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Research and creative work highlights from 2021-22 showcase CU Boulder's ecosystem of discovery

Highlights from the University of Colorado Boulder’s research, scholarship and creative work in 2021-22 paint a compelling picture of our progress towards our strategic imperatives: Lead. Innovate. Impact.


CU Boulder again attracted record levels of research funding this year—$658 million in gifts and awards, including $474 million from federal agencies—to power its research and innovation enterprise. 

In addition to our continued growth in world-class sponsored research, CU Boulder remains home to a vibrant ecosystem of discovery, collaboration and innovation that cannot be measured in dollars. This rich combination of research, scholarship and creative work is vital to CU Boulder’s appeal to top faculty and researchers in a range of disciplines, the most promising students across the world, and a wide variety of leading organizations who choose to partner with us to achieve greater impact.

From environmental sciences to music, from space to the social sciences, and from education to quantum science and technology, CU Boulder is making a difference.

Please visit colorado.edu/rio to take a deeper dive into our research and innovation enterprise or visit colorado.edu/today for a full picture of everything taking place across the university.

  Search Faculty Experts 

Research and expertise across CU Boulder.

   

  Research Institutes 

Our 12 research institutes conduct more than half of
the sponsored research at CU Boulder.

  Research Centers 

More than 75 research centers span the campus,
covering a broad range of topics.

  Research Computing 

A carefully integrated cyberinfrastructure supports CU Boulder research.