Boston College Fact Book 1996 - 1997

Dollar Amount of Contract and Grant Awards Received
By Department (Thousands of Dollars)

1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96
Arts & Sciences
Biology $ 306 $ 579 $ 328 $ 635 $ 600 $ 621 $ 572 $ 1,084 $923 $ 1,274
Chemistry 1,057 1,909 1,517 2,298 2,151 1,908 2,439 3,232 3,255 3,369
Economics - 32 164 108 70 153 83 75 253 348
English - - - - 76 - - - - -
Fine Arts - - - - 20 - - 25 57 38
Geology/Geophysics (1) 1,126 360 413 395 539 472 482 530 805 433
History - 25 5 60 - 75 - 63 2 -
Mathematics (2) - - - 17 48 988 47 788 793 737
Philosophy 173 - - - - - - 90 - 45
Physics 160 95 523 952 465 279 127 170 216 173
Political Science - - - 104 82 3 31 35 89 32
Psychology 198 100 129 35 207 163 177 203 232 265
Romance Languages - - - - - - - 4 - -
Slavic/Eastern Languages - - - - - - - - - 40
Sociology 96 - - - - 8 - 147 - 5
Theology 176 - 90 - 114 241 287 385 341 325
Grad. School of A&S - - - - - - - 50 52 75
Subtotal 3,292 3,100 3,169 4,604 4,312 4,911 4,245 6,881 7,018 7,159*
School of Education
CDPRM/CASE (3) 970 912 912 823 776 659 794 642 1,172 816
Campus School 874 1,124 984 1,407 1,365 1,442 1,421 1,456 1,519 1,804
CSTEEP (4) 327 20 847 753 890 1,152 1,204 2,333 2,977 2,278
Subtotal 2,171 2,056 2,743 2,983 3,031 3,253 3,419 4,431 5,668 4,898
Law School - 44 182 59 46 - - 252 334 379
School of Management 315 452 444 477 421 553 486 557 533 451
School of Nursing 343 415 100 101 226 215 340 342 374 559
Grad. Schl. of Social Work 135 173 118 153 417 337 501 292 299 326
CCCR (5) - - - - - - - 41 - -
Inst. for Scien. Research 2,642 1,346 2,346 5,034 4,092 4,550 3,935 3,409 2,9263,786
SWRI (6) 72 350 78 122 - 279 133 109 92 153
Other 159 164 462 163 282 457 426 220 2,239 335
Total $9,129 $8,100 $9,642 $13,696 $12,887 $14,557 $13,487 $16,531 $19,480$23,353
(1) Includes Weston Observatory.
(2) Includes the Mathematics Institute.
(3) The two departments of the School of Education are Counseling, Developmental Psychology, and Research Methods (CDPRM) and Curriculum, Administration, and Special Education (CASE).
(4) The Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP)
(5) The Center for Corporate Community Relations (CCCR)
(6) The Social Welfare Research Institute (SWRI)

Note: Student Aid funds managed by the Financial Aid Office are not included in this table. (They are included in other tables in this section provided by the Controller's Office). In some cases dollar amounts in columns may not add to the column total due to rounding.
*This number appeared incorrectly in the print edition of the Fact Book but is correct in this electronic edition.

Source: Office of Research Administration


Date Posted: April 16,1997
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