Facts
NMSU's Sponsored Awards Expenditures
| SPONSORED AWARDS EXPENDITURES | AMOUNT |
| FY2012 | $136,184,735 |
| FY2011 | $157,305,594 |
| FY2010 | $163,075,622 |
| FY2009 | $155,815,346 |
| FY2008 | $141,806,407 |
| FY2007 | $153,734,895 |
| FY2006 | $154,660,469 |
NSF Rankings for 2010
| R&D Categories | Institutions Ranked | NMSU's Ranks |
| R&D Expenditures at All Institutions | 741 | 114 |
| Federal R&D Expenditures at All Institutions | 734 | 109 |
| Total and Federal R&D Expenditures at High Hispanic Enrollment Institutions | 49 | 3 |
| Total R&D Expenditures in Engineering at All Institutions | 409 | 31 |
| Federal R&D Expenditures in Engineering at All Institutions | 370 | 17 |
| Federal R&D Expenditures in Physical Sciences at all Institutions | 607 | 66 |
NSF Rankings for 2005-2009*
*Number of institutions ranked vary from year to year
Central Overhead Allocation to VPR
Fiscal Year 2012:$4,745,528
- Departmental salaries, fringes and operations include offices of the VPR, Research Development, OGC, Integrity & Ethics, Support Services, and IT.
- Institutional support includes research office support of computing and networking, graduate financial aid, and government consulting services.
- "Other" direct research support includes support of faculty awards, business travel for faculty and graduate students, and similar expenses.
- Included in the graph above is spending of $54,265 from other non-recurring (one-time) funding sources.
- On a separate graph are central faculty startup and retention fund expenditures of $466,696.