Research Facts and Figures
- In 2009/10 research awards to the University of Dundee grew to over £92m
- Research income now averages around £59m per annum
- Successful awards in 2009/10 were made up from:
Charities - £ 38.4m
Research Councils - £ 21m
Collaborative Research - £ 22m
Industry - £ 11m
The following pie chart and graph illustrate the Research Awards 2009/10 and Research Awards 05/06 - 09/10:
- The University has patents and patent applications covering 85 technologies and earns on average over £1m per annum in licensing income from its licensed technologies.
- The University has over 20 spin-out companies and 3 associated start-ups
- 13 of these are lifescience and medical device companies.
- 19 spin-outs have emerged since 2000.
- Spin-outs, start-ups and inward investment companies have created over 600 jobs in the local economy
- The university has major collaborative research programmes with the pharmaceutical industry in the areas of cell signalling and translational medicine.