← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Regents Of The University Of Minnesota
$1,108,512,282
Total funding
1,121
Grants
Funding over time
peak $142.3M · FY2008–25$200M$150M$100M$50M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
DOD$388,747,218 · 428
DOE$373,262,669 · 190
USDA$261,165,239 · 328
NASA$84,165,700 · 174
CDC$1,171,456 · 1
By mechanism
—$1,107,340,826 · 1120
U48$1,171,456 · 1
Investigators at Regents Of The University Of Minnesota
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NEUTRINO PHYSICS$45,180,000
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
ENERGY FRONTIER RESEARCH CENTER FOR INORGANOMETALLIC CATALYST DESIGN$20,530,976
· FY2014 · Department of Energy
NANOPOROUS MATERIALS GENOME: METHODS AND SOFTWARE TO OPTIMIZE GAS STORAGE, SEPARATIONS, AND CATALYSIS$16,758,341
· FY2012 · Department of Energy
THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS$15,358,081
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CENTER FOR QUANTUM MATERIALS (CQM)$14,892,472
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
NATIONAL CENTER FOR FOOD PROTECTION AND DEFENSE$14,772,641
· FY2008 · Department of the Navy
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH AT THE INTENSITY FRONTIER IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS$13,571,000
· FY2014 · Department of Energy
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** ?OVERVIEW: AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY PROVIDE FOOD, FEED, FIBER, FUEL, LUMBER PRODUCTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WHILE SUSTAINING RURAL AND URBAN ECONOMIES. BUT US GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND NUTRITION SECURITY ARE AT RISK DUE TO UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER EVENTS, DEGRADING AG-FOREST SYSTEM HEALTH, AND AN AGING AND SKILL-DEFICIT WORKFORCE. TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, WE PROPOSE TO CREATE AN AI FOR LAND, ECONOMY, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (AI-LEAF) DISCIPLINE, A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, AND FUNCTIONING CARBON MARKETS BY IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF TRADE-OFFS AND FEEDBACK LOOPS BETWEEN RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION AND BETWEEN BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY AND CARBON AND WATER FLUXES, DEVELOPING AI-ENHANCED FLUX AND BIOMASS ESTIMATION METHODS AND SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT MULTISCALE (FIELD-TO-MARKET) DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS FOR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. AI ADVANCES WILL INCLUDE RELIABLE, ACCURATE OUT-OF-SAMPLE PREDICTION FROM SPARSE GROUND-TRUTH MEASUREMENTS WITH CONSIDERATION OF HARD CONSTRAINTS, UNCERTAINTY, AND SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY. WE PROPOSE A VIRTUOUS CYCLE OF DISCOVERY AND INQUIRY IN FOUNDATIONAL AI (FAI) AND USE-INSPIRED RESEARCH (UIR) THAT CONSIDERS DECISION-MAKING AT DIFFERENT SCALES. FAI RESEARCH INCLUDES COMBINING LEARNING AND AI REASONING, AI-AIDED MULTI-OBJECTIVE DECISION-MAKING, AND GENERALIZATION THEORY, ALONG WITH UIR AREAS OF CARBON AND WATER FLUX ESTIMATION, LAND-USE AND CROPPING SYSTEM CHANGE, BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY, CARBON MARKETS, MULTI-SCALE DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS, KNOWLEDGE-GUIDED MACHINE LEARNING (KGML), COMPUTER-VISION GUIDED PERCEPTION AND ANALYSIS, AND AI-GUIDED DIGITAL TWINS.INTELLECTUAL MERIT: OUR PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL ADVANCE LAND, ECONOMY, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (LEAF) KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO CREATE LEAF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS USING KGML FOR RELIABLE OUT-OF-SAMPLE PREDICTION (AI) IN UN- OR UNDER-SAMPLED FIELDS AND PARCELS, AND AI-AIDED MULTISCALE AND MULTICRITERIA DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS FOR EVALUATING TRADEOFFS BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES FOR RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION UNDER CURRENT AND FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM MACHINE LEARNING FROM A SOFT-CONSTRAINT (E.G., REGULARIZERS) AND MONO-OBJECTIVE (E.G., PREDICTION ACCURACY) PARADIGM TO CONFRONT HARD CONSTRAINTS (E.G., MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE) AND MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES (E.G., DECISION MAKING, PREDICTION ACCURACY AND DOMAIN INTERPRETABILITY, ECONOMIC RETURN, AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES). LIKE IMAGENET, IT HAS THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL TO ADVANCE COMPUTER VISION FROM A HUMAN-VISIBLE SPECTRUM