Research Profile

Important Information to Know about Temple in Preparing Proposals

Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, is a comprehensive public research university with more than 34,000 students. It has a distinguished faculty in 17 schools and colleges, including schools of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, and Dentistry, and a renowned Health Sciences Center . Temple is one of Pennsylvania 's three public research universities, along with the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University . The Carnegie Foundation has designated Temple as Research University/High Research Activity, including it among the top universities in the nation with comprehensive curricula and nationally recognized research programs.

Temple University is the 26th largest university in the United States , and it is the sixth largest provider of professional education (law, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and podiatric medicine) in the country. Based in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA , Temple has five regional campuses, including the flagship Main Campus, Health Sciences Campus, and Center City Campus in Philadelphia ; a major suburban campus -- Temple University at Ambler; and a suburban art campus -- Tyler School of Art -- in Elkins Park . The University has an education center in Harrisburg , and international campuses in Tokyo , Japan , and Rome , Italy . Temple also offers educational programs in the People's Republic of China , Israel , Greece , Great Britain , France and other countries throughout the world.

The student enrollment profile for Fall 2005 included a total enrollment of 37,097, excluding Temple Japan . This included 23,627 undergraduate students, 5,070 graduate students, 3,117 professional students, and 2,283 non-degree students. The student body is 58% white, 16% African American, 9% Asian American, and over 3% Hispanic. Approximately 70% of students are Pennsylvania residents, with the balance of students coming from throughout the United States and more than 60 foreign nations.

Through its various schools and colleges, Temple University offers 295 academic degree programs, including in 2 associate degrees programs, 125 bachelor's degree programs, 108 master's degree programs, 52 doctoral degree programs, and 8 first professional degree programs. Founded by Dr. Russell H. Conwell in 1884, the University was chartered as Temple College in 1888 and incorporated as Temple University in 1907. In 1965, by the Act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , Temple University became a state-related institution in the Commonwealth System of Higher Education.

The Libraries of Temple University form an extensive network of services and resources that support the educational and research needs of the University's students and faculty. The University Libraries directly support the schools and colleges on the Main Campus, Temple University Ambler/Fort Washington, the Tyler School of Art, TU Harrisburg Center and the Temple University Center City Campus. The Health Sciences Center Libraries serve the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmacy, the College of Allied Health Professions , and the Temple University Hospital . The Law Library supports the faculty and students of the School of Law on the Main Campus. The University also provides library services for students attending Temple University Japan and Temple University Rome.

Temple's library system employs state-of the art technology and provides access to more than 3 million volumes, 27,000 journal subscriptions, more than 350 electronic research databases, and over 10,000,000 original manuscripts and photographs. The University participates in the Federal Depository Library Program, through which it receives 60 percent of the publications issued by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Special collections include the Urban Archives; the University Archives; the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection, Contemporary Culture Collection, Science Fiction and Fantasy collections, and the Blockson Afro-American Historical Collection.

Research at Temple University

The following brief descriptions represent a small portion of the many research initiatives in which Temple faculty are involved:

• The Temple Cardiovascular Research Group (CVRG), headed by Dr. Steven Houser, is a consortium of basic and clinical scientists with a broad mission is to better define the causes and cures of cardiovascular diseases. Operationally, the CVRG facilitates multilevel, interdisciplinary collaborations that help target basic research towards clinical challenges and enables translation of discoveries into novel approaches for the detection, treatment and prevention of debilitating cardiovascular disorders.
• The Temple University Lung Center, headed by Dr. Gerard Criner, conducts a wide range of clinical research, investigating new approaches to common and serious diseases. The Lung Center also offers one of the most comprehensive medical and surgical pulmonary care programs in the country, providing management of patients in all stages of pulmonary and critical care diseases. The Lung Center also provides training to prepare physicians for careers in either basic research or clinical practice.
• The Center for Neurovirology and Cancer Biology (CNVCB), headed by Dr. Kamel Khalili, performs research on the molecular biology and genetics of viral and non-viral induced disorders of the central nervous system in order to develop molecular therapeutics strategies against relevant diseases. CNVCB also focuses training scientists and educators in the field of modern biology, with a concentration on development of new biomedical technologies.
• The Center for Advanced Photonics Research, headed by Dr. Robert J. Levis, focuses on a new research area, called "strong field chemistry," which presents many opportunities to explore new regimes for photochemistry. Center research includes fundamental investigations of intense-laser molecule interactions, the use of photonics in biological and chemical threat detection, and new techniques for non-invasive cancer detection.
• The Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, headed by Dr. E. Premkumar Reddy, focuses on research and training in cancer-related basic biological and biochemical sciences, with progressive extension into the areas of molecular developmental and structural biology to advance knowledge of the etiology and pathogenesis of cancer.
• Clinical Research Administration (formerly known as the Office for Clinical Trials), has been established and staffed to identify clinical trial opportunities, negotiate favorable budgets, help in the recruiting of patients and supervise the administration of the trials as well as compliance with federal regulations.
• Asian Tobacco Education, Cancer Awareness & Research (ATECAR) Initiative, headed by Dr. Grace Ma and funded by NCI, works to increase knowledge, change attitudes, improve skills and eventually change health behaviors of Asian populations regarding tobacco use and control, and to increase awareness of tobacco-related cancers through Asian community mobilization and participation in promoting, developing, and evaluating culturally appropriate tobacco and cancer control programs for Asian Americans.
• Temple Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic, headed by Dr. Philip C. Kendall and funded by NIMH, conducts treatment research focusing on children with severe anxiety and stress. Youth attending the clinic (ages 6-16) have severe worry and anxiety from various sources and affecting their social and educational development. The treatment lasts several months and the research addresses how best to provide treatment, and what type of treatment works best. For example, one study is comparing child-focused versus family-focused treatment, whereas another study is comparing psychological treatment versus medications. To date, 57% to 71% of treated youth are considered to have successful outcomes (they no longer meet criteria for a diagnosis) and follow-up data (7.4 years after treatment) suggests that those who were successfully treated may have fewer problems with substance use.
• The Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAR), headed by Dr. Martin Adler and Dr. Toby Eisenstein, is dedicated to research on the biological basis for addiction, its underlying causes, and modalities for treatment interventions. In its broadest sense, CSAR seeks to encompass approaches from bench research using animal models, to investigation of humans suffering from addiction, to sociological approaches involving criminal justice and drug policy issues. At present, the focus of the Center is oriented towards basic research concentrated on understanding the biological pathways by which drugs of abuse cause their effects.
• The Temple University Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), which promotes international trade and commerce in the Delaware Valley. The Temple CIBER is one of 30 such centers in the nation. The centers were created to help improve understanding of international trade, commerce and economics. Together, they form an extended network that gives U.S. businesses a national resource to succeed in the global marketplace. Individually, they provide a boost to small and medium businesses who want to compete on the international level.

