{"id":7912,"date":"2016-11-22T14:39:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=7912"},"modified":"2016-11-22T14:40:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:40:54","slug":"uw-madison-drops-in-research-expenditure-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=7912","title":{"rendered":"UW-Madison Drops in Research Expenditure Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3138\" src=\"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/nsf1.jpg\" alt=\"nsf1\" width=\"166\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/nsf1.jpg 166w, https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/nsf1-149x150.jpg 149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/>For the first time since 1972, UW-Madison does not rank in the top five in research expenditures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/statistics\/2017\/nsf17303\/\">as ranked<\/a> by the National Science Foundation. UW-Madison dropped from fourth to sixth this year, with $1.07 billion in research spending in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Johns Hopkins University continues to lead in research funding ($2.31 billion), followed by the University of Michigan ($1.37 billion), the University of Washington ($1.18 billion), the University of California-San Francisco ($1.13 billion), and the University of California-San Diego ($1.1 billion). Among the top 30 universities, Wisconsin led among the four that\u00a0experienced a drop in spending, with a 3.6 percent reduction.<\/p>\n<p>UW-Madison Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education Marsha Mailick noted the impact\u00a0of disinvestment by the state:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are extremely proud of our faculty, staff and students but if Wisconsin is to remain at the pinnacle of American research universities, the state will need to reinvest to be sure we have the faculty positions and conditions necessary to attract and retain the best researchers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time since 1972, UW-Madison does not rank in the top five in research expenditures as ranked by the National Science Foundation. UW-Madison dropped from fourth to sixth this year, with $1.07 billion in research spending in 2015.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=7912\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[27,59],"class_list":["post-7912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-the-national-context","category-uw","tag-higher-education-funding","tag-research-funding","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7912"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7916,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7912\/revisions\/7916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}