Earning $261.7 million in external research funding in FY 2011, Oregon State is one of only two land, sea, space and sun grant institutions in the U.S., and holds a top tier research designation from the Carnegie Foundation.
Nine of OSU’s academic programs have ranked among the top 10 nationally in the past three years. Faculty include 29 NSF Early Career Award recipients since 2000, two MacArthur Foundation Fellows and scientists who lead federal programs at NSF, NASA and NOAA. More than 35 present and past faculty have been elected as Fellows of AAAS, and five as members of NAS.
As its research program grows, OSU is increasingly turning discoveries into commercialized innovation. The university recently disclosed that licensing royalties from OSU patents exceeded $4 million in FY2011, an increase of 63 percent over the previous year. The university has more than 100 active licenses in products ranging from Braille printers to a new pressure-sensitive adhesive technology that could be used in goods ranging from wound dressings to postage stamps. OSU intellectual property helps create companies and jobs.
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