<p>Yes, the NSF rankings include all research expenditures for engineering, not just NSF numbers.</p>
<p>And, no, Montana State does not beat NUS “hands down” or even at all for research expenditures. NUS clearly has substantially more engineering research. </p>
<p>MSU does beat NUS in terms of NSF grant money, but that’s only because the NSF is a US federal agency that does not frequently provide research money to international agency. The parallel argument is that NUS beats MSU hands down in funding from the country of Singapore. Or that MSU beats MIT hands down in funding from the State of Montana.</p>