External Funding Rates in the Sciences at CSU Fresno, and other CSU campuses

Keith PutirkaDept. Earth & Env. Sci.CSU Fresno

Overview

1. How do we compare to other colleges on campus?

2. Where do our indirect $ go?

3. How does CSU Fresno-CSM compare to other

(equivalent) CSU colleges?

4. How do CSM departments compare to one

another, and other CSU departments.

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CSM Rank 6 (of 12)

Total External Funding $ at CSU Fresno by College/Academic Unit (McClanahan, pers. comm. 2007)

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CSMRank 7 (of 8)

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Rank by Total Funding2000-2005

But what about college size…?

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So, are we good at anything?(at least compared to our CSUF colleagues)

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Yes…

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Federal Funding $/FM by Discipline (or"College")

(in Thousands of $)

% of Univ totalRank College indirects1 Ag Sci & and Tech 28.52 Health & Hum Serv 15.93 Sci & Math 13.94 Ed & Human Dev 10.25 Student Affairs 9.06 URGO/SEED 5.67 Craig Schl Business 5.08 Eng & Comp Sci 4.49 Soc Sci 3.510 Arts and Hum 3.111 Grad Stud 0.712 Library 0.1

“Indirects” for 2002-2003(McClanahan, pers. comm. 2007)

SUM = 100%

How easy is funding in non-science disciplines? (pretty darn easy!)

(McClanahan, 2007 pers. comm.)

Reality Check: NSF Funding rates in 2000, 30% in 2006, 21% (Science, 317:880)

Non-science disciplines have funding rates >70-80%

How? • Local Agencies • Contracts.

University Rate of successMonterey Bay 123Chico 92Northridge 74San Diego 72Fresno 69Long Beach 64

Advantages to Non-Federal/Non-Science Funding:

1. It’s Fast! Little or no data required; paperwork minimal

2. It’s Fun! Most money goes to salaries & stipends

3. It’s Easy! “Non-Federal” means “Non-competitive”

Local granting agencies have low expectations No publications? No problem!

Disadvantages of Seeking Federal Sci Funding:1. Highly competitive. Several submissions required to get one proposal

funded.

2. Small science budgets = small awards

3. Low prestige - Pumpkin-growing contests more popular

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Ryan Mobley of Wheeler Cty. GA (shown with Dad), wins 2nd place with Atlantic Giant, 340 lb (the pumpkin,

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How are our indirect $ spent?

(Kompsi, pers. comm. 2007)(2007-2008 Budget)Your Tax Dollars At Work

Total indirects to University = $1.5 Million

60%

Post-Award operations$900,000

40%

"Surplus" (after operating grants)$600,000

42%

Library, Facilities, Safety, Plant Ops, etc.$250,000

Provost, $350,00

29%

Res. & Spon. Prog, HML?, GRAB?, Consulting?$103,000

58%

How does CSU Fresno’s CSM compare to other equivalent colleges

across the CSU system?

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Total $ to CSU Colleges of Science & Math, 2004-2005From Tom McLanahan's Report

Nominal 2005 Funding $CSU-CSM FresnoRank: 13 (of 13)

Total 2005 $ to CSU “Colleges of Science et al.” From a 2006 Administrative Report

(Remember the hubbub over external funding?)

But many other “Colleges of Science” include Health Science, Science Ed, Eng, Agric., etc.

(McClanahan, 2007 pers. comm.)

We can compare nominal “Colleges of Science and Math”…

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Total $ to Colleges of Sci & Math (2004-2005)Add Health Sci (2003-2003) to CSM

Add CSU Fresno 2002-2003 Health Science $ to Nominal 2005 CSU Fresno

CSM $

We move from 13th to 3rd

But we are still comparing apples to oranges, to grapes to figs…

…only at some risk to accuracy

Data from NSF allow us to build upon this analysis

1. Most Colleges are configured differently We will compare “Equivalent Colleges”, using department-level comparisons

2. We will attempt to account for differences in college size (More faculty = more proposals = more $)

3. Federal funding $ are collected from NSF

4. We compare equivalent CSU departments regardless of college of origin.

5. Use numbers of permanent, tenured and tenure-track faculty to compare $/faculty member funding rates (data from CSU departmental web sites).

