UMETRICS 2016Q3a: University Sponsored Project Expenditures and Workforce Data

The Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (IRIS) UMETRICS Initiative provides administrative data from member universities on sponsored project awards, wage payments, vendor purchases, and subawards. This 2016Q3a release includes core financial files and crosswalk files linking individuals to dissertation topics and federal awards to grant content. The data was aggregated and de-identified by IRIS from university procurement and human resources systems.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of research expenditures across universities based on sponsored project award data.
• Studying research workforce composition and compensation based on direct cost wage payment records.
• Mapping the flow of research funds to external vendors and subcontractors using purchase and subaward transaction data.
• Linking research outcomes to funding sources by matching individual researchers to dissertation topics via ProQuest crosswalks.
• Evaluating the content and focus of federally funded research by linking NIH, NSF, and USDA awards to detailed grant information.

Strengths

• Data is derived from direct university administrative systems for sponsored projects, procurement, and human resources, suggesting high fidelity.
• Includes crosswalk files linking data to external sources like ProQuest dissertations and detailed federal grant information.
• Release includes original data files and code to allow replication and improvement of matching procedures.

Limitations

• Row count, file size, and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data coverage is limited to IRIS member universities, which may introduce institutional bias.

Provenance

Source

Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (IRIS) member universities

Collection Method

De-identified and aggregated from university administrative data systems for sponsored projects, procurement, and human resources.

Time Range

2016 (implied by release identifier 2016Q3a)

Geography

United States (implied by focus on NIH, NSF, USDA and IRIS member universities)