Tables & Charts:

Sponsored Expenditures,	Patents & Licensing,
Proposals & Awards,	Appendix Table A
National Ranking,	(expenditure detail by department)

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 1997 edition was published on paper and on web in March 1998
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).
One detailed table is in portable document format (*.pdf).

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Detailed Contents

Tables and Charts

1. Expenditures
   Chart 1: Sponsored Expenditures by College (graphic image)
   Chart 2: Sponsored Expenditures by Agency (graphic image)
   Chart 3: Sponsored Support Expenditures 1984-1997 (graphic image)
   Table 1: External Support Expenditures by College (excel file)
   Table A: External Support Expenditures by Department and Type of Support (pdf file)
   Table 1b: Indirect Cost Expenditures by College (excel file)
   Table 2: External Support Expenditures by Agency (excel file)
   Table 3: Expenditures Comparison, FY 1992 through FY 1997 by College (excel file)
   Table 4: Expenditures Comparison, FY 1992 through FY 1997 by Agency (excel file)
   Chart 4: Trend in Sponsored Expenditures, FY 1986 through FY 1997 (graphic image)
   Notes (html)

2. Proposals and Awards
   Table 5: Proposals Submitted, FY 1994 through FY 1997 by College (excel file)
   Table 6: Proposals Submitted, FY 1994 through FY 1997 by Agency (excel file)
   Table 7: Proposals Submitted, FY 1982 through FY 1997 (excel file)
   Chart 5: Proposal Activity, FY 1988 through FY 1997 (graphic image)
   Table 8: Awards Received, FY 1994 through FY 1997 by College (excel file)
   Table 9: Awards Received, FY 1994 through FY 1997 by Agency (excel file)
   Table 10: Awards Processed, FY 1982 through FY 1997 (excel file)
   Chart 6: Award Activity, FY 1988 through FY 1997 (graphic image)

3. National Ranking
   Table 11: Federal Obligations for Science & Engineering to the Top 20 Institutions, FY 1995 (excel file)
   Table 12; Federal Total and R&D Obligations for Science & Engineering to the University of Minnesota, FY 1986 through FY 1995 (excel file)
   Table 13: Federal Obligations to the University of Minnesota, FY 1973 through FY 1995 (excel file)
   Table 14: Federal Obligations to Higher Education, FY 1973 through FY 1995 (excel file)
   Table 15: Science and Engineering Research and Development Expenditures, Top Ten Universities, FY 1996 (excel file)

4. Patents and Licensing
   Chart 7: University of Minnesota Patents Issued, FY 1985 through FY 1997 (graphic image)
   Table 16: Top 20 Universities Receiveing Patents, FY 1996 (excel file)
   Table 17: University of Minnesota Inventions Disclosed FY 1993 through FY 1997 (excel file)

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

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