Cancer Hospital]]
*[[University of Florida Center for African Studies|Center for African Studies]]
*[[Warrington College of Business#Ethics Program|Center for Business Ethics Education and Research]]
*[[University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies|Center for Latin American Studies]]
*[[Bob Graham Center for Public Service|Center for Public Service]]
*[[Emerging Pathogens Institute]]
*[[Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center]]
*[[University of Florida International Center|International Center]]
*[[Floral Genome Project]]
*[[Florida Institute for Sustainable Energy]]
*[[Florida Lakewatch]]
*[[Gran Telescopio Canarias]]
*[[Infectious Disease Pharmacokinetics Laboratory]]
*[[Lake Nona Medical City]]
*[[McKnight Brain Institute]]
*[[H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute|Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute]]
*[[National High Magnetic Field Laboratory]]
*[[Rosemary Hill Observatory]]
*UF Innovate-Sid Martin Biotech
*[[University of Florida Historic St. Augustine, Inc.|UFHSA]]
*[[UF Training Reactor]]
*[[Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience]]
}}

=== Research Facilities ===
{{as of|2012}}, the University of Florida had more than $750 million in new research facilities recently completed or under construction, including the Nanoscale Research Facility, the Pathogens Research Facility<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.gainesville.com/news/20100126/emerging-diseases-research-center-to-be-dedicated-today |title=Emerging diseases research center to be dedicated today |last=writer |first=Diane Chun Staff |newspaper=Gainesville Sun |access-date=February 16, 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217063257/http://www.gainesville.com/news/20100126/emerging-diseases-research-center-to-be-dedicated-today |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the Biomedical Sciences Building.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wuft.org/news/2010/05/11/uf-officials-hope-new-biomedical-sciences-building-will-lead-to-unique-researchcollaborations/ |title=UF Officials Hope New Biomedical Sciences Building Will Lead To Unique Research Collaborations |newspaper=WUFT News |access-date=February 16, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827092838/https://www.wuft.org/news/2010/05/11/uf-officials-hope-new-biomedical-sciences-building-will-lead-to-unique-researchcollaborations/ |archive-date=August 27, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aa.ufl.edu/Data/Sites/18/media/documents/uf_facts_brochure.pdf |title=UF Facts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530121858/http://www.aa.ufl.edu/data/sites/18/media/documents/uf_facts_brochure.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, Innovation Square, a 24/7 live/work/play research environment being developed along Southwest Second Avenue between the University of Florida campus and downtown Gainesville, recently broke ground and plans to open next fall. The university's Office of Technology Licensing will relocate to Innovation Square, joining Florida Innovation Hub, a business "super-incubator" designed to promote the development of new high-tech companies based on the university's research programs. Innovation Square will include retail space, restaurants and local businesses, and residential space.<ref>[http://news.ufl.edu/2010/11/29/innovation-square/ UF officials roll out plans for Innovation Square on SW Second Avenue » News » University of Florida] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623231847/http://news.ufl.edu/2010/11/29/innovation-square/ |date=June 23, 2011 }}. News.ufl.edu (November 29, 2010). Retrieved August 27, 2013.</ref>

=== Participation in the Large Hadron Collider ===
A team of UF physicists has a leading role in one of the two major experiments planned for the [[Large Hadron Collider]], a {{convert|17|mi|km|adj=on}}-long, $5 billion, super-cooled tunnel outside Geneva, Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.research.ufl.edu/publications/explore/current/extracts/extracts02.html |title=Explore Magazine: Research at the University of Florida |first=Javier |last=Barbuzano |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924090131/http://www.research.ufl.edu/publications/explore/current/extracts/extracts02.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> More than 30 university physicists, postdoctoral associates, graduate students and now undergraduates are involved in the collider's [[Compact Muon Solenoid]] (CMS) experiment, one of its two major experiments. About 10 are stationed in Geneva. The group is the largest from any university in the U.S. to participate in the CMS experiment. The UF team designed and oversaw development of a major detector within the CMS. The detector, the Muon system, is intended to capture subatomic particles called muons, which are heavier cousins of electrons. Among other efforts, UF scientists analyzed about 100 of the 400 detector chambers placed within the Muon system to be sure they were functioning properly. Scientists from the University of Florida group played a central role in the discovery of the Higgs particle. The bulk of the UF research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ufl.edu/2008/09/09/uf-collider/ |title=09 » UF physicists to take part in world's most ambitious science experiment » University of Florida |author=University of Florida |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616131157/http://news.ufl.edu/2008/09/09/uf-collider/ |archive-date=June 16, 2012}}</ref>