(For data, see: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/).

Sources of Error

1. Error unknown for NSF reports of federal $

2. Faculty counts vary from year to year (productivity rates are approximate)

3. At some CSUs (e.g., SDSU) lecturers, post-docs and part time faculty contribute greatly to funding (Here, they are not counted towards faculty productivity rates, due to lack of consistency in inter-campus web site reports)

4. No published information on intercampus funding rates

5. Assignment of federal dollars to a particular department entails error….

About the Data:

NSF’s statistics on: “Federally financed separately budgeted R&D expenditures in the sciences and engineering”

We use these categories, from NSF:

1. Biological Sciences + “Life Sciences, not elsewhere classified”2. Computer Sciences3. Earth Sciences + “Environmental Sciences, not elsewhere class.”4. Physics5. Chemistry6. Mathematical Sciences7. Psychology

Potential sources of error: 1) assignment of categories to departments (e.g., a Plant Science award to Ag Tech might be assigned to BIOL); 2) BIOL and EES would have higher proportional rankings if “NEC” categories were not included

“NEC”

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Federal Funding in 2001 Across CSU system

In 2001 - Our Worst Yearover the period 2000-2004CSU-CSM FresnoRank: 17 (of 18)

Federal Funding to Equivalent Colleges Across CSU - in thousands of $

nsf.gov/statistics/

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Federal Funding to Equivelent Colleges Across CSU (thousands of $)

In 2004 - our best year over the period 2000-2004CSU FresnoRank: 9 (of 18)

Federal Funding to Equivalent Colleges Across CSU - in thousands of $

Rankings highly sensitiveto year-to-year variations

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Four year average funding

Four-year average Funding Across the CSUs2001-2004 - in thousands of $

CSU FresnoRank: 11 (of 18)

But we need to correct for # of faculty…

nsf.gov/statistics/

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Federal Funding per Faculty Member Across CSU (thousands of $)

In 2004 (our best ranking)CSU-CSM FresnoRank: 8 (of 18)

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Five-year average, 2000-2004$ per Faculty Member

2001-2004CSU-CSM FresnoRank: 10 (of 18)

Four-year average, 2001-2004Thousands of $ per Faculty Member

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California State University Fresno

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Funding Trends: 1994 & 2000-2004Thousands of $ per Equivalent College

Note substantial growth for CSU Fresno from 2001-2004

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Federal Funding Rates: $/faculty MemberFederal Funding Rates in $/FM for Equivalent CSU Colleges

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How do CSU Fresno departments compare to

(a) one another

(b) comparable departments

across the CSU system?

College 2004CSU Rank RANK $/FM

Psychology 3 1 55.8Earth & Env. Sci 7 2 50.4Biology 7 3 31.7CSM 8 22.1Physics 10 4 11.4Mathematics 8 5 1.8Chemistry 15 6 0.0Computer Sci 11 7 0.0

Notes: 1) Inter-CSU rankings for Comp. Sci and CHEM are partially nominal

2) Funding rates for PSYCH & EES are similar, but inter-CSU rankings disparate

Rank by Federal Funding $ per Faculty Member(1000’s $/FM) in 2004

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Rank of Federal Funding in $ per Faculty Member (1000’s $/FM) as 5-year avg., 2000-2004

nsf.gov/statistics/

College 2000-2004CSU Rank RANK Avg. $/FM

Biology 8 1 28.6Psychology 4 2 24.9Earth & Env. Sci 11 3 17.6CSM 11 11.9Physics 13 4 4.5Computer Sci 13 5 0.8Mathematics 15 6 0.4Chemistry 17 7 0.0

Rank $/FMBOL 1 39438EES 2 23855CSM 17941Math 3 17647PSYCH 4 13362PHYS 5 12935CHEM 6 611

$ per FM from 1/05 to 11/06

CSM rankings for total External $/FM, from 1/05 - 11/06

(McClanahan et al., 2007; UGC website)

Participation Rates

• 22% (23 of 103) of CSM Faculty generated 100% of funding from March, 2004 to November, 2006

13% of CSM faculty generated 98% of CSM

external funding • The 22% of faculty who were funded earned

$110,225/FM for 3/04 to 11/06, or $40,081/FM per year

The top 13% had funding rates of $61,000/FM/year

(McClanahan et al., 2007; UGC website)

What’s our 1000 lb Pumpkin?

