← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
University Of Illinois
$2,158,127,408
Total funding
1,934
Grants
Funding over time
peak $328.5M · FY2008–25$500M$375M$250M$125M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
DOE$1,173,148,215 · 446
DOD$682,354,351 · 892
USDA$178,190,986 · 365
NASA$124,433,856 · 231
By mechanism
—$2,158,127,408 · 1934
Investigators at University Of Illinois
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
CENTER FOR ADVANCED BIOENERGY AND BIOPRODUCTS INNOVATION$211,031,477
· FY2018 · Department of Energy
AN ASSESSMENT OF GEOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION OPTIONS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN-PHASE II$82,068,396
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
DE-FE0031581 PROJECT TITLED: LARGE PILOT TESTING OF LINDE-BASF ADVANCED POST-COMBUSTION CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY AT A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT$57,762,896
· FY2018 · Department of Energy
AN ASSESSMENT OF GOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION OPTIONS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN: PHASES II & III$53,645,330
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
INTERNET OF BATTLEFIELD THINGS (IOBT) RESEARCH ON EVOLVING INTELLIGENT GOAL-DRIVEN NETWORKS (IOBT REIGN).$26,253,046
· FY2017 · Department of the Army
CYBER RESILIENT ENERGY DELIVERY CONSORTIUM (CREDC)$22,476,290
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN WEST CARBONSAFE PHASE III PROJECT IS TO GEOLOGICALLY CHARACTERIZE THE CAMBRIAN MT. SIMON SANDSTONE/EAU CLAIRE FORMATION STORAGE COMPLEX NEAR THE DALLMAN POWER GENERATION PLANT IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, AND TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) CLASS VI PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT APPLICATION(S) THAT MAY BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) INJECTION WELL(S) AT THE PROJECT SITE. INITIAL PROJECT TASKS WILL FOCUS ON SITE CHARACTERIZATION, ACQUISITION OF SEISMIC PROFILES, DRILLING OF A STRATIGRAPHIC TEST WELL, COMPLETION OF REQUIRED CLASS VI PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT APPLICATION(S), AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT’S COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN. FINAL PROJECT TASKS FOCUS ON INTEGRATING ALL CHARACTERIZATION DATA, FINALIZING A SITE-SPECIFIC STORAGE FIELD DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND CONTINUING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT’S COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN TO FURTHER CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS) DEPLOYMENT.
THIS PROJECT WILL BENEFIT DOE'S PROGRAM BY: (1) REDUCING GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY AT THE SITE BY DRILLING A STRATIGRAPHIC TEST WELL TO APPROXIMATELY 5,800 FT, COLLECTING CORE THROUGH RESERVOIR AND SEAL INTERVALS, COLLECTING A ROBUST SUITE OF GEOPHYSICAL LOGS, AND ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 60 LINEAR MILES OF 2D SEISMIC SURVEYS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SITE; (2) USING EXISTING AND NEWLY ACQUIRED DATA TO DEVELOP A GEOLOGICAL CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR THE AREA THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO STATIC GEOCELLULAR MODELS AND THEN USED FOR DYNAMIC SIMULATION TO ASSESS CO2 INJECTION AND STORAGE PERFORMANCE AND LONG-TERM CONTAINMENT; AND (3) USING VARYING INJECTION AND OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS TO MODEL POTENTIAL METHODS OF IMPROVING RESERVOIR STORAGE EFFICIENCY.
THE BENEFICIARIES ON THE PROJECT INCLUDE A VARIETY OF TECHNICAL, RESEARCH ORIENTED AND COMMERCIAL STAKEHOLDERS, AS WELL AS, NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS AND COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION, MANY FEDERAL STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES ARE ALSO BENEFICIARIES TO THE PROJECT AS THEY WILL USE RESULTS OF THE DATA COLLECTION AND MODELING TO FURTHER CCS SAFE, PERMEANT COMMERCIAL STORAGE.$20,541,757
· FY2025 · Department of Energy
DE-FE0031995, NEW AWARD TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
PROJECT TITLE: FRONT-END ENGINEERING DESIGN STUDY FOR HYBRID GAS TURBINE AND ULTRA-CRITICAL COAL BOILER CONCEPT PLANT WITH POST COMBUSTION CARBON CAPTURE AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AT CITY, WATER, LIGHT AND POWER PLANT.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PERFORM A FRONT-END ENGINEERING DESIGN STUDY FOR A HYBRID GAS TURBINE AND ULTRA-SUPERCRITICAL COAL BOILER CONCEPT WITH POST COMBUSTION CARBON CAPTURE AND ENERGY STORAGE AT THE CITY, WATER, LIGHT AND POWER PLANT IN ILLINOIS.
