University of Maryland research and development spending, FY2024
- College Park, MD
- R1
- Public
- Standard form filer
University of Maryland in FY2024
$1.5 billion
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #14 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 11.1%
- Rank change
- up 4
University of Maryland reported $1.5 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #14 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 11.1% on FY2023's $1.4 billion; its national rank was up 4 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 59.9% ($922.2 million), followed by institution funds at 28.2%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $789.6 million or 51.3% 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 | — | — |
| FY2011 | — | — |
| FY2012 | — | — |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — |
| FY2018 | — | — |
| FY2019 | $1.1 billion | 14 |
| FY2020 | $1.1 billion | 16 |
| FY2021 | $1.1 billion | 17 |
| FY2022 | $1.2 billion | 19 |
| FY2023 | $1.4 billion | 18 |
| FY2024 | $1.5 billion | 14 |
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 Maryland 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 | $922.2 million | 59.9% | +11.7% | 15 |
| Institution funds | $434.4 million | 28.2% | +8.1% | 7 |
| State and local government | $87.2 million | 5.7% | +52.9% | 14 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $53.6 million | 3.5% | −1.5% | 37 |
| Business | $37.8 million | 2.5% | +2.1% | 55 |
| All other sources | $4.3 million | 0.3% | −54.5% | 112 |
| All sources | $1.5 billion | 100.0% | +11.1% | 14 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields University of Maryland reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $789.6 million | 51.3% | +9.8% | 31 |
| Engineering | $218.8 million | 14.2% | +19.0% | 17 |
| Physical sciences | $144.7 million | 9.4% | +6.8% | 9 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $102.5 million | 6.7% | +17.1% | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences | $94.1 million | 6.1% | +16.8% | 8 |
| Non-S&E | $67.3 million | 4.4% | −4.3% | 26 |
| Social sciences | $67.0 million | 4.4% | −8.2% | 12 |
| Other sciences | $32.9 million | 2.1% | +82.2% | 7 |
| Psychology | $15.3 million | 1.0% | +37.1% | 31 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $7.4 million | 0.5% | +21.9% | 35 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of Maryland
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of Maryland and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Stanford University | $1.6B |
| 10 | Cornell University | $1.6B |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The | $1.6B |
| 12 | Ohio State University, The | $1.6B |
| 13 | Duke University | $1.6B |
| 14 | University of Maryland | $1.5B |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology | $1.5B |
| 16 | Yale University | $1.5B |
| 17 | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh | $1.5B |
| 18 | New York University | $1.5B |
| 19 | Harvard University | $1.5B |
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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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