Research ==
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education ranks Florida State as a doctoral research institution which performs very high levels of research. Florida State presently rates second in the state of Florida as a public university by the Nature Index for research output. The university engages in many areas of academic inquiry at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. Florida State University was awarded over $414 million in annual research expenditures in sponsored research in fiscal year 2023, ranking it 79th out of 890 ranked. FSU receives the highest National Science Foundation funding in the state of Florida. Florida State currently has 37 degree programs in interdisciplinary research fields. Interdisciplinary programs merge academic disciplines into common areas where discoveries may be exploited by more than one method. Interdisciplinary research at FSU covers traditional subjects such as chemistry, physics and engineering to social sciences.
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