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

Feb 5, 2026

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.

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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.

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