FY13 Sponsored Programs
Expenditure Report
Prepared by the Office of the Associate Vice President
for Research and Federal Relations
(Internal Report)
Types of Research Expenditures in
this Report
 Total Sponsored Programs Expenditures-Expenditures from awards
made from external entities and support instruction, public service
and research functions. In this report, indirect costs are included.
Total Sponsored Programs expenditures are not reported to the
THECB.
 Restricted Research Expenditures-Expenditures from funds awarded
by an external entity and which are restricted for support of
defined research functions. May include grants, contracts or gifts
from Federal, State and Private funding sources. Indirect costs are
not included in THECB report.
 Total R&D Expenditures-The sum of expenditures from a
combination of internal and external funds used to support only
research functions. These expenditures reflect the entire research
enterprise of the institution and are reported annually to the
THECB.
FY09-13 Sponsored Programs
Expenditures
$32.0 M
$34.8 M
$36.3 M
$37.0 M
$28.0 M
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
• Of the $37 M in sponsored programs expenditures, 64% or $23.8 M was
attributed to Research activity and 36% was attributed to instruction
including public service.
• Of the $23.8 M in Research Expenditures 63% ($14.9 M) came from federal
awards, 21% ($5.0 M) came from state awards and 16% ($3.9 M) came from
private awards and gifts (for profit and not for profit).
5 Year Trend in Sponsored Program
Expenditures By Unit
Unit
FY09
Applied Arts
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
$8,420,777 $7,796863
$7,819,466
$7,958,930
$7,204,380
Business
$716,554
$820,638
$1,036,386
$907,782
Education
$3,352,670 $5,264,679 $5,469,048
$3,980,515
$3,311,781
Fine Arts &
Communication
$44,034
$8,797
$48,179
$22,084
Health
Professions
$196,798
$1,462,902 $2,382,483
$3,068,693
$3,337,989
Liberal Arts
$2,200,838 $2,242,771 $2,211,240
$1,887,372
$1,426,837
Science &
Engineering
$5,932,952 $6,123,251 $7,041,523
$9,400,556
$9,504,772
University
Centers
$5,169,855 $7,182,873 $7,680,241
$7,634,793
$7,803,215
$722,883
$15,702
University College
VPSA
$572,152
$1,384,647 $1,272,798 $1,340,721
$2,488,687
$1,494,225
Total Research and Development
Expenditures FY11-13
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
$36.7M
26,221.69
Fin Stmt Adjmt
$37.0M
993,434.96
$33.5M
1,026,193.27
12,974,665.82
10,246,306.62
10,101,246.19
8,687,681.28
7,823,214.83
8,683,740.39
9,502,183.11
8,524,245.42
8,272,776.46
6,012,097.79
6,706,259.17
7,623,584.74
FY11
FY12
FY13
Data and graphs provided by the Office of Financial Reporting
Total Research and Development
Expenditures-Quarterly Performance
Period
Quarter
Variance $
Cumulative Cumulative
Variance % Variance $
FY 2011
FY 2012
1st Qtr
6,012,097.79
6,706,259.17
7,623,584.74
13.68%
917,325.57
13.68%
917,325.57
2nd Qtr
8,524,245.42
8,272,776.46
9,502,183.11
14.86%
1,229,406.65
14.33%
2,146,732.22
3rd Qtr
7,823,214.83
8,683,740.39
8,687,681.28
0.05%
3,940.89
9.09%
2,150,673.11
4th Qtr
10,101,246.19
12,974,665.82
10,246,306.62
-21.03%
(2,728,359.20)
-4.99%
(577,686.09)
1,026,193.27
26,221.69
993,434.96
3688.60%
967,213.27
1.06%
389,527.18
33,486,997.50
36,663,663.53
37,053,190.71
Fin Stmt Adjmt
Total
FY 2013
Quarter
Variance %
Data and table provided by the Office of Financial Reporting
Restricted Research
Expenditures FY11-13
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
$21.7 M
4th Qtr
Fin Stmt Adjmt
$20.9 M
$19.0 M
902,181.88
9,455,137.06
7,337,474.19
6,001,318.61
5,325,790.50
5,213,146.74
4,564,808.81
5,662,676.15
4,980,574.42
4,745,133.48
2,864,669.16
FY11
3,623,922.90
4,149,947.92
FY12
FY13
Data and graphs provided by the Office of Financial Reporting
Restricted Research ExpendituresQuarterly Performance
Period
FY 2011
FY 2012
1st Qtr
2,864,669.16
3,623,922.90
4,149,947.92
14.52%
526,025.02
14.52%
526,025.02
2nd Qtr
4,745,133.48
4,980,574.42
5,662,676.15
13.70%
682,101.73
14.04%
1,208,126.75
3rd Qtr
4,564,808.81
