The college has identified four strategic areas of collaboration with corporate partners:

Student Enterprise

Careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are the careers of the future. The College of Natural Sciences is committed to educating our world’s next innovators, teachers, policy-makers and leaders. And we are committed to increasing diversity in the sciences and exploring new, creative ways for students to learn science and mathematics.

Programs and Initiatives:

• Freshman Research Initiative
• UTeach
• Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships
• Technology Enhanced Learning
• College Readiness

Faculty 400

Top faculty are key to our success as a college. They are the teachers of our students and the research scientists who will transform society, whether exploring universal questions in astrophysics or finding new treatments for cancer. Our goal is to increase our faculty by 25 for a total of 400 members strong.

Programs and Initiatives:

• Seed Funding for Research
• Recruiting Top Faculty
• Enriching Key Research Areas
• Dean’s Discretionary Fund

Engaging Research

The college is committed to fostering research that is critical to the future of our state, nation and society.

Programs and Initiatives:

• Energy
• Health and Medicine
• Computer Science
• Systems Biology
• Marine Science
• Physical Sciences

Ideas and Innovation

The college is dedicated to increasing the dissemination of our ideas and innovations through entrepreneurship and collaborations with industry. Our goal is to contribute to the long-term economy of our state and country, and to create new revenue streams to support a world-class education for students in the college.

Programs and Initiatives:

• Student Lecture Series
• Professor Fellowships
• Research Collaboration and Commercialization
• Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer