OSU earns $206 million for research

Scientists at Oregon State University earned more than $206 million in research contracts and grants in fiscal 2006-07, OSU officials said. Licensing income from OSU's technology transfer efforts brought in nearly $2.5 million, up from last year's total of $2.13 million.

For the year, the university spent $191 million in support of research projects.

"The innovations coming out of our laboratories, from wave energy turbines to new varieties of wheat to nanoscience-based dialysis machines, are pushing the boundaries of science, improving lives and spurring economic activity," OSU President Ed Ray said.

OSU is Oregon's only university ranked in the Carnegie Foundation's top tier for "very high research activity" and is one of two research universities in the United States to hold the land grant, space grant, sea grant and sun grant designations simultaneously.

{dcidc}-- Staff reports