- Publication record? Citations? (evaluations of “scientific impact” use these

factors, not funding, though all three are likely correlated)

- Students involved in research, presenting papers, attending grad school?

- Something else?

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Should it be research?

- External research-focused funding brings money into the college

- NSF notes that CSUN and CSULB send more of their M.S. students to

Ph.D. programs

- Publications and funding reflect respect from one’s peers

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What about lower funding rates in 2005?

1. Who cares? It’s just one year.

2. NSF funding rates have declined

At CSUF, 7 of 10 academic units saw funding drop from ‘04 to ‘05

3. (Proposal-writing) Faculty may be reaching the limit of the # of proposals they can write or grants they can manage

(Once we get the money, NSF wants us to do something with it)

4. Low “participation” rates likely apply to all colleges

Increased funding will ensue when more than 22% of faculty are successful

What do we do with this information?

1. Our inter-CSU rank is mediocre…

2. Some “equivalent colleges” may provide realistic targets:

NorthridgeLos AngelesDom. HillsLong Beach

3. Do our present policies work?

• Lab support

• “Dean’s programs” • High new-faculty start up $

• New Hires & RTP publication & grant application requirements

PsychologyRANK $/FM (2004)

San Jose State University 1 188.67San Diego State University 2 111.40

California State University Fresno 3 55.83California State University Northridge 4 31.42California State University Los Angeles 5 15.28California State University Hayward 6 7.29California State University Chico 7 5.59California State University Long Beach 8 3.28California State University Dominguez Hills 9 3.00California State University Fullerton 10 2.70California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo 11 1.46California State University Bakersfield 12 0.86California State Polytechnic University Pomona 13 0.00California State University Monterey Bay 14 0.00California State University San Bernardino 15 0.00Humboldt State University 16 0.00San Francisco State University 17 0.00Sonoma State University 18 0.00

Appendix 1: Departmental Inter-CSU RankingsIn $/Faculty Member for 2004 (our best year for Federal

External Funding, i.e., this is as good as it gets; data from nsf.gov)

• In the following tables BIOL and EES would have higher proportional rankings if NSF’s “NEC” categories were not included; absolute “per faculty” funding rates would be unchanged.

Biology + Life SciencesRANK $/FM (2004)

California State University Dominguez Hills 1 282.33San Diego State University 2 154.08San Francisco State University 3 123.83California State University Los Angeles 4 104.00California State Polytechnic University Pomona 5 76.58California State University Long Beach 6 72.27

California State University Fresno 7 31.65California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo 8 30.64California State University Monterey Bay 9 30.56California State University Northridge 10 25.77California State University Fullerton 11 24.65Humboldt State University 12 22.96California State University Hayward 13 19.93Sonoma State University 14 13.71California State University Bakersfield 15 9.14California State University Chico 16 9.05California State University San Bernardino 17 8.57San Jose State University 18 7.09

ChemistryRANK $/FM (2004)

San Francisco State University 1 124.09California State University Los Angeles 2 85.82San Jose State University 3 85.65California State University Northridge 4 33.90San Diego State University 5 23.14California State University Dominguez Hills 6 16.78California State University Long Beach 7 11.18California State University Bakersfield 8 9.57California State University Hayward 9 7.63Sonoma State University 10 5.25Humboldt State University 11 0.93California State Polytechnic University Pomona 12 0.00California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo 13 0.00California State University Chico 14 0.00

California State University Fresno 15 0.00California State University Fullerton 16 0.00California State University San Bernardino 17 0.00California State University Monterey Bay 18 0.00

Computer SciencesRANK $/FM (2004)

