University of California, Office of the President research and development spending, FY2024

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University of California, Office of the President in FY2024

$79.3 million

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

National rank
#196 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 24.6%
Rank change
up 9

University of California, Office of the President reported $79.3 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #196 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 24.6% on FY2023's $63.6 million; its national rank was up 9 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 51.2% ($40.6 million), followed by state and local government at 48.2%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $45.9 million or 57.9% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of California, Office of the President research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $72.5 million in FY2010 to $79.3 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$19.8M$39.6M$59.5M$79.3MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.

Year-by-year figures
University of California, Office of the President research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$72.5 million156
FY2011$63.4 million170
FY2012$65.6 million166
FY2013$67.4 million165
FY2014$50.1 million188
FY2015$48.3 million188
FY2016$39.1 million208
FY2017$46.4 million194
FY2018$55.7 million185
FY2019$67.7 million174
FY2020$60.7 million187
FY2021$50.8 million201
FY2022$54.6 million202
FY2023$63.6 million205
FY2024$79.3 million196

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 4 NSF funding sources University of California, Office of the President reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of California, Office of the President research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Institution funds$40.6 million51.2%+83.3%168
State and local government$38.2 million48.2%−7.5%43
All other sources$288 thousand0.4%+148.3%279
Nonprofit organizations$159 thousand0.2%—493
All sources$79.3 million100.0%+24.6%196

Fields of research

The 4 NSF research fields University of California, Office of the President reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of California, Office of the President research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$45.9 million57.9%−15.6%156
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$23.7 million29.9%—49
Physical sciences$9.3 million11.7%+3.6%141
Non-S&E$393 thousand0.5%+48.3%478

Neighbours

Ranked around University of California, Office of the President

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of California, Office of the President and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of California, Office of the President, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
191South Dakota State University$82.2M
192North Carolina A&T State University$81.8M
193City University of New York, The, Graduate Center, The$80.8M
194New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology$79.9M
195Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans$79.7M
196University of California, Office of the President$79.3M
197Rochester Institute of Technology$78.5M
198American University$78.4M
199University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The$77.4M
200University of California, Merced$77.2M
201Touro University, New York$76.9M

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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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