How does having the EBI on campus benefit UC Berkeley?
A. Alternative energy has already been identified as a major research commitment of the UC Berkeley campus. The EBI funding greatly enhances the opportunity for UC Berkeley faculty and students to pursue groundbreaking research in this arena.UC Berkeley will also benefit from the fact that EBI funding helps provide for the creation of a permanent, new research facility for the campus. In addition to providing state-of-the art laboratory and office space, the fact that researchers affiliated with the programs are moving into this new space will make the campus lab space they formerly occupied available to other researchers. This will help the campus address some of the significant long-term laboratory-space challenges it faces.Additionally, the EBI will fund 50 percent of the academic salaries for six new full time-equivalent (FTE) faculty and 100 percent of the EBI director’s academic salary at UC Berkeley.
A. Alternative energy has already been identified as a major research commitment of the UC Berkeley campus. The EBI funding greatly enhances the opportunity for UC Berkeley faculty and students to pursue groundbreaking research in this arena. UC Berkeley will also benefit from the fact that EBI funding helps provide for the creation of a permanent, new research facility for the campus. In addition to providing state-of-the art laboratory and office space, the fact that researchers affiliated with the programs are moving into this new space will make the campus lab space they formerly occupied available to other researchers. This will help the campus address some of the significant long-term laboratory-space challenges it faces. Additionally, the EBI will fund 50 percent of the academic salaries for six new full time-equivalent (FTE) faculty and 100 percent of the EBI director’s academic salary at UC Berkeley. The EBI is also providing $1 million in start-up funds and $500,000 in renova
