University of California, Los Angeles research and development spending, FY2024
- Los Angeles, CA
- R1
- Public
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University of California, Los Angeles in FY2024
$1.9 billion
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #6 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 10.1%
- Rank change
- up 1
University of California, Los Angeles reported $1.9 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #6 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 10.1% on FY2023's $1.7 billion; its national rank was up 1 place. Federal government is its largest funding source at 51.7% ($980.2 million), followed by institution funds at 19.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.3 billion or 70.0% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024
Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $937.0 million | 7 |
| FY2011 | $982.4 million | 8 |
| FY2012 | $1.0 billion | 8 |
| FY2013 | $966.7 million | 10 |
| FY2014 | $948.2 million | 10 |
| FY2015 | $1.0 billion | 9 |
| FY2016 | $1.0 billion | 12 |
| FY2017 | $1.1 billion | 12 |
| FY2018 | $1.3 billion | 6 |
| FY2019 | $1.3 billion | 7 |
| FY2020 | $1.4 billion | 7 |
| FY2021 | $1.5 billion | 6 |
| FY2022 | $1.5 billion | 6 |
| FY2023 | $1.7 billion | 7 |
| FY2024 | $1.9 billion | 6 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 6 NSF funding sources University of California, Los Angeles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $980.2 million | 51.7% | +11.6% | 11 |
| Institution funds | $368.7 million | 19.4% | +4.0% | 12 |
| State and local government | $168.0 million | 8.9% | +59.1% | 4 |
| All other sources | $158.4 million | 8.4% | +192.7% | 3 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $131.8 million | 7.0% | −39.9% | 10 |
| Business | $89.0 million | 4.7% | −18.7% | 19 |
| All sources | $1.9 billion | 100.0% | +10.1% | 6 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields University of California, Los Angeles reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $1.3 billion | 70.0% | +8.5% | 4 |
| Engineering | $128.9 million | 6.8% | +13.1% | 34 |
| Social sciences | $118.5 million | 6.3% | +37.8% | 3 |
| Non-S&E | $80.4 million | 4.2% | +6.8% | 19 |
| Physical sciences | $78.3 million | 4.1% | +27.4% | 22 |
| Other sciences | $57.4 million | 3.0% | −1.2% | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $54.7 million | 2.9% | +3.8% | 21 |
| Computer and information sciences | $20.8 million | 1.1% | +8.9% | 51 |
| Psychology | $18.8 million | 1.0% | −8.1% | 21 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $11.4 million | 0.6% | −4.2% | 18 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of California, Los Angeles
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of California, Los Angeles and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins University | $4.1B |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | $2.2B |
| 3 | University of California, San Francisco | $2.1B |
| 4 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | $2.1B |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $1.9B |
| 6 | University of California, Los Angeles | $1.9B |
| 7 | University of California, San Diego | $1.9B |
| 8 | University of Washington, Seattle | $1.7B |
| 9 | Stanford University | $1.6B |
| 10 | Cornell University | $1.6B |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The | $1.6B |
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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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