 As president, Daniels has continued the university’s 38 year legacy of having the most federal research funding in the country.In 2013, Daniels announced the creation of "Ten by Twenty", the university’s first comprehensive strategic plan, setting goals for the school through 2020.His Rising to the Challenge campaign, costing $6 billion and ending in 2018, emphasized Daniels' three overarching themes - increasing interdisciplinary collaborative research and innovation, enhancing individual student excellence, and larger social involvement within the Baltimore community.