Funding Sources (in millions)
$100
• Competitive funds supporting CAHNRS research and extension programs total $75–$80 million annually; the majority of these funds come from federal grants.
$83,675,892
80 $57,355,649
60 40
• Of this extramural support, 72% is from the USDA, 10% from NSF, 10% from DoE, 3% from NIH, 1% from DoI, and 1% from US-AID. • Additional funding comes from commodity commissions, private corporations, and endowments.
20 0
INVESTMENT & EXTRAMURAL SUPPORT
RESEARCH
EXTENSION
State Contributions Federal Capacity Funds External (All other funds)
• 80% of state funding is directed toward faculty and staff salaries. The remaining 20% is distributed to units for operating, matching funds, start-up packages, and intramural grant programs. • Every $1 of state investment leverages $3 of additional grants and other external funding.
INTERNATIONALLY RANKED • WSU’s plant and animal scientists rank 13th in the world and 6th in the U.S. for the number of journal articles produced.
(Thomson Reuters, “Essential Science Indicators,” July 2010)
Faculty Scholarly Productivity
Discipline
Rank
Plant Sciences
2
Horticulture 8 Food Science
6
Animal Sciences
4
Agronomy & Crop Sciences
7
From the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. The index compiles overall institutional rankings on 375 universities offering Ph.D. degrees.
CONTACTS Ron Mittelhammer, Interim Dean of CAHNRS—mittelha@wsu.edu, 509-335-2574 James Moyer, Associate Dean & Director of ARC—agresearch@wsu.edu, 509-335-4563 Rich Koenig, Associate Dean & Director of Extension—richk@wsu.edu, 509-335-2933