Fall 2025 19 BY THE NUMBERS For every $1 invested by the state, OSU returns $13.18 in value to Oregon’s residents. Read the full economic impact analysis, conducted by Parker Strategy Group and based on fiscal year 2024 data, at beav.es/economic_impact. See the 2024 Research and Innovation Annual Report at beav.es/2024-research. OSU’s Research Funding Sources $370M federal agencies $36M state and local govts. $15M industry $14M nonprofits $11M land grant capacity funding $84K foreign governments OSU’s Top Federal Funding Agencies 6.2% Dept. of the Interior 19.6% Other federal agencies 27% Dept. of Agriculture 18.7% National Science Foundation 14.8% Dept. of Health and Human Services 13.7% Dept. of Energy Research Pays Dividends Oregon State made $422 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2024, generating $797.5 million in economic impact across the state. Number of federally funded research projects at OSU as of July: 2,362 E C O N O M I C S N EWS The university is one of the state’s largest recipients of federal research dollars, but the future of this funding is now uncertain, as the federal agencies that underwrite much of academic research nationwide drastically reduce their budgets. Of about 2,400 federally funded projects affiliated with OSU — worth $370 million in federal investment in fiscal year 2024 — 49 had been terminated as of July, with only 12 of those funding sources restored. A less-talked-about technical change to federal rules also poses a challenge to ongoing work. Grant recipients have traditionally been allowed to bill for the costs of maintaining research faculties and administrative support. However, several agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, have instituted a new caps on these overhead costs (all temporarily blocked by court cases). At Oregon State, the cost of this change would total tens of millions of dollars per year. “Research is not political. Scientists, economists, engineers and other innovators are developing solutions to problems that affect everyone. Federal research funds are also critical for future economic growth and development in our state,” said Brian Wall, OSU associate vice president of research innovation for economic impact. The university is advocating for federal funding to continue uninterrupted, as part of a group of the nation’s leading research universities that has filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit over frozen grant money. It has also filed declarations in two lawsuits brought by multistate coalitions against the termination of existing grants and changes to reimbursement caps. “When you think about innovation, entrepreneurship, research and development,” said Wall, “that’s the backbone of the Oregon economy, and that’s what we do here at OSU.”
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