Goal 3 – Advance Research and Creative Activity

Metric 1

Total research & development expenditures	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025 N/A	FY 2026 Benchmark	FY 2030 Benchmark
Expenditures as reported to the National Science Foundation	$46.1M	$47.6M	$53.0M	$57.7M		$50M	$55M

Metric 2

Sponsored Projects funding: # of awards by purpose	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2026 Benchmark	FY 2030 Benchmark
Research	265	225	267	224	265	275
Instruction / Training	19	23	11	21	15	20
Other sponsored activities	141	172	137	147	140	145

Metric 3

Sponsored Projects funding: dollars awarded by purpose	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2026 Benchmark	FY 2030 Benchmark
Research	$43.9M	$36.9M	$50.9M	$42.6M	$50M	$55M
Instruction / Training	$2.3M	$3.8M	$1.6M	$9.4M	$3M	$5M
Other sponsored activities	$19.1M	$27.1M	$38.5M	$31.5M	$40M	$45M

Metric 4

Publications of Boise State authors and citations of those publications over 5-year period	CY 2016-20	CY 2017-21	CY 2018-22	CY 2019-23	CY 2020-24	CY 2021-25 Benchmark	CY 2025-29 Benchmark
Number of peer-reviewed publications by Boise State faculty, staff, students [1]	2,704	2,941	2,533	3,187	3,263	3,300	4,300
Citations of peer-reviewed publications authored by Boise State faculty, staff, students [2]	17,550	19,217	22,390	24,144	26,230	27,000	30,000

[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.