The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Annual Research Expenditures Report

September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008 (pdf)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Data presented in this report are submitted by Texas universities and health-related institutions for Fiscal Year 2008 (September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008). The first six sections present institutional data. Highlights include:

• Institutions reported research expenditures that totaled $3,643,761,970 in Fiscal Year 2008.
• Expenditures at public institutions increased 10.8 percent over Fiscal Year 2007 (from $2,800,481,808 in FY 2007 to $3,104,323,711 in FY 2008).
• Research expenditures at public universities and health-related institutions grew $173,869,238 (12.6 percent) and $129,972,665 (9.2 percent), respectively, compared to Fiscal Year 2007.
• Research expenditures at public institutions increased by 124.7 percent since Fiscal Year 1998.
• Research expenditures were highest in the following fields:
  • medical sciences - $1,333,575,644
  • biological and other life sciences - $811,321,517
  • engineering - $486,546,887
  • physical sciences - $192,182,433
• The federal government, through the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and other federal agencies, provided $2,006,103,078 (55.1 percent) of the research funds expended.

The seventh section of this report, beginning on page 33, is based on data provided by the National Science Foundation for Fiscal Year 2006, the most recent year for which data are available. Highlights include:

• Texas ranked third among all states in total research expenditures for Fiscal Year 2006. Life sciences accounted for 67 percent of the research expenditures, followed by engineering (14 percent) and physical sciences (6 percent).
• Texas institutions of higher education ranked sixth in federal obligations for research and development in science and engineering, after California, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.
• The National Institutes of Health provided 64 percent of the federal research support for science and engineering to Texas higher education institutions.
• Eight institutions accounted for 75 percent of the federal obligations for research and development in science and engineering to Texas higher education institutions. These institutions were:
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Texas A&M University (including Texas A&M Service agencies)
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center