The Land Grant University
Advancing Innovation and Competitiveness
through Research and Extension Outreach
Research
Discover
Understand
Socially
significant
problems
Extension
Evidence-based
Education
Applied &
Practical Research
Sustainability
People
=
IMPACT
Planet
Economy
Healthy Economy
Home Sweet Hemlock
Oregon hemlock creates jobs in Portland and
rural Oregon on its way to China
A Healthy Planet
Safely pest-proofing
Oregon schools and
hospitals
OSU helps people protect themselves and their
families from potentially toxic chemicals in their
food and their environment
Healthy People
METRO
Extension teaches
healthcare workers to
identify hunger in
children
New online course helps healthcare workers
recognize when their patients might be
experiencing hunger.
Core Program Areas
Agriculture &
Natural Resources
Forestry &
Natural Resources
4H Youth Development
Family &
Community Health
Sea Grant
The State is Our Campus
OSU Campuses
Forest
Research Lab
AG Experiment
Station
OSU Research and
Extension Centers
County
Extension
Leveraging Financial Resources
x
Faculty
=
Grants &
Contracts
$
$72 Million Per Year
New License Agreements: OSU 1998-2008
Other 10%
+
Faculty
$
COS 10%
=
COE 8%
Research
AES & FRL 72%
Innovation
Leveraging Human Capacity
+
Faculty
219 FTE
=
Trained
Volunteers
Engaged Student
Learners
8,900
2,339,468
Extension : Budget Reduction Impacts
30% Reduction = $14.1 Million = 45.5 FTE
Options:
• Close 23 county offices
• Eliminate all campus-based faculty plus 9 county offices
Loss of:
• Grant and contract resources
• Thousands of volunteers unsupported
• Fewer Oregonians with access to university knowledge
• Statewide support and advocacy
Agricultural Experiment Station :
Budget Reduction Impacts
30% Reduction = $19.5 Million = 90 FTE
Options:
• Close 12 of our 13 off-campus Experiment Stations or
• Eliminate AES funding for 10 of our 14 campus departments or
• Combination of 4-6 Experiment Stations and funding for 4-6
campus departments
Loss of:
• $15M/year grant and contract resources
• $50M/year direct and indirect economic impact
• $90M/year economic consequences from reduced R&D
• Teaching capacity
Forest Research Lab : Budget Reduction Impacts
30% Reduction = $2.1 Million =11 FTE
Options:
• Eliminate 1 large or 2 small degree programs, faculty
• Eliminate College admin and most college-level support
services, merge remaining faculty into other Colleges
Loss of (under option 1):
• $5 Million grant and contract revenues
• Industry and agency access to 20-30 new hires per year
• Mentoring for 20-30 graduate students
• New knowledge, innovations for impacts to Oregon
economy, environment, communities, new markets
scott.reed@oregonstate.edu
bill.boggess@oregonstate.edu
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