This Annual Report covers the activities of the Office of Sponsored Programs at Western Kentucky University from July 1, 1997-June 30, 1998. During this period, the University received 214 awards totaling $15,046,501, the highest dollar amount in Western history; and submitted 210 proposals totaling $22,095,411, the third highest in Western history but the lowest in the last three years. There were 2 fewer awards than a year ago but the dollar amount of awards increased by 30%, or $3,514,645. Included in the awards was $901,751 in indirect costs, which is the largest amount of indirect costs awarded in Western history in any fiscal year. A year ago, $619,251 was awarded in indirect costs. This years indirect cost award dollars marked an increase of 46% compared to a year ago; but an increase of 25% compared to two years ago.

In addition, WKU cash cost shared $1,463,844 above the $15,046,501 awarded. Total awards therefore equaled $16,510,345. WKU cost shared 10% of the total award dollars. This percent has been constant for the past three years.

Included in the 210 proposals was $2,194,209 in indirect costs.

WKU cash cost shared $3,000,033 in addition to the $22,095,411 proposed. Total proposals therefore equaled $25,095,444. WKU cost shared 11% of the total amount proposed.

The 46% increase in award amount was caused principally by the over $4,000,000 awarded in grants than the previous year; nearly $400,000 awarded to WKU in subgrants than last year; over $2,600,000 awarded for research than in FY97; and the over $2,200,000 awarded in public services projects compared to 1997. Seen another way, Federal funding increased $5,500,000, with 30 more Federal awards, than the previous year. 77% of the award amount emanated from grants as opposed to MOAs, contracts, and subcontracts.

Twenty-four academic departments submitted proposals, representing 11 more departments than last year. There were twenty-one first-time proposers, a record number compared to previous years.

The dollar amount of proposals submitted decreased by $2,147,330 (-8%) compared to a year ago. There were 58 fewer proposals than a year ago. The dollar amount of proposals decreased because the dollar amount of research proposals was down $756,347. On the positive side, however, $19,293,835 was submitted to Federal sponsors. This amount was $2,100,000 more than any previous year.

Thirty-six percent of the dollar amount of proposals supported research, whereas 29% of the dollar amount supported research last year, a 7% increase. The dollar amount of research proposals was $756,347 less than last year. There were 18 more Federal proposals but for $,171,820 more than last year. There were 11 fewer proposals to state agencies for $2,051,870 less than last year.

FY	# Awards	Award $	Ave. Awd. $	# Proposals	Proposal $	Ave. Proposal $
98	214	15,046,501	73,311	210	22,095,411	105,216
97	216	11,531,856	53,388	268	24,242,741	90,458
96	255	13,301,182	52,161	277	26,106,221	94,246

Sponsored Programs continued to rely heavily on the WKUNET to expedite operations through widespread use of e-mail with project directors and grant developers. Electronic postings were made of grant opportunities, deadlines, tips, and policies and procedures. The OSP home page provides faculty and staff members with information from the grant community nationwide. Issues of local.grants, the OSP newsletter, were placed on the OSP home page and direct mailed. Monthly tallies of awards received and proposals submitted were published in On Campus and on the OSP Web Site. The Web Site contains information to facilitate pre- and post-award developments for the campus.

Quarter	Number of Workshops	Number attending workshops	Pre-Award Meetings	Post-Award Meetings	SPIN Searches	Meetings with Students	Charts of Accounts Prepared	Human Subjects Applications Processed
1	2	40	66	10	16	12	75	7
2	6	45	95	10	15	5	42	16
3	5	60	165	55	28	5	31	14
4	1	12	271	354	29	2	37	14
Totals:					88

The OSP assists departments with subgrants and non-cash affiliation agreements. The OSP coordinated 46 new subgrants to other institutions totaling $1,393,501, and 219 affiliation agreements with regional hospitals, clinics, and medical offices on behalf of internship programs in Allied Health and Human Services (42), Biology (2), Consumer and Family Sciences (12), Nursing (118), and Public Health (45).

The OSP staff attended, presented, and moderated at professional meetings, and chaired or served on university committees about intellectual property, faculty research, and human subjects of research.

As you can see by consulting any of the tables in the appendices, brevity is required for entries into the OSP database of awards and proposals. Each database sheet is a record containing one award or proposal. There are a number of fields in each record which require brevity. For this reason, the following abbreviations are used for consistency in creating reports and the data that the reports produce.

