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Table 7. Federal obligations for science and engineering research and development to the 100 universities and colleges receiving the largest amounts, ranked by total amount received in FY 2016: FYs 2008–16

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution 2008 2009a 2010a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
All institutions 25,592,253.0 32,057,689.3 30,970,889.4 28,183,962.7 27,679,739.2 26,137,798.6 27,633,909.2 27,088,822.1 28,506,600.6
1 Johns Hopkins U. 1,034,233.0 1,411,770.4 1,515,848.0 1,374,916.0 1,359,091.4 1,266,769.9 1,402,094.6 1,340,729.6 1,805,420.1
2 U. Michigan 541,245.0 720,549.7 686,616.7 647,527.3 623,342.2 574,995.6 860,758.8 606,141.5 625,642.5
3 U. Washington 566,723.0 695,048.5 736,627.6 640,134.3 666,065.9 605,210.5 658,813.5 611,946.1 590,186.2
4 U. California, San Diego 475,353.0 579,969.3 613,191.1 546,832.6 584,593.6 510,907.1 580,763.1 536,625.6 554,478.3
5 U. California, San Francisco 498,035.0 527,864.0 531,278.2 525,793.2 546,048.0 524,061.1 546,277.7 528,493.6 547,196.6
6 Columbia U. in the City of New York 405,359.0 524,240.1 497,581.6 464,101.5 478,986.4 454,301.1 465,499.8 476,125.7 522,580.5
7 Stanford U. 396,619.0 467,088.3 516,796.3 471,489.3 475,348.3 461,139.2 478,346.0 504,036.1 513,877.0
8 U. Pennsylvania 486,396.0 630,260.7 609,005.2 515,717.9 497,030.1 498,295.4 542,396.5 494,607.4 512,081.9
9 U. Pittsburgh 409,649.0 518,812.0 497,059.6 459,692.4 475,736.2 425,886.6 470,596.9 450,010.9 493,567.9
10 U. California, Los Angeles 490,105.0 576,215.4 548,805.4 493,091.7 474,971.9 452,505.3 487,210.4 481,831.8 490,824.4
11 Duke U. 412,821.0 512,764.0 496,842.4 436,753.1 431,687.6 424,451.6 440,787.0 428,529.6 467,847.7
12 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill 385,666.0 470,222.2 429,711.8 421,737.5 425,506.5 419,478.5 450,660.5 416,768.2 452,365.6
13 Harvard U. 411,261.0 535,711.0 548,712.5 475,246.2 480,833.5 425,667.7 460,629.5 425,493.1 448,051.5
14 U. Colorado Boulder 318,393.0 397,555.6 427,045.4 389,196.4 394,013.9 389,982.4 385,624.7 416,666.8 438,548.2
15 Yale U. 393,404.0 458,076.9 470,464.5 424,182.2 409,639.7 383,426.9 398,769.8 370,816.1 425,575.6
16 U. Wisconsin-Madison 392,522.0 535,471.0 461,859.9 418,226.8 417,160.8 386,174.5 397,471.4 386,612.7 411,832.9
17 Washington U., Saint Louis 403,579.0 467,857.9 445,546.0 382,249.8 393,729.2 348,060.8 394,310.2 391,623.6 408,896.5
18 Vanderbilt U. 319,632.0 389,591.6 399,067.9 352,638.8 359,283.9 347,493.1 336,787.0 329,324.4 379,808.6
19 Northwestern U., Evanston 241,099.0 330,512.2 281,996.5 285,903.7 302,712.2 296,763.6 296,873.3 337,040.6 367,407.5
20 Pennsylvania State U. 312,403.0 406,480.2 413,094.0 473,445.8 411,896.5 349,950.7 384,725.5 362,916.7 362,034.0
21 U. Minnesota 351,678.0 458,694.6 420,316.2 489,889.5 388,864.0 373,370.8 378,920.8 359,460.9 349,514.4
22 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 386,668.0 415,896.1 340,188.3 317,966.3 358,084.9 309,965.2 333,968.4 350,511.1 340,593.3
23 U. Southern California 260,367.0 344,951.7 378,861.5 308,884.8 306,840.1 276,893.2 285,562.6 289,173.2 325,150.4
24 Emory U. 266,179.0 310,368.4 303,111.3 312,104.2 303,255.5 289,807.3 293,671.6 324,214.1 320,630.9
25 Cornell U. 338,574.0 445,600.2 359,847.9 325,756.1 332,492.2 321,805.8 329,575.8 296,350.7 303,588.6
26 Case Western Reserve U. 268,026.0 294,838.0 287,014.2 276,627.4 272,422.8 276,652.5 257,772.2 273,298.6 290,269.7
