Leading Research

While promoting research and scholarly activities across a broad spectrum of disciplines, Boise State emphasizes research in association with its graduate programs and State Board assigned areas of primary emphasis. The university focuses especially on areas of research that have local applications but universal implications. For example, one engineering research project funded by the Department of Defense focuses on future developments in microelectronics that will be of interest to local companies, but will also impact the direction of international research and development.

Boise State�s research programs are growing in size and stature each year, enhancing the quality of life in Idaho, assisting in economic development and adding to the knowledge base for future generations.

Projects by Boise State professors receive funding from such sources as the National Science Foundation, The National Geographic Society, the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, the U.S. departments of Defense, Energy, Commerce, Interior and Education, the Environmental Protection Agency and the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation. In 2000-01, the university received $16.8 million in external funding for research grants and other contracts. The previous year�s total was $18 million.

Here is a sample of a few of the major research projects and scholarly activities funded within the last year: