Levels and Trends is the annual report of research, training, and public service work
performed by the University of Minnesota and funded by external sponsors.
The fiscal '96 edition was originally published on paper in February 1997
by the Office of Research and Technology Transfer Administration.

Levels and Trends is mostly tables and graphs.
Please note the file formats used:
Text is in html files (*.htm).
Charts--chiefly pie charts and bar graphs--are in graphic files (*.gif).
Tables of numbers are in Excel spreadsheets (*.xls).
And the entire book is available in five files in portable document format (*.pdf), which precisely imitate the paper edition.

Levels and Trends are also available for the following fiscal years:

Contents

Front and back matter

Cover, title, Contents, Foreword, Introduction, credits, EEO statement (pdf)

Foreword, Introduction (html)

Tables and Charts

1. Expenditures (pdf)
   Chart 1: Sponsored Expenditures by College (graphic image)
   Chart 2: Sponsored Expenditures by Agency (graphic image)
   Chart 3: Sponsored Support Expenditures 1984-1996 (graphic image)
   Table 1: External Support Expenditures by College (excel file)
   Table 2: External Support Expenditures by Agency (excel file)
   Table 3: Expenditures Comparison, FY 1992 through FY 1996 by College (excel file)
   Table 4: Expenditures Comparison, FY 1992 through FY 1996 by Agency (excel file)
   Chart 4: Trend in Sponsored Expenditures, FY 1985 through FY 1996 (graphic image)
   Notes (html)

2. Proposals and Awards (pdf)
   Table 5: Proposals Submitted, FY 1995 and FY 1996 by College (excel file)
   Table 6: Proposals Submitted, FY 1995 and FY 1996 by Agency (excel file)
   Table 7: Proposals Submitted, FY 1986 through FY 1996 (excel file)
   Chart 5: Proposal Activity, FY 1987 through FY 1996 (graphic image)
   Table 8: Awards Received, FY 1995 and FY 1996 by College (excel file)
   Table 9: Awards Received, FY 1995 and FY 1996 by Agency (excel file)
   Table 10: Awards Received, FY 1987 through FY 1996 (excel file)
   Chart 6: Award Activity, FY 1987 through FY 1996 (graphic image)

3. National Ranking (pdf)
   Table 11: Top Twenty Recipients of Federal Obligations - FY 1994 (excel file)
   Table 12; R&D Obligations to University of Minnesota, FY 1987 through FY 1994 (excel file)
   Table 13: Federal Obligations to University of Minnesota, FY 1974 through FY 1994 (excel file)
   Table 14: Total Federal Obligations to Higher Education, FY 1974 through FY 1994 (excel file)
   Table 15: Research and Development Expenditure Rankings, FY 1995 (excel file)

4. Patents and Licensing (pdf)
   Chart 7: Patents Issued to University of Minnesota, FY 1975 through FY 1996 (graphic image)
   Table 16: Top 20 Universities Receiveing Patents, FY 1995 (excel file)
   Table 17: Inventions Disclosed FY 1993 through FY 1996 (excel file)

Levels and Trends is prepared by Mary Olson, Office of Oversight, Analysis and Reporting, Room 429 Johnston Hall, 612-626-4478.

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