California State University San Bernardino 1 63.67California State University Chico 2 39.47Humboldt State University 3 17.25San Diego State University 4 4.53California State University Hayward 5 4.19San Jose State University 6 2.32California State University Bakersfield 7 2.08California State University Long Beach 8 0.72California State Polytechnic University Pomona 9 0.00California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo 10 0.00

California State University Fresno 11 0.00

California State University Fullerton 12 0.00California State University Los Angeles 13 0.00California State University Northridge 14 0.00San Francisco State University 15 0.00Sonoma State University 16 0.00California State University Dominguez Hills 17 0.00California State University Monterey Bay 18 0.00

Earth SciencesRANK $/FM (2004)

San Jose State University 1 1187.17California State University Monterey Bay 2 303.43Humboldt State University 3 138.50California State University Los Angeles 4 111.22California State University Northridge 5 88.80San Diego State University 6 84.75

California State University Fresno 7 50.44California State University San Bernardino 8 48.83California State University Long Beach 9 42.67California State University Fullerton 10 16.56California State University Hayward 11 14.33California State University Bakersfield 12 9.00California State University Chico 13 0.00California State University Dominguez Hills 14 0.00California State Polytechnic University Pomona 15 0.00California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo 16 0.00Sonoma State University 17 0.00San Francisco State University 18

MATHRANK $/FM (2004)

California State University Dominguez Hills 1 32.07San Diego State University 2 11.13Humboldt State University 3 9.83California State University Northridge 4 5.87California State University Los Angeles 5 4.10San Jose State University 6 3.50California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo 7 1.78

California State University Fresno 8 1.75California State University San Bernardino 9 1.73California State University Long Beach 10 1.49California State University Chico 11 1.16California State University Hayward 12 0.97California State University Bakersfield 13 0.64California State Polytechnic University Pomona 14 0.00California State University Fullerton 15 0.00California State University Monterey Bay 16 0.00San Francisco State University 17 0.00Sonoma State University 18 0.00

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PhysicsRANK $/FM (2004)

San Francisco State University 1 203.50San Diego State University 2 79.88California State University Northridge 3 75.25California State University Dominguez Hills 4 73.75California State University Los Angeles 5 47.33San Jose State University 6 43.69California State University Hayward 7 23.60California State University Long Beach 8 16.50California State University San Bernardino 9 12.38

California State University Fresno 10 11.42California State University Fullerton 11 9.55California State University Bakersfield 12 6.00California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo 13 0.76California State Polytechnic University Pomona 14 0.00California State University Chico 15 0.00Humboldt State University 16 0.00Sonoma State University 17 0.00California State University Monterey Bay 18 0.00

Equivalent CSMRANK $/FM (2004)

San Jose State University 1 95.71San Francisco State University 2 90.75San Diego State University 3 83.12California State University Dominguez Hills 4 56.70California State University Monterey Bay 5 53.35California State University Los Angeles 6 49.38California State University Northridge 7 28.66

California State University Fresno 8 22.11California State Polytechnic University Pomona 9 19.26California State University Long Beach 10 19.17Humboldt State University 11 14.56California State University San Bernardino 12 14.16California State University Hayward 13 8.53California State University Chico 14 6.92California State University Fullerton 15 6.73California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo 16 4.23California State University Bakersfield 17 3.81Sonoma State University 18 2.39

Agency for International Development Appalachian Regional Commission Bureau of Engraving and Printing Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Labor Department of State Department of the Interior Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency General Services Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Justice Programs Social Security Administration

Appendix 2: Funding Agencies/Departments Tabulated by NSF

Note: Some agencies fall within larger administrative bodies, e.g., NOAA is under Dept. of Commerce

A 2002 NSF report ranked terminal M.S. programsaccording to rate at which students later attended Ph.D. programs

CSU Long Beach ranked #1 (CSU Federal Funding Rank in 2002 = 4th; $21,500/FM)

CSU Northridge ranked #2 (CSU Federal Funding Rank in 2002 = 6th; $20,500/FM)

CSU Fresno ranked ? (CSU Funding rank in 2002 = 10th; $10,600/FM)

Appendix 3: Should we care? (CSU Northridge Alumni News Letter; McClanahan et al., 2007; UGC website)