September 10, 2004

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September 10, 2004
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WSU and UW are jointly requesting funds to
sustain world class research universities
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Why Keep Research Universities Strong?
Benefits include

• Fueling innovation in the new knowledge-based
  economy
• Finding causes and cures for diseases
• Generating well paying jobs in Washington
• Keeping the states brightest students in
  Washington
• Educating students in research intensive fields

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Elements of This Coordinated Request

• Core funding to support faculty, programs,
  technology and operations at a competitive level
• Research and technology transfer designed to
  improve state economic and human health
• Enrollment growth to help meet strong student
  demand
• Capital budget that supports restoration and
  expansion of research and instructional capacity

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Summary of 2005-07 Biennial Budget Request State
Funds Only
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Core Funding

• Provide additional support per student
  incrementally each year
• Catching up with competing states will take
  several biennia

2005-06
2006-07
2005-07 Biennium
16,988,000
33,976,000
50,964,000
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Core Funding
The State and institutions should commit to the
following goals

• Funding per student should be no less than the
  seventy-fifth percentile of peer institutions
  nationally
• The state should cover at least half the cost of
  instruction for resident undergraduate students

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Core Funding
Real state funding per student has dropped 18
since 1993
Change in WSU State Appropriation per FTE
(Constant 2004 Dollars)
Expenditures from LEAP, FTE is actual from OFM,
IPD from Forecast Council
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Core Funding
State funding per FTE student is below our
competitors in other states
State Appropriations per FTE, WSU and Peer
Measures, FY 2003
Financial and Enrollment Data from IPEDS
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Core Funding
WSU ranked 20th out of 23 institutions for
average salary, with a shortfall of 17.9 below
peer average
WSU and Competitors, Average Salary, Top Three
Ranks, Fall 2003
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Preserving Veterinary Medicine

• Replace students and funding being withdrawn by
  the State of Oregon
• This is the final installment of that funding

2005-06
2006-07
2005-07 Biennium
1,014,000
1,014,000
2,028,000
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Research Technology Transfer
A joint university investment for state economic
and human health
UW and WSU

• Develop new state-funded research
• Technology transfer programs
• Focused on improving human health and enabling
  the creation of new, high paying jobs
• Resolve public policy conflicts

2005-06
2006-07
2005-07 Biennium
3,050,000
4,050,000
7,100,000
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Research Technology Transfer
Research to Enhance Health
WSU will create interdisciplinary research teams
in

• Biomedical genomic sciences
• Health-related bioproducts
• Infectious diseases and pests
• Healthy, sustainable food systems

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Research Technology Transfer
Coordinated Technology Transfer
Coordinate UW TechTransfer and WSU Office of
Research activities to enhance the transfer of
university-based discoveries to benefit
Washingtons economy
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Research Technology Transfer
Policy Consensus Center

• Assessment of conflict situations and access to
  knowledgeable, experienced neutral experts
• Education programs to assist leaders and
  stakeholder groups in collaborative problem
  solving
• Applied research to identify and document
  promising approaches to conflict resolution
• Provide neutral forums wherein stakeholders can
  explore resolution to emerging public policy
  issues

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Enrollment Expand Baccalaureate
Graduate/Professional Capacity

• Expand opportunity at the baccalaureate and
  graduate levels to train the most productive
  employees and employers of the future
• The enrollment request is contingent upon
  progress being made in addressing core funding at
  each institution

2005-06
2006-07
2005-07 Biennium
4,948,000
10,100,000
15,048,000
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Enrollment Expand Baccalaureate
Graduate/Professional Capacity
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September 10, 2004