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) provides pre- and post-award services for faculty, staff members, and students seeking external support for research, instruction, public service, scholarships, and fellowships. The OSP helps faculty and staff members develop grants, memorandum of agreements, contracts, subcontracts (subgrants), and affiliation agreements. The OSP is the link between extramural projects and the Offices of Academic Affairs, Graduate College and Research, and Accounts and Fiscal Services.

The OSP coordinates with academic colleges and departments, and all support units of the University engaging in extramural funding efforts. On behalf of these entities, the OSP coordinates proposal development, submitting and approving awards for the University, award routing; maintains records of faculty and staff members' interests; identifies potential sponsors; presents grant development and compliance workshops; supports grant development initiatives of the deans, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and units across the campus; provides individual consultation; renders contract compliance and institutional assurance; establishes charts of accounts for awards; negotiates post-award modifications; provides liaison with external agencies on behalf of the University, and computes the University indirect cost rates and negotiates the rates with the cognizant Federal agency. The OSP manages intellectual property and copyright matters. The OSP is the authorized representative for signature for all documents associated with extramural funding activities.

In this reporting period, Western Kentucky University received 214 awards in the amount of $15,046,501 that included $901,751 in indirect costs awarded. Compared to last year, these data reflect a decrease of 2 awards. The award dollar amount increased from last year by $3,514,645 or +30%.

Compared to last year, there was an increase of $282,500 in facilities and administrative (indirect) recovery costs (+46%). Indirect costs awarded a year ago equaled $619,251.

Fiscal Years	Number of Awards Received	Amounts of Awards  Received
1996	255	13,301,182
1997	216	11,531,856
1998	214	15,046,501

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Colleges & Other Units	Awards  FY 98	Awards  FY 97	Awards  FY 96	Indirect Costs FY98	Indirect Costs  FY 97	Indirect  Costs FY96
College of Education & Behavioral Sciences	7,763,115	5,942,158	5,703,075	458,940	345,501	330,628
Ogden College of Science, Technology and Health	5,441,864	2,776,306	4,213,369	397,486	114,795	308,831
Ed TV & Radio Services	510,643	577,841	1,112,011	0	0	0
Center for Training & Development (CTD)	255,548	172,319	847,584	15,241	10,543	51,420
College of Business	252,302	648,151	8,500	17,987	18,802	0
Career Services	251,000	244,370	240,000	0	0	0
Community College & Continuing Education (See also CTD)	194,129	237,965	117,778	5,972	5,601	6,898
Potter College	117,787	501,764	194,593	6,125	119,245	7,194
Police Department	107,606	138,603	138,603	0	0	0
Admissions	48,000	88,500	135,316	0	0	0
Envi Health & Safety	44,711	0	0	0	0	0
Minority Student Support Center	28,000	28,000	33,391	0	0	0
Library	19,696	18,202	17,202	0	0	560
Graduate Studies	12,100	0	0	0	0	0
Counseling Services	0	43,800	87,600	0	0	0
Small Business Development Center*	0	0	67,600	0	0	0
Institute for Economic Development & Public Service**	0	0	235,040	0	0	11,953
Academic Affairs	0	0	8,324	0	0	200
Student Life	0	64,314	30,000	0	4,764	0
Student Health & Wellness	0	49,563	47,583	0	0	0
Financial Management Inst. ***	0	0	63,613	0	0	0
Totals:

*Transferred to College of Business July 1, 1997. Total awards included in College amount. See also Table 4 for award amount.

**Transferred to College of Business July 1, 1997. Total awards included in College amount. See also Table 4 for award amount.

***Transferred to Community College July 1, 1997. Total awards included in College amount. See also Table 4 for award amount.

Seventeen academic departments, 5 less than last year, and 2 more than 1996, and 59 faculty members (9 less than last year) received 120 awards. This number of awards was 56% of the total awards, 44 percent of the award dollars, and 50% of the indirect costs. As Table 3a shows, last year 22 academic departments received 43% of total number of awards, 39% of award dollars and 26% of indirect costs. In Table 3b, individuals receiving more than one award are signified with the number of awards in parenthesis.

