Training and Workforce
Wichita State Tops NSF Aerospace R&D Rankings
NIAR programs cited as key drivers
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Wichita State University said it is a top performer in the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development Survey, reporting $392 million in research expenditures in the latest results, a 7% increase from the prior year’s $366 million. 

Wichita State attributed its rise in the rankings to its National Institute for Aviation Research, citing programs including Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, the U.S. Air Force B-1 BackBONE, and the Survivable Airborne Operations Center effort.