Additional Information on Report Card Metrics

SUNY and the Entrepreneurial Century

New York Research Expenditures

Growing sponsored research brings federal dollars back into the State, creates new highly paid jobs, builds infrastructure, and generates discoveries that lead to innovation that provides opportunity to attract and retain industry in the State.

SUNY’s objective is not just to increase the number of jobs in New York – but the number of good jobs. This captures both.

The SUNY Research Foundation: The top line of page 5 in this report details SUNY's expenditures in research for the year ending June 30, 2012

The Center for Measuring University Performance

National Science Foundation; New NSF Survey Finds that Six States Account for Nearly Half of State Agencies' Research Expenditures 

NSF R&D By State: Report for the Fiscal Year of 2009

For a definition of this metric and more information about the methodology SUNY used, please see the SUNY Report Card Metrics Definitions document.

Research Expenditures by Region

The Research Foundation of SUNY (RF) administers externally funded contracts and grants on behalf of the State University of New York. Sponsored program expenditures are recorded in the RF Oracle business system by campus location and displayed in external reports by the RF fiscal year end (June 30) by the official campus short name list and grouped by the following (Total locations = 31):

• University Centers and Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions (9 locations) - Albany’s CNSE is reported as a separate item.
• University Colleges (13 locations)
• Technology Colleges (8 locations)
• System Administration - Provost (1 location)

The SUNY Research Foundation: This PDF details expenditures for each individual SUNY campus

The SUNY Research Foundation: This fact sheet outlines some of the most notable research ventures of SUNY employees throughout the state

The Economic Impact of Higher Education in New York State; Thomas P. DiNapoli, September 2010

For a definition of this metric and more information about the methodology SUNY used, please see the SUNY Report Card Metrics Definitions document.

Jobs Created Through Sponsored Programs Using STAR Metrics

STAR Metrics is a multi-agency venture led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) . The STAR Metrics project is a partnership between science agencies and research institutions to document the outcomes of science investments to the public. The Research Foundation provides various data elements on all federally funded awards through five data files which yields five quarterly pre-calculated reports in return. These reports are:

• Trends in number of FTE’s by Occupational Classification
• Trends in number of positions by Occupational Classification
• Total job trends by funding source
• Positions & FTE jobs by federal funding source
• Total job trends for top 3 federal agencies

STAR Metrics Home Page

United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: National Employment Levels 2002-2012

For a definition of this metric and more information about the methodology SUNY used, please see the SUNY Report Card Metrics Definitions document.

Number of Inventions Disclosed

The technology transfer offices of The Research Foundation (RF) work on behalf of the State University of New York (SUNY) and its researchers to identify, protect, and commercialize the university’s intellectual property portfolio.

To track the technology transfer activity across the system, The Research Foundation Central Office currently works with the technology transfer offices to receive quarterly and annual data related to the activity at the campuses. The data that is collected are common measurements used to measure technology transfer activity and are based on the data points that are reported to the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) annually.

SUNY Research Foundation: Technology Acceleration Fund (TAF) Success Stories

SUNY Research Foundation: This article features some more noteworthy patent advances made by SUNY faculty

NYSTAR, Empire State Development Division of Science, Technology and Innovation

AUTM, Association of University Technology Managers

For a definition of this metric and more information about the methodology SUNY used, please see the SUNY Report Card Metrics Definitions document.

SUNY's Entrepreneurial Support of New York Firms

This metric would measure how satisfied NY firms are with their entrepreneurial support from SUNY.

SUNY Research Foundation: This article briefly outlines some of the efforts being made by SUNY to support local economies

SUNY Research Foundation: Positive manifestations of SUNY's collaboration with the business community in New York State

SUNY Research Foundation: How SUNY's partnership with various public and private entities has benefitted job creation, and subsequently the economy, in NYS

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