Research is one of three principle items in the mission of Illinois State University. To that end, faculty members were awarded over $20 million dollars in research grants during fiscal year 2005. Research is conducted by all 1,207 faculty with assistance from over 650 academic professional employees, 1,395 civic servants, 2,400 graduate students and over 20,000 undergraduate students. The high research standards of Illinois State University are recognized by the awarding of National Science Foundation grants.

The campus of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois has State-of-the-Art research facilities and laboratories.

Illinois State University has research partners and clients in the U.S. Department of Defense, U. S. Government, and Fortune 500 companies.

Vendor relationships in the fields of Information Technology and Computing include major software companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and Computer Associates.

The Center for Informatics at Illinois State University is available to partner on research topics with corporations and governmental agencies.

The Center for Informatics‘ consultants excel at identifying solutions that meet the needs of clients. Faculty and staff are available to provide onsite support, expertise, and guidance in a whole host of project areas. In addition, consultants may assist in developing Best Practices using the campus‘ state-of-the-art resources.

Deliverables are customer defined and may take the following forms:

Illinois State University has recently invested over 18 million dollars in state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.

Noteworthy facilities include:

- College of Business Building

- Integrated Manufacturing Systems Laboratory

- Science Laboratory Building

- Undergraduate Computational Science Laboratory

The Center for Informatics offers professional non-credit certification training to corporations, governmental agencies, organizations, and individuals. Certification program curricula may be custom generated from any subject offered through credit courses and-or within the expertise of faculty and staff.

Currently, The Center for Informatics has customizable, certification programs in many areas of great interest to business:

Certification programs are typically 75 contact hours in length and may be conducted within the clients facility or on campus. Program scheduling is highly flexible.

In addition, the Center for Informatics conducts training workshops at community colleges and through the Capital City Center in Springfield, Illinois.

Currently, the Center for Informatics is offering Project Management on ISU's campus in Normal, Project Management through Parkland College in Urbana, and Java/WebSphere through the Capital City Center. Call Dick at (309) 438-8697 for more information.

The Center for Informatics at Illinois State University is interested in developing customized training programs for corporations and governmental agencies.