Editing Brigham Young University (section)

=== Notable research and awards ===
[[File:TNRB Tanner Building.jpg|thumb|left|The [[N. Eldon Tanner Building]], home of the [[Marriott School of Management]]]]
BYU is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "Research 1: Very High Research Spending And Doctorate Production".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/brigham-young-university/ |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup | publisher=[[American Council on Education]] |date=2025 |accessdate=February 13, 2025}}</ref> According to the [[National Science Foundation]], BYU spent $40.7 million on research and development in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18 |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]] |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611114022/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Scientists associated with BYU have created some notable inventions. [[Philo T. Farnsworth]], inventor and pioneer of the electronic television, began college at BYU, and later returned to do fusion research, receiving an honorary degree from the university in 1967.<ref name=Utah-bio>{{cite web | url = http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/UU_EAD,2160 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121211111558/http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/UU_EAD,2160 | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 11, 2012 | title = Biography of Philo Taylor Farnsworth | publisher = University of Utah Marriott Library Special Collections | access-date = July 5, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Alumnus [[Harvey Fletcher]], inventor of stereophonic sound, went on to carry out the now famous [[oil-drop experiment]] with [[Robert Millikan]], and was later Founding Dean of the [[Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology|BYU College of Engineering]].<ref>{{cite journal | title = My Work with Millikan on the Oil-drop Experiment | author = Harvey Fletcher | journal = Physics Today |date=June 1982 | page = 43 | doi = 10.1063/1.2915126 | volume=35| issue = 6 | bibcode = 1982PhT....35f..43F }}</ref> [[H. Tracy Hall]], inventor of the [[man-made diamond]], left [[General Electric]] in 1955 and became a full professor of chemistry and Director of Research at BYU. While there, he invented a new type of diamond press, the tetrahedral press. In student achievements, BYU Ad Lab teams won both the 2007 and 2008 [[L'Oréal]] National Brandstorm Competition,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695270519,00.html |title=Y students take first in ad competition |website=[[Deseret News]] |access-date=May 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080425052304/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1%2C5143%2C695270519%2C00.html |archive-date=April 25, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brandstorm.loreal.com/Cand/index.html |title=L'Oréal National Brandstorm Competition |access-date=May 6, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080603152030/http://www.brandstorm.loreal.com/Cand/index.html |archive-date = June 3, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and students developed the Magnetic Lasso algorithm found in [[Adobe Photoshop]].<ref>{{cite news |first = Lois M. |last = Collins |url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/640198852/BYU-scientists-create-tool-for-virtual-surgery.html |title = BYU scientists create tool for 'virtual surgery' |work = Deseret Morning News |date = July 31, 2006 |access-date = February 24, 2013 |archive-date = March 31, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190331135712/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/640198852/BYU-scientists-create-tool-for-virtual-surgery.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> In prestigious scholarships, BYU has produced 10 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=232 |title=Catching up with Former Rhodes Scholars |access-date=June 13, 2008 |archive-date=January 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127064000/http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view |url-status=live }}</ref> four [[Gates Cambridge Scholarships|Gates Scholars]] in the last six years, and in the last decade has claimed 41 [[Fulbright program|Fulbright scholars]] and 3 [[Jack Kent Cooke]] scholars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opsf.byu.edu/Scholarships/BYU_Recipients/BYU_Winner_Summary.aspx |title=BYU Winner Summary |access-date=May 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427071104/http://opsf.byu.edu/Scholarships/BYU_Recipients/BYU_Winner_Summary.aspx |archive-date=April 27, 2008  }}</ref>

According to the [[National Science Foundation]], the university received approximately $46 million in research and development funding in 2022, ranking it 222nd in the nation for research revenue and expenditures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Science Foundation R&D Funding and Expenditures |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd}}</ref>