THE PROJECT WILL COMPLETE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, HOST SITE EVALUATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT VOLUME, AN INVESTMENT CASE ANALYSIS, AND A SYSTEM INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDY.$20,458,990
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
IN THE RECENT PAST ESPECIALLY THE LAST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ADVANCES IN IRRIGATION FERTILIZATION MECHANIZATION AND BREEDING HAVE HELPED AGRICULTURE KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWTH IN WORLD POPULATION. THIS SUCCESS HOWEVER HAS COME AT ENORMOUS COSTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH: DUE TO OVERUSE OF CHEMICALS AND ANTIBIOTICS SOIL DEGRADATION AND EROSION INCREASED HERBICIDE RESISTANCE FERTILIZER RUNOFF ETC. TODAY WE ARE FACED WITH THE CHALLENGE OF FEEDING AN ADDITIONAL 2-3 BILLION PEOPLE BY 2050 DESPITE LABOR AVAILABILITY AND ARABLE LAND DECREASING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS INCREASING. CONVENTIONAL AS-PRACTICED TECHNOLOGIES CANNOT SOLVE THESE LOOMING FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER.ADVANCES IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES IN TWO KEY WAYS. FIRST IMPROVEMENTS IN AUTONOMY AND HUMAN-AUGMENTED SYSTEMS CAN INCREASE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT WHILE ALSO REDUCING HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WITH FIXED OR EVEN SLIGHTLY REDUCED LABOR REQUIREMENTS E.G. BY ALLOWING FAR MORE DETAILED MONITORING AND DECISION-MAKING IN LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION OF BOTH CROPS AND LIVESTOCK. SECOND AI RESEARCH CAN YIELD NEW TECHNIQUES FOR DECISION-MAKING BASED ON AGRICULTURAL DATA WHICH COMES FROM HIGHLY DIVERSE SOURCES AND WHICH SPANS INCREASINGLY WIDE SPATIAL SCALES FROM INDIVIDUAL PLANTS TO WHOLE REGIONS AND WIDELY VARYING TIME SCALES FROM SECONDS TO ENTIRE SEASONS.THE AIFARMS INSTITUTE WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE THE ADVANCES IN AI NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE MAJOR CHALLENGES FACING WORLD AGRICULTURE BY COMBINING BASIC RESEARCH NOVEL EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES STATE-OF-THE-ART DATA ANALYTICS AND EVENTUALLY EVALUATION IN PRODUCTION SETTINGS. FARMERS WILL BE INVOLVED IN ALL STAGES OF THE WORK FROM IDENTIFYING PRACTICAL CONSTRAINTS ON TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO EVALUATING THEM IN THE FIELD AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON THE INCENTIVES AND BARRIERS TO THEIR ADOPTION. THE INSTITUTE WILL WORK WITH TECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE COMPANIES TO TRANSFER THE OUTCOMES OF THE RESEARCH INTO PRODUCTION USE. MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SPANNING COMPUTER SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE WITH INCREASED AI CONTENT WILL DEVELOP THE SKILLED WORKFORCE NEEDED TO DEVELOP DEPLOY AND SUPPORT THESE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN COMPLEX MODERN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. EDUCATION AND FARMER TRAINING PROGRAMS WILL BE CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED AND DISADVANTAGED GROUPS IN BOTH AGRICULTURE AND RELEVANT STEM DISCIPLINES.IF AIFARMS IS SUCCESSFUL IT WILL LEAD TO TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES THAT ENABLE FARMERS TO INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION AND PROFITABILITY IN THE LONG TERM TO DO SO WITHOUT WORSENING ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS TO BE MUCH MORE RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO ABSORB STEADILY DECLINING AGRICULTURAL LABOR. IT WILL LEAD TO FOUNDATIONAL ADVANCES IN AI THAT WILL HAVE BROAD BENEFITS IN MANY OTHER AREAS. IT WILL ALSO LEAD TO A MORE DIVERSE AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGYWORKFORCE.$19,998,042
· FY2020 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
ILLINOIS STORAGE CORRIDOR
NEW AWARD DE_FE0031892 TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.$19,721,780
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
DEVELOPMENT OF A MUON SUBSYSTEM FOR SOLENOIDAL SSC DETECTOR & SSO DACQ SUBSYSTEM R&D.$18,497,000
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
PROGRAMMING FUNCTION VIA SOFT MATERIALS$18,057,446
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
NEW AWARD SUPPORTING OFFICE OF ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY$15,845,668
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN THE CREATION OF A FUNCTIONAL MICROGRID AT EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT. EACH MICROGRID WILL INTEGRATE SOLAR, STATIONARY STORAGE, MECHANICAL SWITCHGEAR, VEHICLE-TO-GRID (V2G) ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING, AND AT LEAST 1 ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS PER DISTRICT WITH ENERGY DISCHARGE CAPABILITIES. OUR PROJECT ANTICIPATES THE FOLLOWING INSTALLED SYSTEM CAPACITIES.
