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UVM touts R1 status, $225M in research and plans for a semiconductor tech hub

Senate Education Committee · February 5, 2026
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President Marley Trump highlighted UVM’s recent Carnegie R1 designation, said the university generated about $225 million in research funding last fiscal year, and described federal and philanthropic efforts to seed a semiconductor tech hub and a rural BioLabs facility in Burlington.

University of Vermont President Marley Trump told the Senate Education Committee on Feb. 5 that UVM has recently been designated an R1 research university and that research activity brought roughly $225,000,000 into Vermont last fiscal year.

"We have been recently designated an R1 university," Trump said, adding that the Carnegie classification will help recruit top faculty and students. She highlighted research based on Lake Champlain using the…

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