5,213,146.74
5,325,790.50
2.16%
112,643.76
9.56%
1,320,770.51
4th Qtr
6,001,318.61
9,455,137.06
7,337,474.19
-22.40%
(2,117,662.87)
-6.73%
(796,892.36)
902,181.88
(1,511,205.63)
(1,531,136.64)
1.32%
(19,931.01)
-3.75%
(816,823.37)
19,078,111.94
21,761,575.49
20,944,752.12
Fin Stmt Adjmt
Total
FY 2013
Quarter
Quarter Cumulative Cumulative
Variance % Variance $ Variance % Variance $
ERU Restricted Research Expenditures
Data provided by THECB
Net Increases in Restricted Research
Expenditures by ERUs during FY09-13
$13,829,744
(46%)
$11,020,569
(22%)
$7,608,261
(57%)
$7,114,986
(19%)
$6,508,663
(58%)
$5,704,348
(16%)
$5,526,553
(21%)
$3,637,211
(14%)
UTEP
UH
TXST
UTD
UNT
TTU
UTA
UTSA
Factors Influencing Research
Expenditures
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Program ended in 2013
• Funding cuts due to Sequestration
• Declining funding rates
• Amount of available funds
• Rate of expending available funds
• Increased competition by peers
• Declining proposal submissions
Submitted Proposals
College
FY 11
AVPR
Applied Arts
Education
Fine Arts
Health Professions
Liberal Arts
Science & Engineering
Business
OTHER
57
48
41
3
17
74
228
11
7
38
52
22
4
30
61
227
6
7
39
45
28
4
6
60
207
2
4
Average
(3 Years)
44
50
31
3
18
66
222
6
5
TOTAL
486
447
395
445
FY 12
FY 13
Data provided by the Office of Sponsored Programs
Research Strategic Plan Update
• Requirement for all Emerging Research
Universities.
• Initial draft completed by Executive Research
Planning Committee in April.
• Provost review and initial executive edits in
June.
• Presidential Cabinet review and edits in July.
• Presidential review and edits in November.
• Update of key performance measures in
December.
• Roll out in 2014.
National Research University
Funding Eligibility
Mandatory requirements
• ERU designation
• $45M in restricted research expenditures
Optional requirements
• endowments ($400M)
• number of Ph.D. degrees awarded (200 per year)
• freshman class of high academic achievement (at least 50 percent of first time entering
freshmen in top 25 percent of high school class)
• recognition of research capabilities and scholarly attainment (Association of
Research Library membership, Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, or Phi Kappa Phi Chapter)
• high quality faculty (5-7 faculty with various international and nationally recognized
awards)
• high-quality graduate education (reflected in number of programs and graduation rates)
Contents of the
Research Strategic Plan
• Vision Statement
• Plan to Increase Research Funding and
Productivity
• Plan to Improve Undergraduate Education
• Plan for Doctoral Programs
• Plan for Faculty and Student Development
• Other Resources
• National Visibility
Research Priorities based on Current
and Proposed Doctoral Programs
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Environmental Science
Public Administration
Materials Science and Engineering
Nutrition and Health
Criminal Justice
Applied Anthropology
Education
Geographic Information Science
Computer Science
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Key Strategic Initiatives to Expand
Research Enterprise
Hire and Retain high quality researchers/scholars;
Provide competitive start up packages;
Balance faculty workloads to promote research while sustaining quality
teaching;
Develop research-related programs that encourage student participation;
Maintain a safe, well-equipped research infrastructure;
Ensure that faculty evaluation criteria are commensurate with
teaching/research expectations;
Add net new graduate research assistantships;
Add net new staff positions to support research;
Forster a service-oriented philosophy within research support offices;
Maximize funding opportunities in areas of research priorities;
Facilitate collaborations among faculty, centers and companies;
Provide University seed money for research and scholarship
Cultivate matching research gifts through the Texas Research Incentive
Program; and
Implement incentives identified in each college dean’s strategic plan.