Federal Science Funds Doubled at 28 Colleges

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Biggest gains in federal funds for research and development in science and engineering, adjusted for inflation, 1999-2009

Rank	Institution	1999	2009	10-year change
1	Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences	$12,507,840	$124,314,000	893.9%
2	New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology	$13,827,510	$61,178,000	342.4%
3	Drexel U.	$16,659,060	$67,620,000	305.9%
4	U. of Louisville	$20,041,440	$72,770,000	263.1%
5	U. of South Florida	$54,186,450	$190,949,000	252.4%

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HOME: ▶ Almanac 2011	SECTIONS: ▶ Finance	▶ The Profession	▶ Student Demographics
	▶ Access and Equity	▶ Technology	▶ International

Biggest gains in federal funds for research and development in science and engineering, adjusted for inflation, 1999-2009

Rank	Institution	1999	2009	10-year change
1	Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences	$12,507,840	$124,314,000	893.9%
2	New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology	$13,827,510	$61,178,000	342.4%
3	Drexel U.	$16,659,060	$67,620,000	305.9%
4	U. of Louisville	$20,041,440	$72,770,000	263.1%
5	U. of South Florida	$54,186,450	$190,949,000	252.4%
6	U. of Central Florida	$20,701,920	$65,042,000	214.2%
7	Medical U. of South Carolina	$39,986,130	$113,789,000	184.6%
8	U. of North Dakota (all campuses)	$17,563,350	$49,215,000	180.2%
9	North Dakota State U. (all campuses)	$15,877,320	$43,614,000	174.7%
10	U. of Maryland-Baltimore County	$20,154,960	$53,867,000	167.3%
11	Florida International U.	$20,326,530	$53,647,000	163.9%
12	U. of Mississippi (all campuses)	$24,578,370	$62,192,000	153.0%
13	Medical College of Georgia	$18,048,390	$45,272,000	150.8%
14	Mount Sinai School of Medicine	$109,164,960	$264,914,000	142.7%
15	U. of Alaska at Fairbanks (all campuses)	$44,694,630	$105,885,000	136.9%
16	U. of Nevada at Las Vegas	$13,219,920	$31,270,000	136.5%
17	U. of California at Santa Cruz	$32,358,360	$76,085,000	135.1%
18	U. of Southern Mississippi	$18,219,960	$41,517,000	127.9%
19	Vanderbilt U.	$150,784,230	$336,405,000	123.1%
20	Dartmouth College	$60,295,890	$134,113,000	122.4%
21	Georgia Inst. of Technology (all campuses)	$145,590,690	$322,452,000	121.5%
22	George Mason U.	$25,144,680	$55,678,000	121.4%
23	U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr.	$89,542,770	$194,633,000	117.4%
24	Montana State U. at Bozeman	$33,837,990	$71,620,000	111.7%
25	U. of California at Riverside	$25,792,260	$53,971,000	109.3%
26	U. of Nebraska system	$72,677,310	$148,602,000	104.5%
27	U. of Massachusetts at Worcester	$71,615,640	$145,834,000	103.6%
28	U. of Nevada at Reno	$31,717,230	$63,709,000	100.9%
29	U. of New Hampshire	$39,455,940	$78,633,000	99.3%
30	U. of Vermont	$46,549,650	$92,555,000	98.8%
31	U. of Delaware	$44,670,120	$87,090,000	95.0%
32	Ohio State U. (all campuses)	$174,428,640	$339,820,000	94.8%
33	U. of Montana	$18,868,830	$36,631,000	94.1%
34	Medical College of Wisconsin	$60,742,230	$117,842,000	94.0%
35	Arizona State U. at Tempe	$69,537,450	$134,598,000	93.6%
36	U. of Maine	$24,720,270	$47,280,000	91.3%
37	West Virginia U.	$33,880,560	$64,388,000	90.0%
38	Oregon Health & Science U.	$123,394,950	$233,774,000	89.5%
39	U. of Notre Dame	$30,462,060	$57,425,000	88.5%
40	Wake Forest U.	$77,777,970	$144,454,000	85.7%
41	Charles R. Drew U. of Medicine & Science	$28,653,480	$53,110,000	85.4%
42	Loma Linda U.	$15,759,930	$29,114,000	84.7%
43	U. of Pittsburgh (all campuses)	$251,057,220	$463,192,000	84.5%
44	U. of California at Davis	$160,557,270	$295,924,000	84.3%
