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Annual GivingSource: Council for Aid to Education’s Voluntary Support ofEducation (VSE) Survey, FY 2004.The Council for Aid to Education (CAE), anindependent subsidiary of RAND, has produced theVoluntary Support of Education (VSE) Survey since1986. The annual giving data include all contributionsactually received during the institution’s fiscal year inthe form of cash, securities, company products, andother property from alumni, non-alumni individuals,corporations, foundations, religious organizations,and other groups. Not included in the totals are publicfunds, earnings on investments held by the institution,and unfulfilled pledges.CAE’s VSE Data Miner service, available on-line,provides 10 years of data for all participating institutions(more than 1,600 universities and colleges).Although this is a subscription-based service andrequires a user ID and password, limited access isavailable on-line at [http://www.cae.org/vse].National Academy MembersSource: National Academy of Sciences, National Academy ofEngineering, and Institute of Medicine membership directoriesfor 2004.One of the highest honors that academic facultycan receive is membership in the National Academy ofSciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering(NAE), or the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Allthree are private, nonprofit organizations and serveas advisors to the federal government on science,technology, and medicine. Nominated and voted onby active members, newly elected members of theseorganizations receive life terms. Individuals electedto membership come from all sectors—academia,industry, government, and not-for-profit agencies ororganizations. Member election dates are in February(NAE), April (NAS), and October (IOM).The data collected for these rankings use active oremeritus members at their affiliated work institution,as reported in the on-line membership directories. Inall cases, we were able to determine the specific campusfor individual members. We re-check institutionalaffiliation annually to account for established memberswho have changed employers or whose membershipis no longer active.Faculty Awards in the Arts,Humanities, Science,Engineering, and HealthSource: Directories or Web-based listings for multiple agenciesor organizations.For this category, we collect data from severalprominent grant and fellowship programs in the arts,humanities, science, engineering, and health fields.Included in this measure are:• American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)Fellows, 2003-04• Beckman Young Investigators, 2004• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards, 2004• Cottrell Scholars, 2004• Fulbright American Scholars, 2004-05• Getty Scholars in Residence, 2004-05• Guggenheim Fellows, 2004• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators,2004• Lasker Medical Research Awards, 2004• MacArthur Foundation Fellows, 2004• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation DistinguishedAchievement Awards, 2004• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)Fellows, 2005• National Humanities Center Fellows, 2004-05• National Institutes of Health (NIH) MERIT (R37)FY 2004• National Medal of Science and National Medal ofTechnology, 2003• NSF CAREER awards (excluding those who arealso PECASE winners), 2004• Newberry Library Long-term Fellows, 2004-05• Pew Scholars in Biomedicine, 2004• Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists andEngineers (PECASE), 2004The Top American Research Universities 2005 Page 231