University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The research and development spending, FY2024

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University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The in FY2024

$1.4 billion

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

National rank
#23 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 8.6%
Rank change
held

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The reported $1.4 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #23 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 8.6% on FY2023's $1.3 billion; its national rank was unchanged. State and local government is its largest funding source at 23.9% ($325.7 million), followed by institution funds at 21.8%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.3 billion or 92.7% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $599.5 million in FY2010 to $1.4 billion in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$340.8M$681.7M$1.0B$1.4BFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$599.5 million26
FY2011$663.3 million24
FY2012$685.8 million26
FY2013$718.1 million26
FY2014$795.0 million21
FY2015$833.4 million19
FY2016$852.1 million19
FY2017$888.0 million21
FY2018$929.7 million19
FY2019$969.5 million20
FY2020$1.1 billion18
FY2021$1.1 billion19
FY2022$1.2 billion22
FY2023$1.3 billion23
FY2024$1.4 billion23

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 Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
State and local government$325.7 million23.9%+8.2%1
Institution funds$297.5 million21.8%+15.9%25
Federal government$282.4 million20.7%+8.9%67
Business$263.0 million19.3%+5.9%1
All other sources$149.8 million11.0%−1.5%5
Nonprofit organizations$45.0 million3.3%+17.9%41
All sources$1.4 billion100.0%+8.6%23

Fields of research

The 5 NSF research fields University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$1.3 billion92.7%+8.3%8
Physical sciences$28.9 million2.1%+21.4%71
Social sciences$27.2 million2.0%+16.9%37
Mathematics and statistics$24.3 million1.8%+3.7%3
Psychology$19.7 million1.4%+7.6%18

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
18New York University$1.5B
19Harvard University$1.5B
20Columbia University in the City of New York$1.4B
21University of Minnesota, Twin Cities$1.4B
22Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center$1.4B
23University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The$1.4B
24Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center$1.3B
25Pennsylvania State University, The, University Park and Hershey Medical Center$1.3B
26University of Florida$1.3B
27University of Southern California$1.3B
28Northwestern University$1.3B

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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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