University of Central Florida research and development spending, FY2024
- Orlando, FL
- R1
- Public
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University of Central Florida in FY2024
$284.9 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #113 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 15.2%
- Rank change
- up 7
University of Central Florida reported $284.9 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #113 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 15.2% on FY2023's $247.3 million; its national rank was up 7 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 47.7% ($135.8 million), followed by institution funds at 43.5%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $72.5 million or 25.5% 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 | $118.0 million | 127 |
| FY2011 | $109.2 million | 134 |
| FY2012 | $116.9 million | 131 |
| FY2013 | $126.7 million | 128 |
| FY2014 | $185.6 million | 101 |
| FY2015 | $215.5 million | 95 |
| FY2016 | $198.2 million | 101 |
| FY2017 | $200.4 million | 103 |
| FY2018 | $215.3 million | 102 |
| FY2019 | $225.1 million | 106 |
| FY2020 | $213.8 million | 113 |
| FY2021 | $218.6 million | 111 |
| FY2022 | $221.5 million | 121 |
| FY2023 | $247.3 million | 120 |
| FY2024 | $284.9 million | 113 |
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 Central Florida 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 | $135.8 million | 47.7% | +9.3% | 122 |
| Institution funds | $124.1 million | 43.5% | +24.8% | 80 |
| Business | $9.8 million | 3.4% | +1.0% | 105 |
| State and local government | $7.2 million | 2.5% | +21.7% | 141 |
| All other sources | $4.4 million | 1.5% | +0.4% | 111 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $3.8 million | 1.3% | +3.4% | 172 |
| All sources | $284.9 million | 100.0% | +15.2% | 113 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields University of Central Florida reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | $72.5 million | 25.5% | +6.2% | 69 |
| Physical sciences | $58.2 million | 20.4% | +26.8% | 36 |
| Life sciences | $50.7 million | 17.8% | +28.3% | 151 |
| Non-S&E | $33.6 million | 11.8% | +16.2% | 74 |
| Computer and information sciences | $31.0 million | 10.9% | +2.8% | 28 |
| Social sciences | $11.7 million | 4.1% | +41.6% | 82 |
| Psychology | $9.7 million | 3.4% | −1.1% | 56 |
| Other sciences | $8.6 million | 3.0% | +33.4% | 46 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $6.4 million | 2.3% | −7.0% | 119 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $2.5 million | 0.9% | −16.9% | 103 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of Central Florida
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of Central Florida and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 108 | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The | $312.8M |
| 109 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $308.2M |
| 110 | Rockefeller University, The | $305.3M |
| 111 | University of California, Santa Barbara | $303.4M |
| 112 | Wayne State University | $291.7M |
| 113 | University of Central Florida | $284.9M |
| 114 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | $281.7M |
| 115 | George Mason University | $281.7M |
| 116 | Tufts University | $278.3M |
| 117 | Rice University | $277.7M |
| 118 | University of South Carolina, Columbia | $277.3M |
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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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