27 U. Texas, Austin 160,328.0 223,321.7 192,868.1 190,250.6 234,211.8 165,124.2 186,308.9 203,401.8 279,004.6
28 U. California, Davis 257,971.0 326,588.6 313,177.7 284,314.3 282,135.6 294,866.0 307,832.5 315,417.6 278,725.5
29 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 188,105.0 235,361.5 216,467.9 182,633.3 187,399.1 207,051.3 239,509.9 262,364.6 277,187.3
30 New York U. 184,106.0 230,065.2 257,096.5 236,098.3 252,038.4 240,460.3 287,716.8 263,765.6 272,971.2
31 U. California, Berkeley 245,986.0 282,101.4 306,017.8 273,542.4 274,769.7 260,807.4 279,116.6 294,999.3 261,096.7
32 U. Alabama, Birmingham 211,925.0 265,284.8 235,981.1 238,121.3 228,808.2 208,928.4 238,847.1 254,213.1 247,440.3
33 Ohio State U. 230,638.0 279,503.8 313,574.5 231,474.1 232,397.5 223,378.4 229,590.2 232,525.2 246,197.5
34 U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 211,985.0 212,488.1 230,269.8 326,454.8 210,483.0 241,817.5 280,101.3 216,463.4 242,707.0
35 Scripps Research Institute 208,495.0 253,757.7 258,987.1 233,404.1 244,149.9 227,586.2 220,461.8 190,378.2 238,647.9
36 Baylor C. of Medicine 246,293.0 277,624.8 251,277.0 226,431.5 257,567.1 215,354.1 226,548.0 227,525.5 234,125.9
37 Rutgers, State U. New Jersey 246,520.0 316,966.1 292,095.2 279,797.7 249,228.9 212,247.1 236,767.4 201,748.7 231,292.5
38 U. Florida 180,128.0 233,070.6 228,189.4 188,534.5 201,759.1 199,019.0 203,232.9 238,975.7 227,681.3
39 Boston U. 227,266.0 269,091.5 226,029.3 227,341.6 216,258.4 191,489.3 205,211.7 188,238.4 223,232.8
40 U. Utah 170,582.0 214,485.8 230,179.7 200,067.4 206,309.6 195,127.7 214,776.6 201,418.0 210,756.4
41 U. Maryland, College Park 156,064.0 184,328.6 179,887.2 156,861.5 221,386.9 202,657.3 215,837.9 206,310.8 210,115.2
42 U. Chicago 274,756.0 323,754.7 252,754.0 239,681.6 232,254.1 198,845.5 212,001.1 224,187.8 209,138.8
43 Oregon Health and Science U. 176,730.0 234,114.7 225,263.5 202,914.5 195,498.7 196,011.0 212,631.9 198,946.8 187,199.1
44 U. Arizona 217,002.0 270,250.2 230,577.8 238,860.5 265,080.8 215,562.9 206,746.4 168,890.3 185,962.2
45 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 47,898.0 109,940.0 78,895.6 87,544.4 140,249.7 162,645.0 151,155.0 162,697.1 177,343.9
46 Michigan State U. 127,940.0 160,399.8 164,337.7 184,286.6 178,396.7 185,583.9 159,251.9 167,846.3 171,263.1
47 U. Virginia 174,679.0 236,710.7 196,634.4 161,253.0 159,469.5 142,958.4 144,618.3 137,231.0 170,946.7
48 U. Iowa 209,434.0 223,304.2 216,018.6 202,518.9 202,656.7 178,859.6 178,885.3 166,584.8 169,765.3
49 U. Rochester 248,850.0 303,690.3 293,785.8 249,920.7 251,590.4 226,575.1 234,385.7 232,202.4 168,544.6
50 U. California, Irvine 174,431.0 210,727.9 197,447.3 183,344.6 180,145.5 184,933.4 164,159.1 157,691.2 167,845.9
51 U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center 162,625.0 193,360.1 187,874.2 172,699.2 167,380.8 144,602.0 154,829.9 144,228.2 161,792.7
52 Georgia Institute of Technology 176,859.0 253,124.7 234,879.2 240,793.1 248,670.7 292,358.9 249,047.5 295,180.1 156,853.8
53 California Institute of Technology 145,966.0 179,052.8 178,660.4 178,301.0 172,405.6 167,030.1 149,454.4 151,454.2 154,528.6
54 Purdue U., West Lafayette 137,497.0 200,013.0 198,204.1 161,577.6 152,287.0 143,878.1 149,657.6 156,707.3 153,568.1
55 Texas A&M U., College Station 107,959.0 140,560.3 144,294.3 99,947.3 122,620.2 96,285.2 91,827.2 147,382.6 152,758.2
