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Research Metrics

$1.230 billion in FY25 proposals

$317.1 million in FY25 awards

1,404 awards given in FY25

Grant/Contract Metrics

	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Proposal Counts	2,576	2,477	2,215	2,351	2,390	2,298
Proposal Amounts	$988,928,650	$1,232,866,787	$963,910,525	$1,156,330,839	$1,218,225,473	$1,229,611,244
Award Counts	1,645	1,469	1,557	1,572	1,554	1,404
Award Amounts	$242,512,365	$261,635,138	$283,620,164	$309,814,368	$331,681,317	$317,073,204
Average Award Amount	$147,424	$178,104	$182,158	$197,083	$213,437	$225,836
NSF HERD R&D Expenditures	$335,201,000	$357,648,000	$368,396,000	$378,744,000	$403,369,000	Nov’ 26

Proposal and Award counts and amounts include all proposals and awards and are from MyResearch; NSF HERD data provided by the WSU Office of Institutional Research.

Share of Awards for R&D by Federal Agency, FY19–FY24

R&D only, passthrough included, stimulus excluded

A donut chart with the following data: HHS, 32%; USDA, 30%; NSF, 10%; DOE, 10%; DoD; 5%; ED, 5%; Other, 8%.

Amount of Awards for R&D by Federal Agency, FY25

R&D only, passthrough included

USDA: $65,625,050
HHS: $61,281,790
DOE: $26,943,792
NSF: $16,119,003
DoD: $15,075,818

Breakdown of FY 2025 HERD R&D Expenditures by Location

Values are provisional and reflect only expenditures assignable to cost centers.

A pie chart with the following data: Pullman, 27%; Research and Extension Centers, 7%; Spokane, 12%; Tri-Cities, 4%; Vancouver, 3%; Everett, less than 0.1%.

Breakdown of FY 2025 HERD R&D Expenditures by College

Values are provisional and reflect only expenditures assignable to cost

A pie chart with the following data: CAHNRS, 35%; VCEA, 14%; CAS, 14%; CVM, 12%; ESFCOM, 9%; CPPS, 3%; CCB, 2%; MCC, 2%; CESHS, 1%; CON, 1%; Other Areas, 7%.

View Detailed FY 2025 NSF HERD Expenditures Data (WSU Login Required)

Faculty Counts

	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Unique Contact/Lead PIs Submitting Proposals	821	789	756	770	811	784
Unique Contact/Lead PIs Receiving Funding	575	579	591	584	591	571
Unique T/TT Contact/Lead PI’s Receiving Funding	410	402	414	407	394	378
Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty Count (from IR)	918	930	908	896	904	891

Rows 1-3 are from MyResearch, row 4 from IR

Commercialization Metrics

	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Licensing Revenue	$9,495,519	$14,839,464	$11,400,955	$10,391,862	$19,430,610

Research Assurance Metrics

	CY19	CY20	CY21	CY22	CY23
IRB Protocols	1,465	1,443	1,300	1,400	1,851
IACUC Protocols	450	457	400	423	434
IBC Protocols	232	212	208	201	204
Haz-Mat Shipments	798	1,227	1,045	618	575
RSC Dosimetry	385	453	440	467	615

Notes:

Proposal and Award information excludes Stimulus funding.
Latest data available as of last update (7/2025).