University of Pennsylvania research and development spending, FY2024

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University of Pennsylvania in FY2024

$2.2 billion

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

National rank
#2 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 10.9%
Rank change
up 1

University of Pennsylvania reported $2.2 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #2 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 10.9% on FY2023's $2.0 billion; its national rank was up 1 place. Federal government is its largest funding source at 47.0% ($1.0 billion), followed by institution funds at 36.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.7 billion or 76.6% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of Pennsylvania research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $836.3 million in FY2010 to $2.2 billion in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$541.9M$1.1B$1.6B$2.2BFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
University of Pennsylvania research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$836.3 million10
FY2011$886.0 million11
FY2012$847.1 million13
FY2013$828.4 million18
FY2014$828.4 million18
FY2015$864.1 million17
FY2016$1.3 billion3
FY2017$1.4 billion4
FY2018$1.4 billion4
FY2019$1.5 billion4
FY2020$1.6 billion4
FY2021$1.6 billion4
FY2022$1.8 billion3
FY2023$2.0 billion3
FY2024$2.2 billion2

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 Pennsylvania reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of Pennsylvania research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$1.0 billion47.0%+8.8%9
Institution funds$782.3 million36.1%+21.7%1
Business$172.6 million8.0%−15.0%5
Nonprofit organizations$152.8 million7.0%+13.6%7
State and local government$29.9 million1.4%+7.2%58
All other sources$11.4 million0.5%+26.0%65
All sources$2.2 billion100.0%+10.9%2

Fields of research

The 10 NSF research fields University of Pennsylvania reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of Pennsylvania research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$1.7 billion76.6%+10.8%2
Non-S&E$166.4 million7.7%+13.9%2
Engineering$124.5 million5.7%+10.5%37
Physical sciences$84.6 million3.9%+17.4%21
Social sciences$69.6 million3.2%+5.1%11
Computer and information sciences$28.0 million1.3%+32.7%37
Psychology$16.2 million0.7%−6.9%29
Mathematics and statistics$9.6 million0.4%+11.6%25
Other sciences$6.5 million0.3%−30.0%54
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$2.3 million0.1%−1.8%183

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Pennsylvania

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The one institution ranked above University of Pennsylvania and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Pennsylvania, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
1Johns Hopkins University$4.1B
2University of Pennsylvania$2.2B
3University of California, San Francisco$2.1B
4University of Michigan, Ann Arbor$2.1B
5University of Wisconsin-Madison$1.9B
6University of California, Los Angeles$1.9B
7University of California, San Diego$1.9B

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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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