Research Dollars

[jdcurran235]

Does anyone know how we rank versus other texas schools? And what the actual figure is?

[coachacola]

This is a good tool for comparing schools in Texas:

http://www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/Accountability/

For 2012 it shows about $3.5 million in research at Lamar, but on Lamar's website they say over $10 million in reasearch. Not sure what the difference is.

[LUSportsFan]

Coincidentally, I was looking at the THECB site this morning. One of the reports I was looking at was a little confusing to me...probably because I was unfamiliar with it.

In one section, our listed research $'s were in line with the "over $13 million" on the Lamar website. If I recall, it showed $14 million in 2011 and just a shade under $13 million in 2012. A section just below it showed amounts like $4 million for 2011 and a little over $3 million for 2012.

Wonder if the top section is the total amount in grants for the reporting year (maybe some were multi-year grants) and the lower section is the amount spent for those grants during the reporting year.

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[cardambassador]

There is a matching process, I think the $3 or $4 million is research matched by the state through THECB.

Just a guess from when I worked with Dean Hopper.