Annual Report of Research Activity Office of the Vice President for Research | Fiscal Year 2010
“Let the college investigate, that it may teach well.” George W. Atherton,
P R E S I D E N T O F P E N N S TAT E , 1 8 8 2 – 1 9 0 6
PENN STATE’S RESEARCH ENTERPRISE CONTINUES ON A PATH OF VIGOROUS GROWTH. Expenditures totaled an all-time high of $780 million for the 2009–10 fiscal year, a 77 percent increase over the past decade. In that time, University researchers in a host of academic disciplines have expanded the frontiers of knowledge and contributed to the material, social, and cultural enrichment of society. Funding agencies know they can count on the quality of Penn State research. This past year, in the realm of energy alone, the University received multimillion-dollar grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish multidisciplinary centers for solar and clean-energy research and support ongoing research in nuclear energy. We are one of five universities partnering with DOE in a $465 million initiative aimed at making more efficient and environmentally friendly use of fossil-fuel resources. The private sector also is a source of numerous energy-related research collaborations. In fact, across all disciplines, Penn State maintains its distinction as one of the nation’s top universities in industry-sponsored research. Research is a sound economic investment. Penn State research puts nearly $2 billion into Pennsylvania’s economy each year in the form of new technologies, job creation and retention, taxes, and other direct and indirect economic impact. Finally, faculty research is essential to a rigorous program of graduate education. Penn State awarded more than 3,000 graduate degrees in 2009–10 for the first time ever—a clear testament to the University’s reputation as a world-class learning center.
Henry C. Foley
Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
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Total Research Expenditures, 2001–2010
Industry-Sponsored Research, 2001–2010
Expenditures totaled an alltime high of $780 million, with federal support leading the way at $472 million.
Penn State has long ranked among the nation’s top universities in industrysponsored research, and typically partners with more than 400 companies annually.
In millions of dollars
In millions of dollars
(Federal and Nonfederal)
$120
$800 765
700
102.4
2005
103.6
2004
98.2
2002
83.7
2001
75.9
308
319
306
290
285
273
257
238
72.6
60
73.3
472
411
375
372
365
350
223
224 248
284
307
300
446
472
507
82.3
80
545
500
200
638
100
665 91.8
607
657
104.8
717
600
400
780
2008
2009
2010
40
20
100 0
0 2001
2002
Federal
2003
2004
Nonfederal
2005
2006
Total
2007
2008
2009
2010
2003
2006
2007
Expenditures from Federal Agencies
Expenditures by Performing Unit
1 Department of Defense $173,111,000
1 Defense-Related Research Units $185,936,000
2 Department of Health and Human Services $120,968,000
10 Information Sciences and Technology $10,037,000
Applied Research Lab $149,437,000
11 Other $12,997,000
Electro-Optics Center $36,499,000
Altoona College $701,000
3 National Science Foundation $58,898,000
2 Engineering $104,483,000
4 USDA $20,629,000
3 Agricultural Sciences $98,282,000
5 NASA $19,437,000
4 Medicine $98,032,000
6 DOE $18,484,000
5 Eberly College of Science $97,450,000
7 Education $11,645,000
6 Earth and Mineral Sciences $71,607,000
8 Other $49,196,000
Behrend College $3,643,000
7 Health and Human Development $43,796,000
Interior $1,430,000
8 Liberal Arts $28,489,000
EPA $897,000
Capital College $3,079,000 Great Valley $326,000
Transportation $6,198,000 Commerce $1,611,000
Berks College $170,000
Penn College $1,367,000
Other Campuses and Programs $3,711,000 12 Other Schools and Colleges $6,699,000
Arts and Architecture $1,003,000 Communications $271,000
Dickinson School of Law $205,000 Nursing $1,004,000
9 Education $22,258,000
Other Federal $39,060,000
Smeal College of Business $4,216,000
10 11
Total $472,368,000
Total $780,066,000
12
8
8
7
9 1
7
6
1
5 6 4
3
2
5
2
4
3
Sources of Research Funding
Total Graduate Student Enrollment
1 Federal $472,368,000 2 University $120,097,000 3 Industry and other $103,772,000
The University remains a popular choice for graduate education, with resident instruction supplemented in recent years by Penn State World Campus offerings.
4 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania $83,829,000
Total $780,066,000
Penn State’s diverse research initiatives reflect a wide range of funding sources.
15000
12000
10,306
10,646
11,760
10,883 10,310
12,783
8,893
9,088
9,206
9,707
9,793
6000
3
2001
2002
2003
Total Enrollment
2004
2005
2007
Resident Instruction
(Fall only)
2008
World Campus
(Calendar year)
2009
3,890
2,429
1
3,426
1,967 2006
0
3,035
3000
2
12,514
9,808
9000
4
12,136 12,241
2010
Graduate Degrees Conferred
Over the past ten years, Penn State has conferred nearly 28,000 graduate degrees, including about 6,200 doctoral degrees.
3500 2,873 3000
2,503
2,664 2,651
2,751 2,763 2,778
2,855
2,957
3,054
2500 2,374
2,278
2,197
2,093
2,089
2,145
2,293
2,101
2,123
1500
1,962
2000
1000 680
04–05
679
606
03–04
658
580
02–03
685
550
01–02
674
541
541
500
05–06
06–07
07–08
08–09
09–10
0 2000–01
Master’s
Doctoral
Total
Contacts
Henry C. Foley
David W. Richardson
Ronald J. Huss
Karl Harris
Vice President for Research
Associate Vice President for Research, Director of Sponsored Programs
Director, Intellectual Property Office
Director, ElectroOptics Center
110 Technology Center
814-865 6277 rjh22@psu.edu
724-295-7000 kah26@psu.edu
814-865-3396 dwr14@psu.edu
Daniel R. Leri
Susan McHale
Graduate School
Director, Innovation Park and Research Commercialization
Director, Social Science Research Institute
Dean of the Graduate School 304 Old Main University Park, PA 16802-1504 814-863-9580 hcf2@psu.edu Peter E. Schiffer Associate Vice President for Research Director of Strategic Initiatives 304 Old Main 814-863-9658 pes12@psu.edu Daniel A. Notterman Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Medicine Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Research 717-531-7199 dan13@psu.edu
Regina VasilatosYounken Senior Associate Dean 114 Kern Building 814-865-2516 rxv@psu.edu Suzanne Adair Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Affairs Senior Director of Graduate Educational Equity Programs Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
113 Technology Center 814-865-6277 rjh22@psu.edu
814-865-2647 mchale@psu.edu Carlo G. Pantano
Tanna M. Pugh Director, Industrial Research Office 814-865-2878 tannapugh@psu.edu
Director, Materials Research Institute 814-863-8407 cgp1@psu.edu Padma Raghavan
Interdisciplinary Research Peter Hudson Director, The Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Director, Institute for CyberScience 814-865-9233 raghavan@cse.psu.edu Thomas L. Richard
814-863-3650 pjh18@psu.edu
Director, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment
Edward G. Liszka
814-865-3722 tlr20@psu.edu
Technology Transfer
Director, Defense-Related Research Units
Michael BĂŠrubĂŠ
Stephen P. Brawley
814-865-6343 egl4@psu.edu
Director, Institute for the Arts and Humanities
114 Kern Building 814-865-2516 sca917@psu.edu
Ronald J. Huss Associate Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer
814-863-6301 DanLeri@psu.edu
President/CEO, Ben Franklin Technology Center of Central and Northern Pennsylvania, Inc. 814-865-8669 spb4@psu.edu
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