In FY 2005, a total of 1,042 proposals were submitted for external funding, including 541 from Main Campus and 501 from the Health Sciences Campus.

Research Funding/Expenditures

Temple receives research funding from federal, state, and local government sources, as well as foundations and other private sources. Federal funding comes largely from the National Institutes of Health, with additional support from the Departments of Defense, Education, Agriculture, Energy, and Justice. State funding comes from a number of Departments, including Aging, Education, Health, Community and Economic Development, and Public Welfare.

Research awards received by Temple have increased more than 28 percent and research expenditures have increased by 40 percent since fiscal 2001. More than 70 faculty members each have at least $1 million in external research funding.

Over the last four years Temple has allocated ~ $2.7 million of internal funds to provide research incentive grants to support over thirty junior faculty investigators, and over twenty established investigators developing new research areas, and interdisciplinary research across the University.

Temple University’s recent research and development expenditures are summarized as follows:

1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
53,308	54,742	56,533	54,500	63,024	53,940	52,466	60,182	63,850	71,327
114	114	114	121	117	129	131	132	134	133

1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
27,140	28,303	28,720	26,374	28,793	29,734	38,213	41,643	44,577	51,309
114	115	121	126	121	121	114	117	119	122

Total	Federal Govt.	State & Local Govt	Industry	Institutinal Funds	Other
71,327	51,309	1,832	4,245	7,785	6,156

Total	Engineering	Physical Sciences	Envr. Sciences	Math & Computer	* Life Sciences	Psychology	Social Sciences
71,327	3,808	8,676	165	921	42,315	11,558	3,884

* includes Medical Sciences
Source: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Surveys of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Years 1994 - 2003
Note: R&D expenditures in these tables are defined by NSF as those fund expenditures designed to produce specific research outcomes and funded either by an external agency to an institution or separately budgeted by an internal institution unit. Indirect costs are not included in these expenditure summaries.

Category	Ranking	Expenditures
Medical Sciences	98	19,676
Engineering	144	3,808
Environmental Sciences	153	165
Physical Sciences	93	8,676
Math & Computer Sciences	139	921
Social Sciences	95	3,884
Life Sciences*	117	42,315
Psychology	11	11,558
Total	133	71,327

* Life Sciences includes Medical Sciences expenditures
Source: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 2003

Temple University School of Medicine/Temple University Health System

Temple University School of Medicine has approximately 400 fulltime and 1,000 volunteer faculty who teach 180 students in each medical class and approximately 150 graduate students. Its main campus is located at 3420 North Broad Street in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The School is associated with the Temple University Health System and a number of academic affiliates throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Health System now encompasses Temple University Hospital (TUH) and its TUH-Episcopal campus, Temple University Children’s Medical Center , Jeanes Hospital , Northeastern Hospital , and a group of primary care physicians, Temple Physician Associates. These TUHS facilities contain over 2.2 million net square feet of space. Academic affiliates, all located in Pennsylvania, are the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Delaware County, Western Pennsylvania Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Mercy and Moses Taylor Hospitals in Scranton, Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem , Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, the Reading Hospital in West Reading and Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital in Johnstown.