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Goal 3 – Advance Research and Creative Activity

Metric 1

Total research & development expendituresFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023 N/AFY 2024 N/AFY 2025 BenchmarkFY 2029 Benchmark
Expenditures as reported to the National Science Foundation$43.3M$46.1M$47.6M$50M$55M

Metric 2

Sponsored Projects funding: # of awards by purposeFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023 FY 2024 N/AFY 2025 BenchmarkFY 2029 Benchmark
Research255265225267275350
Instruction / Training301923112530
Other sponsored activities126141172137150200

Metric 3

Sponsored Projects funding: dollars awarded by purposeFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023 FY 2024 N/AFY 2025 BenchmarkFY 2029 Benchmark
Research$38.5M$43.9M$36.9M$50.9M$50M$60M
Instruction / Training$6.1M$2.3M$3.8M$1.6M$3M$5M
Other sponsored activities$13.7M$19.1M$27.1M$38.5M$40M$45M

Metric 4

Publications of Boise State authors and citations of those publications over 5-year periodCY 2015-19CY 2016-20CY 2017-21CY 2018-22CY 2019-23CY 2020-24 BenchmarkCY 2024-28 Benchmark
Number of peer-reviewed publications by Boise State faculty, staff, students [1]2,4792,7042,9412,5333,1873,2004,200
Citations of peer-reviewed publications authored by Boise State faculty, staff, students [2]14,71117,55019,21722,39024,14425,00027,500

[1] Number of publications over five-year span with Boise State listed as the institution for one or more authors, collected from Web of Science. It is important to note that this source captures publications of a limited portion of our faculty, leaving out certain types of publications especially by faculty in Arts and Humanities.

[2] Total citations, during the listed five-year span, of peer-reviewed publications published in that same five-year span; limited to those publications with Boise State listed as the institution for at least one author; from Web of Science. Excludes self-citations. It is important to note that this source captures citations from a limited portion of our faculty, leaving out certain types of publications especially by faculty in Arts and Humanities.