FY	# of Depts.  Receiving  Awards	# Faculty  Receiving  Awards	% # of Awards  Received  by Faculty	% of $ Amount  of Awards Received  by Faculty	% Indirect Costs Received by Faculty
1998	17	59	56	44	50
1997	22	68	43	39	26
1996	15	51	36	46	63

Unit	Awardees	Award Totals	Indirect Costs
Physics/Astronomy	M. Carini(2), R. Hackney(4), C. McGruder, W. Vander Meer, G. Vourvopoulos(4)	2,141,566	223,328
Teacher Education	B. Askins(3), F. Kersting, R. Otto, R. Pankratz, J. Roberts, R. Roberts, J. Schliefer, V. Stayton(2), J. Vokurka(6), T. Wilson(6)	1,000,298	28,323
Agriculture	D. Coffey(5), L. Hughes, Ray Johnson, G. Jones, J. Rudolph, N. Speer, D. Stiles	844,121	43,230
Psychology	J. Craig, E. Jones(2), L. Layne(2), D. Roenker(2)	563,155	59,799
Public Health	D. Dunn(6)	550,380	17,976
Chemistry	M. Kubasik(2), Wei-Ping Pan(3), J. Riley(2), L. Shank(2)	491,596	47,945
Industrial Technology	M. Tiryakioglu, T. Leeper	285,500	0
Biology	K. Crawford, R. Hoyt, S. Jacobshagen, Z. Murrell, L. Rhoads	279,231	10,988
Educational Leadership	D. Cline(2), G. Ecton, J. Fiene, D. Nims	151,848	11,103
Nursing	S. Bryant, K. Carr(2), S. Jones(3)	97,725	0
Geography and Geology	M. Lowry, M. Prante	91,558	710
English	M. Dillingham(8), J. Hagaman(8), L. Murrey(2), W. Rutledge	87,287	4,785
Engineering Technology	J. Darnell, M. Dettman, D. George, R. Handy(2)	60,512	3,212
Economics & Marketing	W. Parsons	44,702	3,311
AHHS	R. Meador(4)	40,407	0
Consumer & Family Sciences	L. Fong(2)	17,011	611
History	R. Antony	7,500	0
17 Departments	59 Faculty, 120 awards

Table 4: Awards Received by Support Units, FY 98

Support units contributed 54% of the dollar amount of awards. They contributed 49% of the indirect costs derived from awards. In all, 18 project directors in 17 support units received awards.
 

Support Unit	FY 98 Awards	FY97 Awards	FY 96 Awards	FY 98 Indirect Costs	FY97 Indirect Costs	FY96 Indirect Costs
T/TAS	5,114,105	2,484,141	2,470,643	296,806	126,058	119,550
Dean, Ogden College	559,268	12,094	0	50,097	3,613	0
Ed TV and Radio Svc	510,643	577,841	1,112,011	0	0	0
Upward Bound	279,974	538,411	263,927	15,683	35,536	17,530
Center for Tng & Dev	255,548	172,319	847,584	15,241	10,543	51,420
Career Services	251,000	244,370	240,000	0	0	0
Veteran's Upward Bound	236,538	231,900	445,962	16,951	16,607	31,404
TRIO Training	205,684	0	0	15,236	0	0
Student Support Svc	194,502	366,849	0	14,408	27,174	0
Community College & Continuing Education	194,129	237,965	117,778	5,972	5,601	6,898
Inst for Econ Dev	140,000	201,000	235,040	14,676	18,802	11,953
Public Safety	107,606	138,603	138,603	0	0	0
SBDC	67,600	83,400	67,600	0	0	0
Env Health & Safety	44,711	0	0	0	0	0
Minority Student Svc	28,000	28,000	33,391	0	0	0
Library	19,696	18,202	17,202	0	0	0
Graduate Studies	12,100	0	0	0	0	0
Counseling Svc	0	43,800	87,600	0	0	0
Ed Talent Search	0	255,665	245,832	0	18,938	18,210
Student Health	0	49,563	47,483	0	0	0
Student Life	0	64,314	30,000	0	4,764	0
Total: 17 Units 1998

There were 13 more grants totaling $4,445,684 more than last year. There were 25 fewer MOAs but for $10,085 more than last year. There were 5 more subcontracts for $396,399 more than last year. There were 5 more contracts but for $1,337,523 less than last year.
 

Award  Type	# of  Awards	% of  # of Awards	$ Amount  Awards	% of $ Awarded	$ Amount  of Indirect Costs	% of Indirect  Costs
Grants	119	56	11,460,765	77	676,770	76
MOAs	57	27	1,880,397	12	39,066	4
Subcontracts	22	10	1,384,049	9	140,800	15
Contracts	16	7	321,290	2	45,115	5
Totals:

Compared to last year, there were 10 more awards for instruction. The dollar amount of awards for instruction decreased $1,287,098. There were 7 more awards for research for $2,627,813 more dollars. There were 13 fewer public service awards but for $2,223,300 dollars than last year.
 

