University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus research and development spending, FY2024

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University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in FY2024

$61.5 million

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

National rank
#222 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 0.4%
Rank change
down 12

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus reported $61.5 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #222 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 0.4% on FY2023's $61.2 million; its national rank was down 12 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 78.0% ($48.0 million), followed by institution funds at 17.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $61.5 million or 100.0% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $39.1 million in FY2010 to $61.5 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$16.0M$32.0M$48.0M$64.0MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$39.1 million200
FY2011$64.0 million168
FY2012$45.6 million197
FY2013$43.4 million198
FY2014$40.4 million203
FY2015$43.3 million200
FY2016$46.2 million194
FY2017$42.4 million201
FY2018$41.2 million203
FY2019$45.0 million204
FY2020$37.2 million225
FY2021$44.1 million215
FY2022$47.6 million217
FY2023$61.2 million210
FY2024$61.5 million222

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 4 NSF funding sources University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$48.0 million78.0%+2.5%181
Institution funds$10.7 million17.4%−0.7%253
Business$2.2 million3.5%−33.3%192
State and local government$618 thousand1.0%+52.2%354
All sources$61.5 million100.0%+0.4%222

Fields of research

The one NSF research field University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus reported in FY2024.

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$61.5 million100.0%+0.8%141

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
217Southern Methodist University$62.6M
218Lehigh University$62.4M
219Western Michigan University and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine$62.1M
220Southern Illinois University, Carbondale$61.5M
221Loyola University Chicago$61.5M
222University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus$61.5M
223Kent State University$61.4M
224Nova Southeastern University$60.6M
225State University of New York, Upstate Medical University$59.5M
226Boise State University$57.7M
227Catholic University of America, The$57.7M

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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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