Annual and Quarterly Reports
As part of the QUEST Research Communications Initiative, the UT Knoxville Office of Research publishes annual and quarterly reports that document significant achievements and trends in research grants and contracts.
Annual Reports
Fiscal Year 2009 -- Summarizes research achievements of the period and lists selected faculty honors. Includes information on major new awards and financial charts.
Fiscal Year 2008 -- Summarizes major research achievements of the period and lists selected faculty honors. Includes information on Undergraduate Research, Kraken, NIMBioS, SCALE-IT, STAIR and QUEST along with financial charts.
Quarterly Reports
First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2010 -- Contains information for sponsored proposals, awards, and expenditures as well as the Top 20 Awards for the period. Also includes charts showing trends over the previous four years. See also Second Quarter FY 2009, Third Quarter FY 2009 and Fourth Quarter FY 2009
How Quarterly Report Data Are Derived
Each of these quarterly reports are year-to-date comparisons. For example, the first quarter report is the first three months for each year presented, the second quarterly report is the first six months for each year presented, and so forth. The category “Research Centers” is all campus-level research centers and joint institutes combined.
Data Comparisons
Data presented depicting colleges and major research centers are presented to show trends within each unit. Comparisons among units can be made only with an understanding of the different missions and funding opportunities of the units. Therefore, the trends are important. University funding of major research centers, for example, is completely in support of the research mission. Funding for colleges supports instruction, outreach, and research. Another factor that must be considered is that some sponsors have capped F&A rates that affect the F&A earnings.
Credit for Activities
Awards and proposals are credited to the lead unit.
Definitions
Voided and Withdrawn proposals were not counted.
The components of University research support include 25% of the salaries of all tenure track faculty in the units (only occupied positions and excluding administrators and emeritus) and all special funds allocated to the unit including Center of Excellence funding.
With the exception of the Top 20 report, which is based on the full amount expected, award data is based on the amount of money actually received in the quarter. The number of awards represents the number of times funds were received, not the individual awards.
Expenditure and award data do not include Centers or Chairs of Excellence funds, state appropriations, financial aid, or any programs that have historically been reported as awards but never generate R accounts.
Expenditures include both direct and F&A costs.
Information Sources
Proposal and award data are recorded in Coeus by the Office of Research. Additional reports are available on the Coeus Portal. The majority of the Coeus data was pulled using UTK Awards by Time Period by College, UTK Awards by Time Period, UTK Proposals by Time Period by College, and the UTK Proposal List.
Expenditure, F&A, University support, and faculty count data are taken from IRIS.
Contact Information
UT Knoxville Office of Research
1534 White Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37996-1529
Phone: (865) 974-3466
Fax: (865) 974-7400
Email: research@utk.edu