Project Type	# of  Awards	% of  # of Awards	$ Amount  of Awards	% of $ Awarded	$ Amount  of Indirect Costs	% of Indirect  Costs
Instruction	86	41	1,925,884	13	73,322	9
Research	40	19	4,429,293	30	422,596	46
Operations	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pub. Service	85	40	8,382,324	56	405,833	45
Scholarships	2	0	58,000	0	0	0
Institutional Support	1	0	251,000	1	0	0
Stu Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:

There were 30 more federal awards than last year for $5,467,723 more dollars. There were 16 fewer state awards as last year for $88,443 less dollars. We received 1 less award from local government. There were 9 fewer awards from private agencies for $204,823 fewer dollars. (There were 2 awards from foundations which was nine fewer than last year).
 

Funding Source	# of  Awards	% of  # of Awards	$ Amount  of Awards	% of $ Awarded	$ Amount  of Indirect Costs	% of Indirect  Costs  Recovered
Federal	85	40	11,399,881	76	781,218	87
State	59	28	2,448,205	16	106,081	12
Local	15	7	77,520	1	1,392	0
Private	55	25	1,120,895	7	13,060	1
Totals

 

Ninety-three sponsors made awards to WKU during this reporting period. The top ten are listed below. These ten sponsors contributed 78% of the dollars awarded and 79% of the indirect costs. Last year the top ten contributed 68% of the funding; and in 1996 the top ten contributed 68% of the dollars awarded.
 

Agency/Type	$ Amount Awarded	# of Awards	% of $ Awarded	$ Amount  of Indirect	% of Indirect  Awarded
1. HHS-Federal	5,380,833	14	36	329,319	37
2. U.S. DoED-Federal	1,648,640	19	11	86,267	10
3. NASA-Federal	854,950	7	6	2,346	1
4. EPA-Federal	723,735	4	5	56,223	6
5. KDE-State	653,447	17	4	13,279	1
6. ONDCP-Federal	596,735	1	4	127,284	14
7. CPB-Private	484,243	5	3	0	0
8. Lockheed-Martin-Fed.	458,000	1	3	75,924	8
9. KDA-State	417,056	2	3	19,732	2
10. NSF-Federal	386,993	7	3	1,452	0
Total

 

The third largest dollar amount of proposals in the last 8 years were submitted during FY 98. In this reporting period, 24 academic departments, 11 more than last year, and 15 support units, 8 less than last year, comprising 88 faculty (2 more than last year) and 17 staff (6 less than last year), submitted 210 proposals (58 less than last year) totaling $22,095,411. Compared to last year, there was an 22% decrease in the number of proposals and a 9% decrease in the dollar value of proposals.
 

FY 91-FY 98	Number of Proposals Submitted	$ Amount of Proposals Submitted
1991	214	12,792,849
1992	219	15,393,012
1993	213	16,678,380
1994	220	16,994,906
1995	200	16,494,952
1996	277	26,106,221
1997	268	24,242,741
1998	210	22,095,411

College/Principal Unit	$ Amount  of Proposals	% of $Amount  of Proposals	# of  Proposals	% of #  of Proposals
Business	872,182	4	5	2
CEBS	10,640,877	48	42	20
Ogden	9,631,949	44	98	47
Other	670,062	3	53	25
Potter	280,341	1	12	6
Totals:

Seven academic departments submitted over $1,000,000 in proposals. Altogether academic departments submitted 61% of the total dollar amount of proposals and accounted for 67% of the total number of proposals that were submitted. Two more faculty submitted proposals than last year. Twenty-one proposals were submitted by faculty who had not previously submitted. Four more academic department submitted proposals than last year. The academic departments accounted for 75% of the indirect costs proposed. The academic departments submitted $613,958 less in proposals compared to last year.
 

