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UW-Madison Tops in Education Research Spending

December 3, 2007

UW–Madison spent $30 million of externally generated funds on education research in fiscal 2006, more than any other U.S. university, according to the latest figures released by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Most of UW-Madison's education research resides in WCER. About two-thirds of WCER’s funding comes from federal sources, with the rest from state, local, and private sources. The NSF also lists UW–Madison as first, with $73 million, among all universities in total non-science and engineering research expenditures, a category that includes education, humanities ($19 million), and business and management ($18 million). Overall, the NSF ranks UW–Madison second, behind Johns Hopkins University, in total research expenditures, with $905 million in 2006.