AND POINT-CLOUD-BASED APPROACH TO A SENSOR-RICH (E.G., OPTICAL, THERMAL, MICROWAVE) APPROACH BY PUBLISHING NEW LEAF_IMAGENET BENCHMARK DATA AND USE CASES (ESTIMATE CARBON AND WATER FLUXES, SOIL ORGANIC CARBON, BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY). OUR CORE TEAM HAS A HISTORY OF SYNERGISTIC RESEARCH AND THE REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERTISE, AND ACCESS TO DATA AND SENSOR RESOURCES. TO FOSTER STRONG INTERACTIONS ACROSS PROPOSED RESEARCH AREAS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND COLLABORATION NEXUS ACTIV,ITIES, A DEDICATED AI INSTITUTE IS NEEDED TO INTEGRATE THE EXPERTISE OF INVESTIGATORS FROM DIVERSE DISCIPLINES AND INSTITUTES IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO CULTIVATE A NEW AI-LEAF DISCIPLINE AND COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE.BROADER IMPACT: THE PROPOSED INSTITUTE WILL BENEFIT SOCIETY BY CATALYZING AN AI-LEAF DISCIPLINE, A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, AND BETTER FUNCTIONING CARBON MARKETS. IT WILL ENHANCE THE NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BY SHARING CURATED DATASETS AND EASY-TO-USE MULTI-SCALE DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS, INCLUDING AI ADVANCES (E.G., KGML, AI-GUIDED MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION). IT WILL GROW THE AMERICAN AI WORKFORCE VIA THE INTEGRATION OF AI-LEAF RESEARCH WITH EDUCATION; MENTORING OF PROFESSIONAL, POST-DOCTORAL, GRADUATE, AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; ENGAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS; AND CO-DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF FARMERS AND FORESTERS IN THE USE OF AI-INSPIRED TOOLS; WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF BROADENING PARTICIPATION VIA RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND PLACEMENT OF ALL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. THE TEAM PURPOSEFULLY INTEGRATED RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND EXTENSION ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES AND INSTITUTIONS. COMMUNITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE SHARED DATA AND TOOLS, INTEGRATION OF PARTNERS, AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER VIA CO-CREATION, INDUSTRY CONSORTIA, AND THE IP FRAMEWORK.$12,000,000
· FY2023 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
COMBAT CASUALTY CONSORTIUM$11,793,060
· FY2011 · Department of Defense
CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CATALYSIS (CSEC)$11,450,000
· FY2022 · Department of Energy
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS PROGRAM FUNDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION/DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND PROVIDES TRAINING FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS AND ISINTENDED TO IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE, ENCOURAGING PRACTICES THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, CONSERVE OUR NATURAL RESOURCEBASE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FARM FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.$11,255,000
· FY2023 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
THIS PROGRAM FUNDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION/DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION AND PROVIDES TRAINING FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS. IT FUNDS PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE THAT STRENGTHEN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, ENCOURAGING PRACTICES THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, CONSERVE OUR NATURAL RESOURCE BASE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FARM FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.IT PROVIDES FUNDING ALLOWING GRANTEES:TO INNOVATE THROUGH PRACTICAL, FARMER-DIRECTED RESEARCH INTO REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS;TO EXTEND THAT INFORMATION TO FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND TO AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS;TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FARMERS AND RANCHERS ADOPTING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS, IN ORDER TO HELP AGRICULTURE BECOME MORE PROFITABLE, PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE, LEADING TO THE PRODUCTION OF HEALTHY, SAFE FOOD FOR AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND A SECURE FOOD SYSTEM;TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR TRAIN THE TRAINER OPPORTUNITIES IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS IN ORDER TO EQUIP THEM TO SHARE NEW RESEARCH WITH FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF AGRICULTURALISTS$10,810,187
