 The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education classified Bowling Green State University as a Doctorate @-@ granting Research University with high research activity . In the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 , BGSU received about $ 8 @.@ 1 million in research funds from federal , university , private and others sources with over 52 % from the National Science Foundation , National Institutes of Health , the United States Department of Energy , the United States Department of Health and Human Services , and the United States Department of Education . Research projects in the areas of Psychology , Sociology , Education and Human Development , Energy and Sustainability , are among the University 's most prominent . 