Department	$ Amount of Proposals	$ Indirect Costs	Project Directors	Total Proposals
Agriculture	916,230	83,659	D. Coffey(4), H. Liu(3), B. Madison, J. Rudolph(2), N. Speer, D. Stiles	12
AHHS	38,073	0	R. Meador(2)	2
Biology	1,726,746	383,631	K. Balak, K. Crawford, K. Doerner(3), R. Hoyt, J. Jack(3), S. Jacobshagen(2), A. Meier, O. Meier, Z. Murrell, L. Rhoads(2), S. Sahi(2), M. Stokes	19
CFS	40,681	3,587	L. Fong(2), R. Patterson	3
Chemistry	1,153,475	198,796	E. Conte(3), R. Holman, M. Kubasik(4), C. Lee, W. Pan(2), J. Riley(3), L. Shank, D. Slocum(3)	18
Communications	50,000	0	G. Musambira	1
Computer Science	251,149	66,363	T. Crews	1
Economics & Marketing	747,182	47,601	S. Lile, B. Parsons(2)	3
Educational Leadership	204,177	14,186	D. Cline, G. Ecton, J. Fiene, D. Nims, C. Wagner	5
English	58,575	2,800	J. Hagaman(2), L. Murrey(2), W. Rutledge	5
ET	1,561,035	109,601	J. Darnell, M. Dettman, D. George, R. Handy(5)	8
Geography & Geology	43,292	3,302	G. Conner, C. Groves, B. McClellan, M. Prante	4
Government	26,799	3,388	J. Droddy	1
History	19,466	0	R. Antony, C. Bussey	2
Industrial Technology	6,500	0	T. Leeper	1
Journalism	67,501	16,740	J. Albers	1
Mathematics	84,526	1,526	B. Kessler, T. Richmond, R. Swift, C. Wells	4
MLIS	23,000	1,340	M. Williams	1
Nursing	130,702	0	K. Carr, S. Jones(2)	3
Philosophy & Religion	35,000	0	E. Schoen	1
Physics/Astronomy	1,918,346	252,672	M. Carini(4), S. Clements, K. Hackney, R. Hackney(2), D. Humphrey, R. Scott(2), G. Vourvopoulos(3)	14
Psychology	1,313,346	290,251	J. Bilotta(3), J. Craig, L. Layne(2), S. Mutter	7
Public Health	1,162,607	124,650	M. Ballard(2), D. Dunn(4), G. Lohr, T. Nicholson, R. Wilson	9
Teacher Education	1,810,850	35,248	B. Askins(3), L. Flynn, L. Godo-Solo, B. Kacer, F. Kersting, R. Pankratz, J. Schliefer, V. Stayton, J. Vokurka(2), T. Wilson(4)	16
Total: 24 Departments			88 Faculty Members

Fifteen support units submitted 24 proposals for $6,034,970. Of this amount, $378,352 was in indirect costs. Eight fewer units submitted proposals for $4,204,555 less than last year.
 

Name of Unit	$ Amount of Proposals	$ Amount of Indirect Costs	Project Directors		Total Submissions
Community College.	152,298	5,972	J. Boles, D. Bolton, P. Rice(2)	4
Continuing Education	43,555	0	P. Rice		1
CTD	235,873	14,029	P. Rice(38)		38
Ed TV & Radio Services	175,775	2,143	J. Barnaby(5)		5
TRIO Training	1,504,845	111,470	C. Manco(3)		3
Educational Talent Search	399,276	29,576	T. Ward		1
Envi Health & Safety	15,261	0	C. Reeder		1
Graduate Studies & Research	12,100	0	E. Gray		1
Inst For Econ Dev	125,000	13,326	S. House(2)		2
Library	7,200	0	L. Lee, M. Binder		2
Minority Student Support Svs.	28,000	0	C. Woods		1
Ogden Dean’s Office	639,268	51,937	M. Houston, W. Houston(2)		3
T/TAS	4,851,190	290,823	C. Mendel(5)		5
Upward Bound	279,974	18,641	L. Gaines		1
Veteran’s Upward Bound	236,538	16,951	R. Wilson		1
Total: 15 Programs			17 Project Dirs.		69

 

Included in the units in Table 11a were 11 support units in academic colleges that submitted proposals amounting to $8,479,917 which included $552,725 in indirect costs proposed. These units constituted 38% of the total proposal dollars, and 25% of the indirect costs proposed. These proposals were submitted by 12 project directors and represented 60 projects.
 
 
 

Name of Unit	$ Amount of Proposals	$ Amount of Indirect Costs	Project Directors	Total Submissions
Community College.	152,298	5,972	J. Boles, D. Bolton, P. Rice(2)	4
Continuing Education	43,555	0	P. Rice	1
CTD	235,873	14,029	P. Rice(38)	38
TRIO Training	1,504,845	111,470	C. Manco(3)	3
Educational Talent Search	399,276	29,576	T. Ward	1
Graduate Studies & Research	12,100	0	E. Gray	1
Inst For Econ Dev	125,000	13,326	S. House(2)	2
Ogden Dean’s Office	639,268	51,937	M. Houston, W. Houston(2)	3
T/TAS	4,851,190	290,823	C. Mendel(5)	5
Upward Bound	279,974	18,641	L. Gaines	1
Veteran’s Upward Bound	236,538	16,951	R. Wilson	1
11 Support Units			12 Proj. Directors

Thirty-seven percent of the dollar amount of proposals supported Research, which was 8% less than last year. There were 2 fewer proposals for research than last year. There were 13 fewer proposals for Instruction than last year but the dollar amount was $1,889,295 more. There were 37 fewer Public Service proposals than last year and the dollar amount this year was $3,255,258 less.
 

