研究基金会历史

Supporting 菠菜网lol正规平台's Pursuit of Research

The 圣何塞州立大学 研究基金会 is 一个 of the oldest nonprofit corporations in the California State 大学 system. It was founded on December 6, 1932 as “The San José State 大学 Corporation.”

As its first project, the 研究基金会 managed the 1933 construction of the original Spartan football stadium. President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress 政府 提供了劳动力，然后美国.S. Senator James Duvel Phelan contributed the land, and funds for materials were contributed by our students and what was then San José State 大学.

The 研究基金会's second large project during the Depression years was the reacquisition of the land at the corner of Fourth and San Fernando Streets from the City of San José, which had constructed its Carnegie 图书馆 there. 在同一个角落 今天是新的一天 Dr. 马丁·路德·金. 图书馆 , a joint project of 圣何塞州立大学 and the City of San José. 最先进的 facility, the library opened its doors in August of 2003, the first cooperatively 经营全国图书馆.

Those successful endeavors were the beginning of the 研究基金会's long and successful history of managing externally-funded projects on behalf of San José State 大学.  A 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, the 菠菜网lol正规平台 研究基金会 provides an entrepreneurial management structure through which the campus carries out essential specialized research activities not normally supported by the state budget. 我们的中央政府 provides a comprehensive business infrastructure and professional services that make it possible for our faculty to focus more on research and project deliverables, and less on administrative details.

Today the 研究基金会 employs nearly 1,000 and has annual revenues of nearly 6000万美元. This federal, state, and private funding supports 菠菜网lol正规平台's expanding research enterprise, placing San José State among the top 200 universities in the country for 总R&D支出.