=== Partnership with Zhejiang University ===
In July 2008, the University of Florida teamed up with the [[Zhejiang University]] to research sustainable solutions to the Earth's energy issues. Overall a Joint Research Center of Clean Sustainable Energy among the Florida Institute for Sustainable Energy, at UF, and the State Key Lab of Clean Energy Utilization and the Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, at Zhejiang University will collaborate to work on this pressing issue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://insideuf.ufl.edu/2008/07/24/china-us-collaboration/ |title=InsideUF - UF, China's Zhejiang University to collaborate on clean energy research |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824182449/http://insideuf.ufl.edu/2008/07/24/china-us-collaboration/ |archive-date=August 24, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.academickeys.com/all/news.php?dothis=display&news%5BIDX%5D=789 |title=AcademicKeys.com: Higher Education Jobs and University Jobs |website=Academickeys.com |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092032/http://www.academickeys.com/all/news.php?dothis=display&news%5BIDX%5D=789 |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== The International Center for Lightning Research and Testing ===
Florida has more [[lightning]] than any other U.S. state.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucar.edu/communications/infopack/lightning/faq.html#us |title=Lightning: FAQ |author=UCAR Communications |website=Ucar.edu |access-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306122834/http://www.ucar.edu/communications/infopack/lightning/faq.html#us |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> UF sponsors the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing (ICLRT), which occupies over {{Convert|100|acre}} at the [[Camp Blanding]] Army National Guard Base,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lightning.ece.ufl.edu/ |title=Lightning Research Laboratory (UF) |website=Lightning.ece.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219194554/http://www.lightning.ece.ufl.edu/ |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> about {{Convert|25|mi}} northeast of UF's campus in Gainesville, Florida. One of their primary research tools is lightning initiation from overhead thunderclouds, using the triggered lightning rocket-and-wire technique. Small sounding rockets, connected to long copper wires, are fired into likely lightning storm [[cumulonimbus]] clouds. When the rocket—or its wire—is struck by lightning, the passing of the high-voltage lightning strike down the wire vaporizes it as the lightning travels to the ground.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hoover |first1=Aaron |title=Learning About Lightning: University of Florida Researchers Are International Leaders In Understanding One of Nature's Most Powerful Forces |journal=Explore Magazine |date=Fall 1998 |volume=3 |issue=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pittman |first1=Craig |title=In Florida, nation's only lightning center closes after DARPA cuts funding |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/in-florida-nations-only-lightning-center-closes-after-darpa-cuts-funding/2331129/ |work=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604192837/https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/in-florida-nations-only-lightning-center-closes-after-darpa-cuts-funding/2331129/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Undergraduate and graduate research in UF's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's Lightning Research Group is used to increase new fundamental knowledge about lightning-based phenomena.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coble |first1=Don |title=UF researchers base international lightning research at Camp Blanding |url=https://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/uf-researchers-base-international-lightning-research-at-camp-blanding,61053 |work=Clay Today |access-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604193224/https://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/uf-researchers-base-international-lightning-research-at-camp-blanding,61053 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rakov |first=Vladimir A. |last2=Uman |first2=M. A. |last3=Rambo |first3=K. J. |date=2005-07-01 |title=A review of ten years of triggered-lightning experiments at Camp Blanding, Florida |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169809505000682 |journal=Atmospheric Research |series=Atmospheric Electricity |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=503–517 |doi=10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.11.028 |issn=0169-8095}}</ref>