Project Type(By program classification numbers)	# of Proposals	% of Total Proposals	$ Amount of Proposals	% of  $ Amount	$ Amount of Indirect Costs
1.0 Instruction	73	35	5,676,729	27	334,652
2.0 Research	76	36	8,174,236	37	1,418,753
3.0 Public Service	60	29	8,228,366	36	440,804
7.0 Operation & Maintenance of Plant	0	0	0	0	0
8.1 Scholarships	1	0	16,080	0	0
Total:

There were 19 more Federal proposals for $2,171,820 more than last year. There were 43 fewer proposals to state agencies for $2,051,187 less than last year. There were 10 more proposals to Private agencies compared to last year. There were 14 fewer proposals to foundations for $1,244,396 less than last year.
 

Agency Type	# of  Proposals	% of Total  Proposals	$ Amount of  Proposals	% of  $ Amount	$ Amount of Indirect Costs
1. Federal	100	48	19,293,835	87	2,085,150
2. State	41	20	1,195,698	5	58,263
3. Local	5	2	20,024	0	1,392
4. Private	64	30	1,585,854	8	49,404
Total:

Thirty-one percent of the proposals were submitted to ten sponsors. These top ten sponsors constituted 5% less than the number of proposals to the top 10 last year. The dollar value of proposals to the top ten sponsors constituted 81% of the total dollars proposed. Last year the dollar value was 74%. All top ten proposals were sent to federal sponsors. Ninety-two percent of the indirect costs proposed were submitted to the top ten sponsors below, which was 12% more than last year.
 

Agency	# of  Proposals	% of Total  Proposals	$ Amount of  Proposals	% of  $ Amount	$ of Indirect Costs
HHS-Federal	10	5	5,122,867	23	334,721
U.S. DoED-Federal	18	9	4,577,731	21	314,795
NSF-Federal	27	13	2,172,951	10	432,851
CDC-Federal	1	0	1,459,127	7	108,083
NIH-Federal	2	1	1,438,017	7	412,944
EPA-Federal	6	3	768,358	3	67,349
U.S. Dept. Commerce-Fed.	1	0	613,691	3	38,478
ONDCP-Federal	1	0	596,735	3	127,284
Lockheed-Martin-Federal	1	0	458,000	2	75,924
ONR-Federal	1	0	411,576	2	109,841
Totals:

Indirect costs were included in 105 of the 210 proposals submitted (50%).
 

College or Unit	Amount of Indirect Costs  Proposed, FY 98
Business	60,927
CEBS	810,733
Ogden	1,276,137
Other	22,144
Potter	24,268
Total:

 

Cost sharing by the university reflects full costing of budgets and enables accurate cost sharing budget projections. In this reporting period, $1,463,844 or 10% above the $15,046,501 awarded by external sponsors, consisted of WKU cost sharing as Table 16 shows. The OSP Contributions accounts contributed 16% of the total costs WKU shared in awards, or $235,739. Adding the university cost sharing to the awards from external sponsors means that the total amount of cash awards was $16,510,345. The university cash cost shared 24% more than in the previous year.

FY	FY 96	FY 97	FY 98	Total
$ Amount	1,571,914	1,174,999	1,463,844
% of Total Award $$	10.5	9	10
OSP Contributions	165,896	264,648	235,739
Indirect Costs Shared	345,701	289,826	235,659

Of the 210 awards, 49, or 23%, carried cost sharing obligations. Of the 49, 17 used OSP contributions. One more cost shared from a summer faculty research fellowship; and one shared from the new Program of Distinction in Ogden College. Table 17 depicts the distribution and amounts of cost sharing compared to last year.

Quarter Awarded	Total Cost Sharing	Cost  96	Cost  97	Cost  98	Cost  99	Cost  00	Cost  01
96/1	570,072	557,253	12,819	0	0	0	0
96/2	223,155	97,189	107,210	18,756	0	0	0
96/3	204,843 <