2020 UMETRICS research data released 

Our fourth annual data release is now available on the virtual data enclave!

The dataset includes information on research spending, vendor contracts and employees from research institutions representing 41% of total U.S. university R&D spending. The IRIS dataset has been used by researchers in higher education, economics, sociology, and many other fields.

New features this year include:

• An indicator for federally funded sponsored projects
• Standardized names for non-profit foundations
• Standardized sub-organization unit names
• Expanded demographic variables
• Linkage to federal award and UMETRICS data at both award and individual PI levels and
• New linkage files focused on research teams.

State Legislative Fact Sheet available 

A new IRIS report is now available: the State Legislative Fact Sheet. The report outlines university research-related spending in your state, and breaks it down by state legislative district for use in governmental relations efforts.

This report is similar to the Congressional Fact Sheet, which shows spending by congressional district.

See a full example at http://myumi.ch/0WeNk.

Coleridge Initiative, NCSES offer Applied Data Analytics course