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Research & innovation
Research
Research at CU Boulder encompasses thousands of scholarly, scientific and creative
endeavors at any given time, resulting in new knowledge, creative work and solutions that
advance the economy, culture and health of Colorado, the nation and the world.
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12
RESEARCH CENTERS
$8 billion
767
NATIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT
from research commercialization
(2018–22)
#1
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
public university recipient of
NASA RESEARCH FUNDING
$742 million
LICENSE AND OPTION AGREEMENTS
signed since 2014
in TOTAL RESEARCH FUNDING (FY24)
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Only university to have designed,
BUILT AND SENT INSTRUMENTS to
EVERY PLANET in the solar system, and Pluto
$1.2 billion
RAISED BY COMPANIES
BUILT ON CU BOULDER
INNOVATIONS in FYs 2022-24
UNICORNS:
all-time number of companies built on
CU Boulder innovations valued over $1B
before public listing
19
CU Boulder-affiliated
ASTRONAUTS
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