USC’s strength in environmental sciences research has been growing for the past several years, and in the latest report by the National Science Foundation the University ranks in the top 20 nationwide.
Using the latest available data, the NSF annually compiles research and development expenditures for 435 colleges and universities in a variety of research categories. The funding tallies, which lag by two fiscal years, include grants and awards from public and private funding sources.
“The latest figures are from FY2008 and show that USC had $36.6 million in environmental science research expenditures, which places us at No. 19 in the country,” said Bob Thunell, director of the School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment in the College of Arts and Sciences. “We were No. 21 in 2007 and No. 23 in 2006, so we’ve been on an upward trend for a while now.” Rest at USC