MSU remains Mississippi’s leading research institution: NSF survey

Contact: Carl Smith

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State stays the Magnolia State’s main analysis college and one of many nation’s prime 100 analysis establishments, in line with the Nationwide Science Basis.

MSU ranks 97th general amongst private and non-private establishments within the nation, in line with the just lately launched NSF Larger Schooling Analysis and Improvement Survey for Fiscal 12 months 2021, primarily based on the college’s roughly $275 million in complete analysis and growth expenditures. The land-grant college ranked sixtieth amongst non-medical college establishments and sixty fifth amongst public establishments.

Within the Magnolia State, MSU accounted for 56% of the virtually $500 million in mixed FY ’21 analysis and growth spending by the state’s establishments of upper studying. The college’s analysis applications additionally confirmed resilience within the face of COVID-19’s continued influence on funds. MSU’s analysis and growth expenditures decreased 1.9% in a yr the place the state noticed an general 3.1% lower within the class.

“Because the Magnolia State’s main college and one of many nation’s prime land-grant establishments, Mississippi State’s dedication to analysis produces impactful outcomes, from getting ready our graduates for future careers to bringing higher jobs to the state,” stated MSU President Mark E. Keenum. “Whether or not it’s by way of addressing international starvation, creating uncrewed aerial programs or constructing extra environment friendly autos, MSU’s college and employees are conducting analysis that can make our state, nation and world a greater place sooner or later.”

“This report reveals how we’ve cemented our place as one of many nation’s premier analysis establishments,” added Julie Jordan, vice chairman for analysis and financial growth. “I’m happy with the work our college students, college and employees are conducting and stay up for seeing how our efforts will enhance the world for years to come back.”

MSU stays within the prime half of the Southeastern Convention by way of analysis spending for a wide range of disciplines and subdisciplines, together with aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering; industrial and manufacturing engineering; atmospheric sciences and meteorology; agriculture, and pure sources and conservation; and social sciences, amongst others.

General, the college’s agricultural analysis spending for the fiscal yr ranked eleventh within the nation, whereas its spending on pure sources and conservation analysis ranked thirteenth—the highest-ranked MSU subdisciplines within the survey.

“These rankings consequence from the laborious work and ingenuity of our proficient MSU Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Drugs scientists,” stated DAFVM Vice President Keith Coble. “Finally, our scientists do what they do to assist Mississippi and to feed, dress and shelter the world.”

Go to www.ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23304 to view the total NSF survey.

For extra details about MSU analysis, go to www.analysis.msstate.edu and www.dafvm.msstate.edu.

MSU is Mississippi’s main college, accessible on-line at www.msstate.edu.