· FY2025 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS PROGRAM FUNDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION/DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND PROVIDES TRAINING FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS AND ISINTENDED TO IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE, ENCOURAGING PRACTICES THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, CONSERVE OUR NATURALRESOURCE BASE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FARM FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.$10,800,240
· FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
"CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN HYPERSONICS RESEARCH,"$10,157,748
· FY2008 · Department of the Air Force
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS PROGRAM FUNDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION/DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND PROVIDES TRAINING FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS AND ISINTENDED TO IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE, ENCOURAGING PRACTICES THAT ARE PROFITABLE, CONSERVE OUR NATURAL RESOURCEBASE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FARM FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.$10,154,828
· FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** ONE OF HUMANITY'S MOST URGENT CHALLENGES IS TO PROVIDE FOOD, FEED, AND FIBER FOR A GLOBAL POPULATION OF 10 BILLION BY 2050. THIS CHALLENGE IS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THE WORLD'S CURRENT ANNUAL CROPS AND ANNUAL-BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS ARE DETERIORATING THE ESSENTIAL NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NECESSARY FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY. IN CONTRAST, PERENNIAL CROPS CAN IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY BECAUSE THEIR EXTENSIVE ROOT SYSTEMS REDUCE SOIL EROSION, NUTRIENT RUNOFF, AND PESTICIDE REQUIREMENTS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING FARMER INCOMES DUE TO DECREASED ANNUAL INPUTS AND COSTS. THE DOMESTICATION OF THE WORLD'S FIRST COMMERCIAL-SCALE PERENNIAL GRAIN CROP (INTERMEDIATE WHEATGRASS) IS UNDERWAY IN THE US, AND THE PRODUCT IS TRADE NAMED KERNZA®. THIS PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE AND EXPAND A STRONG EXISTING COLLABORATIVE, CROSS-SECTOR TEAM OF RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, FARMERS, BUSINESSES, NON-PROFIT LEADERS, AND OTHERS. THIS TEAM WILL INTEGRATE RECENT EFFORTS AND ADVANCE NEW EFFORTS TO LAUNCH A NEW PERENNIAL GRAIN CROP ENTERPRISE BASED ON KERNZA. PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO ADVANCE BREEDING AND GENETICS, ENHANCE AGRONOMIC KNOWLEDGE, IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENGAGE EDUCATION, EXTENSION, AND POLICY, AND DEVELOP SUPPLY CHAINS AND ECONOMIC DRIVERS TO ACTIVATE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE THAT IMPROVES THE ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL PROSPERITY. OUTCOMES WILL INCLUDE KERNZA VARIETY CANDIDATES FOR VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE US, BEST AGRONOMIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING YIELD, PROFITABILITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, EXPANDED ACREAGE IN ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS TO PROTECT DRINKING WATER FROM NITRATE CONTAMINATION, NEW KERNZA SUPPLY CHAINS AND PRODUCTS, AND AN EDUCATION AND EXTENSION PORTFOLIO OF TOOLS AND EVENTS TO EDUCATE A BROAD RANGE OF STUDENTS AND AGRICULTURE PROFESSIONALS.$10,000,000
· FY2020 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
MURI: MULTISCALE MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND DESIGN REALIZATION OF NOVEL 2 D FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS$9,751,250
· FY2014 · Department of the Army
NEW MATERIALS FROM DUSTY PLASMAS$9,675,000
· FY2018 · Department of the Army
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS PROGRAM FUNDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION/DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND PROVIDES TRAINING FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS AND ISINTENDED TO IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE, ENCOURAGING PRACTICES THAT ARE PROFITABLE, CONSERVE OUR NATURAL RESOURCEBASE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FARM FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.$9,466,933
· FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
CONTROL OF MULTI-FUEL CAPABLE ENGINE FOR UAS, SUBMITTED ENERGY-EFFICIENT ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN TECHNOLOGIES, VI. INNOVATIVE ENGINE TECHNOLOGIES$8,887,011
· FY2020 · Department of the Army