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Goal 2: Grow Our Research Excellence
| Item | 2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Change Since Most Recent Measure |
Change Since Baseline Year |
| Enhance Our Capacity for Interdisciplinary, Innovation, Discovery | ||||||||
| Number of Patent Applications | 25 | 35 | 60 | 73 | 56 | 43 | -23.2%  |
72.2%  |
| Number of Patents Issued | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 8 | -38.5% |
0.0%  |
| Number of Invention Disclosures | 86 | 77 | 89 | 116 | 111 | 115 | 3.6% |
33.7% |
| Number of Undergraduates in Research Experiences | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
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| Increase the Number of Our Faculty Awards, Distinctions | ||||||||
| National Academies Members | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14.3% |
60.0% |
51 |
49 |
50 |
53 |
-3 |
-2 |
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| Faculty Awards | 12 | 8 | 14 | 12 | -14.3% |
0.0% |
||
33 |
51 |
29 |
54 |
-25 |
-21 |
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*New data tracking and business procedures implemented in FY 2007 changed the calculations
for some research information. As a result, there may be fluctuations in certain reporting categories.
