Goal 3 – Advance Research and Creative Activity

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 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 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.