- Research Funding Charts, Graphs, and Reports
- Rankings: Highlights
- All Science and Engineering Research and Development Rankings
Research Funding Charts, Graphs, and Reports
Research Funding, Fiscal Years 1995 to present
| 1995: $274,884,634 | 1996: $248,997,990 | 1997: $290,650,158 |
| 1998: $304,953,768 | 1999: $344,496,859 | 2000: $375,570,798 |
| 2001: $438,780,503 | 2002: $487,906,010 | 2003: $537,415,870 |
| 2004: $577,577,064 | 2005: $579,589,394 | 2006: $593,390,527 |
| 2007: $610,669,824 | 2008: $678,228,055 | 2009: $716,274,113 (includes $4,501,984 in ARRA* funding) |
| 2010: $803,358,125 (includes $126,036,558 in ARRA* funding) | 2011: $788,025,111 (includes $55,554,596 in ARRA* funding) | 2012: $767,141,341 (includes $7,460,219 in ARRA* funding) |
| *American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
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Tables and Charts: Research Funding by Administrative Unit and by Appointing Department
- FY 2012 research funding
- FY 2011 research funding
- FY 2010 research funding
- FY 2009 research funding
- FY 2008 research funding
- FY 2007 research funding
- FY 2006 research funding
- FY 2005 research funding
- FY 2004 research funding
- FY 2003 research funding
- FY 2002 research funding
Sources of Research Funding, FY 2012, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Breakdown of Federal Funding, FY 2012, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Trend in Federal Research Funding, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2002-2012
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Trends in Non-federal Research Funding, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2002-2012
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Trends in Interdisciplinary Research Funding, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2007-2012
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Research Funding and the UNC-Chapel Hill Budget
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UNC-Chapel Hill’s research awards as a percentage of total research awards for the UNC System
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Rankings: Highlights
How does UNC-Chapel Hill stack up with other universities and colleges?
Highlights in Overall Rankings in Federal Funding
Based on most recently available federal award data from the National Science Foundation/Science Resource Statistics (FY 2007 for obligations; FY 2009 for expenditures), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks:
- Nineteenth in federal obligations for academic science and engineering for FY 2007 ($382.3 million); one of only two North Carolina campuses in the top 20 universities nationally and the top public university in the South for FY 2007
- Tenth nationally and top in the South in federally funded research and development expenditures at public universities and colleges in FY 2009 ($431.8 million)
- Eleventh in federal obligations for fellowships, traineeships and training grants in FY 2007 ($22.3 million)
(Source: NSF Science Resources Statistics Reports on Academic Research and Development. Updated: 7/2011.)
All Science and Engineering Research and Development Rankings
National Institutes of Health Awards to Institutions of Higher Education
For FY 2011, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was ranked twelfth among both private and public universities nationwide for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding to domestic institutions of higher education. UNC-Chapel Hill faculty researchers received $349 million in NIH research funding in FY 2011.
Among public campuses, UNC-Chapel Hill was seventh behind the universities of California at San Francisco, Michigan at Ann Arbor, Washington, Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, California at San Diego, and California at Los Angeles. Carolina is the top public university in the South and one of only two universities, public or private, from North Carolina cited in the NIH’s top 20. The other was Duke University, ranked twelfth overall with $355 million.
(Source: NIH Awards by Location and Organization. Updated: 9/2012.)
Federal Obligations for Science and Engineering Research and Development
Based on the most recently available data (FY 2007) from National Science Foundation/Science Resource Statistics, UNC-Chapel Hill ranks:
- Eighteenth in federal obligations for science and engineering, by type of activity ($382.3 million)
- Eighteenth in federal obligations for science and engineering R&D, by agency ($353.5 million)
- Eleventh in federal obligations for fellowships, traineeships, and training grants, by agency ($22.3 million)
(Source: NSF/SRS. Updated: 1/2012.)
Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges
Based on the most recent overview from the NSF/SRS, UNC-Chapel Hill ranked:
- Ninth in federal R&D expenditures for the level of federal funding ($545.99 million) devoted to research and development in all fields during fiscal 2010. (Source: National Science Foundation and Chronicle of Higher Education. Updated: 10/2012.)
- Seventeenth in total R&D expenditures during fiscal year 2011, by source of funds ($767 million) (Source: NSF/SRS. Updated: 12/2012.)