University of Massachusetts Amherst research and development spending, FY2024
- Amherst, MA
- R1
- Public
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University of Massachusetts Amherst in FY2024
$281.7 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #114 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 4.9%
- Rank change
- down 2
University of Massachusetts Amherst reported $281.7 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #114 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 4.9% on FY2023's $268.7 million; its national rank was down 2 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 52.1% ($146.9 million), followed by institution funds at 34.0%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $84.1 million or 29.9% 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 | $169.1 million | 103 |
| FY2011 | $181.3 million | 101 |
| FY2012 | $194.8 million | 98 |
| FY2013 | $190.7 million | 99 |
| FY2014 | $200.2 million | 99 |
| FY2015 | $213.9 million | 96 |
| FY2016 | $214.6 million | 96 |
| FY2017 | $210.4 million | 99 |
| FY2018 | $211.1 million | 106 |
| FY2019 | $223.2 million | 107 |
| FY2020 | $219.4 million | 109 |
| FY2021 | $213.8 million | 114 |
| FY2022 | $245.2 million | 110 |
| FY2023 | $268.7 million | 112 |
| FY2024 | $281.7 million | 114 |
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 Massachusetts Amherst 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 | $146.9 million | 52.1% | +5.8% | 116 |
| Institution funds | $95.8 million | 34.0% | +5.9% | 93 |
| State and local government | $14.3 million | 5.1% | +25.0% | 91 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $10.2 million | 3.6% | −17.2% | 122 |
| Business | $9.1 million | 3.2% | −0.9% | 109 |
| All other sources | $5.4 million | 1.9% | −14.8% | 103 |
| All sources | $281.7 million | 100.0% | +4.9% | 114 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields University of Massachusetts Amherst reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | $84.1 million | 29.9% | +1.6% | 59 |
| Life sciences | $83.4 million | 29.6% | +4.6% | 129 |
| Computer and information sciences | $35.9 million | 12.8% | +19.6% | 19 |
| Physical sciences | $30.9 million | 11.0% | +12.0% | 65 |
| Non-S&E | $20.0 million | 7.1% | −4.7% | 109 |
| Social sciences | $9.7 million | 3.5% | +14.9% | 99 |
| Psychology | $8.7 million | 3.1% | −12.4% | 65 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $5.3 million | 1.9% | +9.5% | 134 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $3.0 million | 1.1% | −10.4% | 85 |
| Other sciences | $628 thousand | 0.2% | −28.6% | 141 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of Massachusetts Amherst
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of Massachusetts Amherst and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 119 | Tulane University | $275.9M |
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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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