University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo research and development spending, FY2024

  • Arecibo, PR
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University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo in FY2024

$418 thousand

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

National rank
#831 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 13.0%
Rank change
down 4

University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo reported $418 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #831 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 13.0% on FY2023's $370 thousand; its national rank was down 4 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 81.8% ($342 thousand), followed by institution funds at 18.2%. Its largest field of research is geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, $267 thousand or 63.9% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2023 to FY2024

University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo research and development expenditures, FY2023 to FY2024A line from $370 thousand in FY2023 to $418 thousand in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$105K$209K$314K$418KFY2023FY2024

This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year.

Year-by-year figures
University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2023$370 thousand
FY2024$418 thousand

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 2 NSF funding sources University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$342 thousand81.8%+12.5%739
Institution funds$76 thousand18.2%+15.2%745
All sources$418 thousand100.0%+13.0%831

Fields of research

The 3 NSF research fields University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$267 thousand63.9%+12.7%324
Non-S&E$131 thousand31.3%+12.9%591
Life sciences$20 thousand4.8%+17.6%835

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
826Pitzer College$443K
827Cornell College$440K
828Northern New Mexico College$432K
829Pacific Lutheran University$429K
830Westmont College$426K
831University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo$418K
832Central Wyoming College$415K
832St. Mary's College of Maryland$415K
834Muhlenberg College$414K
835Minnesota State University, Moorhead$409K
836Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Carolina$407K

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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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