Metric 1
Total research & development expenditures | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 N/A | FY 2024 N/A | FY 2025 Benchmark | FY 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 purpose | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 N/A | FY 2025 Benchmark | FY 2029 Benchmark |
Research | 255 | 265 | 225 | 267 | | 275 | 350 |
Instruction / Training | 30 | 19 | 23 | 11 | | 25 | 30 |
Other sponsored activities | 126 | 141 | 172 | 137 | | 150 | 200 |
Metric 3
Sponsored Projects funding: dollars awarded by purpose | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 N/A | FY 2025 Benchmark | FY 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 period | CY 2015-19 | CY 2016-20 | CY 2017-21 | CY 2018-22 | CY 2019-23 | CY 2020-24 Benchmark | CY 2024-28 Benchmark |
Number of peer-reviewed publications by Boise State faculty, staff, students [1] | 2,479 | 2,704 | 2,941 | 2,533 | 3,187 | 3,200 | 4,200 |
Citations of peer-reviewed publications authored by Boise State faculty, staff, students [2] | 14,711 | 17,550 | 19,217 | 22,390 | 24,144 | 25,000 | 27,500 |
[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.