Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico research and development spending, FY2024

  • San Juan, PR
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Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico in FY2024

$796 thousand

spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey

National rank
#739 of 925
Change on FY2023
down 23.4%
Rank change
down 59

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico reported $796 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #739 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 23.4% on FY2023's $1.0 million; its national rank was down 59 places. Its largest field of research is computer and information sciences, $796 thousand or 100.0% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico research and development expenditures, FY2011 to FY2024A line from $360 thousand in FY2011 to $796 thousand in FY2024, broken across 10 unreported years. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$530K$1.1M$1.6M$2.1MFY2011FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series. The line breaks at FY2012, FY2013, FY2014, FY2015, FY2016, FY2017, FY2018, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023, which Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico did not report.

Year-by-year figures
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010——
FY2011$360 thousand617
FY2012——
FY2013——
FY2014——
FY2015——
FY2016——
FY2017——
FY2018——
FY2019$2.1 million511
FY2020$813 thousand610
FY2021——
FY2022——
FY2023——
FY2024$796 thousand676

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The one NSF funding source Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico reported in FY2024. The share is of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$796 thousand100.0%−23.4%612
All sources$796 thousand100.0%−23.4%739

Fields of research

The one NSF research field Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico reported in FY2024.

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Computer and information sciences$796 thousand100.0%−23.4%247

Neighbours

Ranked around Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking, and the one institution tied with it — a shared rank is a real tie in NSF's data, not a rounding artefact.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
734College of the Holy Cross$813K
735William Paterson University$808K
736Southwestern University$804K
737Lawrence University$803K
738Northwestern State University of Louisiana$798K
739Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico$796K
739Alverno College$796K
741Fairleigh Dickinson University$793K
742Saint Michael's College$790K
743Ithaca College$787K
744Auburn University, Montgomery$779K
745San Juan Bautista School of Medicine$778K

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Data: NSF HERD FY2024, built from NSF's published tables on September 8, 2026. Page updated September 13, 2026.

Data: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY2024.

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