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This is a direct attempt to regain AAU accreditation.
It's the same university, same research, same expenditures. But we'll be reporting it in a different way, which should help regain AAU membership.
New research reporting model will elevate University’s national competitiveness
The University of Nebraska will be instantly more competitive with the nation’s leading research institutions under a new reporting model announced today by Interim President Chris Kabourek that will unify the research achievements of NU’s flagship university and its medical center.
Beginning with the FY2023 National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development Survey – the national gold standard for research rankings – the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Office of the President will begin reporting their federally funded research expenditures as one combined figure. That survey will be released in November.
Until now, Nebraska’s institutions have reported research figures separately – making Nebraska unlike virtually every other institution in the Big Ten and in the Association of American Universities, the coalition of the nation’s most prestigious research universities that Nebraska aims to be readmitted to. Among the 18 universities in the expanding Big Ten Conference, all but Nebraska are AAU members.
The National Science Foundation approved Nebraska’s proposal to report research as one “University of Nebraska” figure after reviewing Nebraska’s commitment to making structural changes that will align it with the rest of the Big Ten and AAU.
The current HERD survey ranks UNMC 120th in the nation in federally funded research and development. UNL is No. 122, second to last in the Big Ten and the only Big Ten school other than Oregon that is not in the top 60.
Reported together, along with the Office of the President, which includes system-wide entities like the National Strategic Research Institute, Nebraska vaults to approximately 64th in the country – closer to the pack of its Big Ten peers.
It's the same university, same research, same expenditures. But we'll be reporting it in a different way, which should help regain AAU membership.
New research reporting model will elevate University’s national competitiveness
The University of Nebraska will be instantly more competitive with the nation’s leading research institutions under a new reporting model announced today by Interim President Chris Kabourek that will unify the research achievements of NU’s flagship university and its medical center.
Beginning with the FY2023 National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development Survey – the national gold standard for research rankings – the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Office of the President will begin reporting their federally funded research expenditures as one combined figure. That survey will be released in November.
Until now, Nebraska’s institutions have reported research figures separately – making Nebraska unlike virtually every other institution in the Big Ten and in the Association of American Universities, the coalition of the nation’s most prestigious research universities that Nebraska aims to be readmitted to. Among the 18 universities in the expanding Big Ten Conference, all but Nebraska are AAU members.
The National Science Foundation approved Nebraska’s proposal to report research as one “University of Nebraska” figure after reviewing Nebraska’s commitment to making structural changes that will align it with the rest of the Big Ten and AAU.
The current HERD survey ranks UNMC 120th in the nation in federally funded research and development. UNL is No. 122, second to last in the Big Ten and the only Big Ten school other than Oregon that is not in the top 60.
Reported together, along with the Office of the President, which includes system-wide entities like the National Strategic Research Institute, Nebraska vaults to approximately 64th in the country – closer to the pack of its Big Ten peers.