45	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$235,986,150	$431,837,000	83.0%
46	Duke U.	$240,916,530	$438,767,000	82.1%
47	Colorado School of Mines	$13,808,160	$25,109,000	81.8%
48	U. of California at Irvine	$97,401,450	$177,098,000	81.8%
49	U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	$34,045,680	$61,249,000	79.9%
50	Colorado State U.	$118,606,470	$211,890,000	78.6%
51	U. of Texas Medical Branch	$71,028,690	$126,703,000	78.4%
52	U. of Dayton	$39,673,950	$70,469,000	77.6%
53	U. of Cincinnati (all campuses)	$129,419,250	$229,324,000	77.2%
54	U. of Illinois at Chicago	$111,463,740	$196,702,000	76.5%
55	Naval Postgraduate School	$42,967,320	$75,825,000	76.5%
56	U. of Texas Health Science Ctr. at San Antonio	$73,406,160	$129,399,000	76.3%
57	Northwestern U.	$171,114,630	$300,619,000	75.7%
58	U. of Oregon	$35,263,440	$61,464,000	74.3%
59	Case Western Reserve U.	$180,829,620	$313,044,000	73.1%
60	U. of Massachusetts at Lowell	$13,356,660	$23,083,000	72.8%
61	U. of Rochester	$171,379,080	$295,963,000	72.7%
62	Emory U.	$171,332,640	$295,831,000	72.7%
63	U. of Kansas (all campuses)	$73,880,880	$127,449,000	72.5%
64	U. of Tennessee system	$90,541,230	$156,043,000	72.3%
65	U. of Chicago	$175,078,800	$301,159,000	72.0%
66	U. of South Carolina (all campuses)	$62,552,100	$107,504,000	71.9%
67	Mississippi State U.	$60,021,120	$102,903,000	71.4%
68	U. of Missouri at Columbia	$69,498,750	$118,998,000	71.2%
69	Pennsylvania State U. (all campuses)	$256,845,450	$439,193,000	71.0%
70	U. of Kentucky (all campuses)	$85,377,360	$145,483,000	70.4%
71	Temple U.	$38,356,860	$65,126,000	69.8%
72	U. of Hawaii-Manoa	$120,509,220	$203,453,000	68.8%
73	U. of Connecticut (all campuses)	$71,589,840	$120,668,000	68.6%
74	San Diego State U.	$25,443,960	$42,736,000	68.0%
75	Tulane U.	$65,504,910	$109,269,000	66.8%
76	Washington State U.	$57,546,900	$95,824,000	66.5%
77	U. of Alabama in Huntsville	$32,464,140	$53,893,000	66.0%
78	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	$76,798,860	$127,378,000	65.9%
79	Rutgers U. (all campuses)	$97,606,560	$161,877,000	65.8%
80	Eastern Virginia Medical School	$14,646,660	$24,083,000	64.4%
81	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	$29,415,870	$48,216,000	63.9%
82	Florida State U.	$71,809,140	$117,294,000	63.3%
83	State U. of New York at Albany	$59,652,180	$96,910,000	62.5%
84	Louisiana State U. (all campuses)	$97,821,990	$157,645,000	61.2%
85	U. of California at San Francisco	$300,803,490	$483,667,000	60.8%
86	Brown U.	$58,406,040	$93,753,000	60.5%
87	Boston U.	$159,173,100	$255,178,000	60.3%
88	Johns Hopkins U.	$994,048,200	$1,587,547,000	59.7%
89	U. of Iowa	$158,203,020	$252,336,000	59.5%
90	Kansas State U.	$36,251,580	$57,743,000	59.3%
91	U. of Colorado (all campuses)	$315,644,940	$500,123,000	58.4%
92	College of William and Mary (all campuses)	$15,340,680	$24,248,000	58.1%
93	U. of Wisconsin at Madison	$321,483,480	$507,898,000	58.0%
94	Clemson U.	$34,912,560	$55,108,000	57.8%
95	U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr. at Dallas	$131,574,840	$207,216,000	57.5%
96	U. of Virginia (all campuses)	$139,134,240	$218,499,000	57.0%
97	Wayne State U.	$74,316,900	$116,682,000	57.0%
98	San Jose State U.	$15,254,250	$23,949,000	57.0%
99	Virginia Commonwealth U.	$62,145,750	$97,433,000	56.8%
100	New Jersey Inst. of Technology	$27,253,830	$42,656,000	56.5%

Note: For comparison, dollar amounts for 1999 are adjusted to their values in 2009 dollars. Institutions included were those in the top 200 in federally financed research-and-development expenditures in the 1999 fiscal year. Percentages are rounded, but institutions are ranked by unrounded percentages.

Source: National Science Foundation