• 3 SCHOOLS WITH 400 KILOWATT (KW) SOLAR ARRAYS COUPLED WITH 500-KWH (KILOWATT HOUR) STATIONARY BATTERY STORAGE
• 9 SCHOOLS WITH 800 KW SOLAR ARRAYS COUPLED WITH 1,000-KILOWATT HOUR (KWH) STATIONARY BATTERY STORAGE
• 3 SCHOOLS WITH 1,000 KW SOLAR ARRAYS COUPLED WITH 1,000 KWH STATIONARY BATTERY STORAGE$14,994,951
· FY2025 · Department of Energy
TAS::89 0211::TAS RECOVERY SITE CHARACTERIZATION OF PROMISING GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS FOR CO2 STORAGE FOR NEW AWARD #DE-FE0002068 WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF$14,775,117
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
NEW AWARD DE-FE0031841 WITH UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS TITLED FULL-SCALE FEED STUDY FOR RETROFITTING THE PRAIRIE STATE GENERATING STATION WITH AN 816 MWE CAPTURE PLANT USING MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA POST-COMBUSTION CO2 CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY$13,433,502
· FY2019 · Department of Energy
AN INTEGRATED CHEMICAL AND MICROBIAL PLATFORM FOR ON-DEMAND FOOD PRODUCTION FROM MINIMAL RESOURCES$11,568,908
· FY2022 · Department of the Navy
DE-FE0031626, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, NEW AWARD ENTITLED WABASH CARBONSAFE$11,092,754
· FY2019 · 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.** DECLINING COST OF PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY AND RISING MARKET AND POLICY INCENTIVES FOR SOLAR ENERGY ARE MAKING IT INCREASINGLY PROFITABLE TO CONVERT CROPLAND TO SOLAR FARMS, LEADING TO A POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH FOOD CROPS. AGRIVOLTAICS (AVS), THE CO-LOCATED PRODUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY AND CROPS, IS AN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN REDUCE THIS COMPETITION FOR LAND, PROVIDE CLIMATE-SMART SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE LAND PRODUCTIVITY (COMBINED CROP AND ELECTRICITY YIELD), CROP WATER-USE EFFICIENCY, PROFITABILITY AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE OF AGRICULTURE. DEPLOYMENT OF AVS IN ASIA AND EUROPE IS GROWING AND THERE IS INCREASING INTEREST AMONG FARMERS IN THE U.S. HOWEVER, RESEARCH ON AVS HAS BEEN LIMITED TO ISOLATED EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON A FEW CROPS IN A FEW REGIONS. WE PROPOSE THE PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABLY COLOCATING AGRICULTURAL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS (SCAPES) TO PROVIDE THE INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, EXTENSION AND EDUCATION FOR DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE AV TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIVERSE CROP SPECIES (ROW CROPS, FORAGE, AND SPECIALTY CROPS) ACROSS THREE BIOPHYSICALLY DIVERSE REGIONS IN THE US: ILLINOIS, COLORADO AND ARIZONA. SCAPES WILL COUPLE STATE-OF-THE-ART FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH FARM-SCALE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, FARMER SURVEY AND A SYSTEMS MODELLING APPROACH TO EXTRAPOLATE BIOPHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ACROSS THE US TO ADDRESS KEY KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND ANALYZE SYSTEM-WIDE EFFECTS ON MARKETS AND CLIMATE SYSTEMS. A DIVERSE TEAM OF EXTENSION SPECIALISTS AND EDUCATORS WILL ENABLE INTERACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO GENERATE AND TRANSFER USABLE KNOWLEDGE FOR DECISION SUPPORT, INFORM RESEARCH DESIGN AND EDUCATE AND INSPIRE FUTURE LEADERS ABOUT AVS AS A TIMELY AND VALUE-ADDED INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND ENERGY PRODUCTION.$10,000,000
· FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
HEAVY ION NUCLEAR PHYSICS RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO$9,865,000
· FY2010 · Department of Energy