Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce research and development spending, FY2024
- Ponce, PR
- D/PU
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce in FY2024
$308 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #866 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 35.6%
- Rank change
- down 74
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce reported $308 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #866 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 35.6% on FY2023's $478 thousand; its national rank was down 74 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 68.2% ($210 thousand), followed by federal government at 31.8%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $197 thousand or 64.0% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2015 to FY2024
This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure |
|---|---|
| FY2015 | $181 thousand |
| FY2016 | $186 thousand |
| FY2017 | $206 thousand |
| FY2018 | $150 thousand |
| FY2019 | $287 thousand |
| FY2020 | $239 thousand |
| FY2021 | $350 thousand |
| FY2022 | $334 thousand |
| FY2023 | $478 thousand |
| FY2024 | $308 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 2 NSF funding sources Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.
| Source | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $210 thousand | 68.2% | −30.5% | 660 |
| Federal government | $98 thousand | 31.8% | −41.3% | 842 |
| All sources | $308 thousand | 100.0% | −35.6% | 866 |
Fields of research
The 3 NSF research fields Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $197 thousand | 64.0% | −43.9% | 708 |
| Social sciences | $106 thousand | 34.4% | −16.5% | 484 |
| Other sciences | $5 thousand | 1.6% | — | 299 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce 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.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 861 | Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | $327K |
| 862 | Gordon College | $317K |
| 863 | University of Maine at Augusta | $312K |
| 863 | Valdosta State University | $312K |
| 865 | Hamline University | $310K |
| 866 | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce | $308K |
| 866 | Marist College | $308K |
| 868 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | $306K |
| 869 | Coppin State University | $304K |
| 869 | West Virginia University, Institute of Technology | $304K |
| 871 | Pennsylvania State University, The, Wilkes-Barre | $301K |
| 871 | Rhode Island College | $301K |
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Request a demoData: 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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