56 U. Maryland, Baltimore 167,255.0 198,117.6 182,480.8 204,133.7 179,658.0 160,902.6 150,793.2 136,640.1 152,021.2
57 U. Massachusetts, Medical School 124,277.0 155,931.8 173,125.0 160,673.2 145,670.4 139,010.6 132,231.6 126,477.3 149,018.4
58 U. Miami 140,461.0 174,234.7 208,165.1 174,480.8 161,717.0 158,251.7 146,254.5 138,620.1 146,418.9
59 Princeton U. 123,139.0 156,423.2 142,607.1 130,310.4 142,303.3 123,187.3 147,487.0 134,494.9 144,144.8
60 Albert Einstein C. of Medicine 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 142,468.8
61 U. Illinois, Chicago 155,800.0 175,037.6 186,921.1 160,431.7 153,413.0 158,227.7 143,747.8 128,419.1 133,213.6
62 Arizona State U. 106,268.0 150,743.7 119,895.2 133,617.4 162,980.7 143,199.5 116,150.8 141,301.9 131,292.0
63 U. Kentucky 117,959.0 155,535.6 131,876.2 122,978.8 116,272.0 110,221.4 129,596.3 136,971.2 129,102.7
64 Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis 115,885.0 140,735.3 153,074.5 122,284.2 114,861.8 104,465.0 114,945.2 116,409.6 127,033.2
65 George Washington U. 85,674.0 108,242.7 87,709.6 69,697.4 97,782.7 88,054.1 92,523.9 96,242.9 119,907.0
66 U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 151,824.0 185,222.6 197,772.3 154,100.6 151,889.9 128,550.2 120,543.8 116,087.2 119,082.5
67 North Carolina State U. 88,140.0 105,630.1 113,786.0 111,820.6 109,172.3 102,750.2 98,098.0 133,486.8 117,179.5
68 Dartmouth C. 97,316.0 125,121.6 116,691.2 98,036.8 94,755.8 101,874.6 110,153.7 105,581.0 116,331.2
69 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U. 87,547.0 157,409.6 115,789.0 133,404.0 117,769.9 130,793.0 129,821.5 114,065.7 111,790.7
70 Wake Forest U. 112,516.0 162,186.3 128,067.4 123,891.7 121,725.4 119,365.0 117,560.2 131,048.1 111,755.3
71 Carnegie Mellon U. 98,292.0 118,848.4 132,144.7 124,641.4 110,733.1 136,323.3 121,272.6 104,276.9 110,746.2
72 Colorado State U., Fort Collins 94,659.0 112,765.6 108,700.9 104,657.3 100,518.4 107,107.1 92,593.2 104,085.1 109,491.2
73 Brown U. 90,641.0 118,297.4 111,234.2 100,395.1 95,063.6 89,596.7 96,239.1 97,075.7 108,874.4
74 U. Connecticut 105,404.0 120,165.4 117,226.9 105,945.6 98,796.7 97,523.2 98,455.4 105,372.0 106,800.0
75 Medical U. South Carolina 94,796.0 126,785.9 106,385.5 100,326.0 90,065.3 79,207.0 89,527.4 93,330.2 106,359.6
76 U. Kansas, Lawrence 106,754.0 139,025.2 144,854.6 121,081.1 122,938.7 95,766.7 109,631.5 103,996.1 103,891.9
77 U. New Mexico 95,604.0 140,660.1 123,041.5 104,026.7 97,480.1 91,114.1 92,757.0 104,369.1 99,833.6
78 Temple U. 56,573.0 67,089.2 66,983.6 68,239.8 79,057.7 73,593.6 87,319.1 87,197.6 99,396.3
79 Oregon State U. 86,132.0 97,227.8 108,977.7 96,243.8 89,672.6 84,637.6 93,346.4 99,216.2 96,667.1
80 U. Delaware 76,534.0 109,680.8 83,054.9 85,709.8 69,539.7 72,714.1 84,461.6 68,499.8 95,578.5
81 U. California, Santa Barbara 101,953.0 143,966.3 109,577.6 123,461.1 101,474.6 98,186.1 105,826.7 96,636.6 95,388.1
82 SUNY, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook 91,272.0 109,351.1 103,577.9 91,489.8 88,972.4 85,834.1 90,955.5 83,413.2 93,112.3
83 U. Hawaii, system office 47,554.0 67,282.6 92,906.3 63,289.1 74,234.7 71,496.6 74,264.9 52,683.3 92,955.0
84 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 71,949.0 102,181.4 101,691.0 107,762.3 105,363.8 97,837.1 100,943.7 97,728.0 92,257.5
85 Florida State U. 83,321.0 112,648.7 133,580.6 85,316.5 87,942.4 84,914.6 87,277.8 82,063.6 90,910.6
86 U. Georgia 85,248.0 97,950.0 98,198.4 77,803.6 84,589.7 76,150.5 99,290.4 100,833.0 90,218.3
87 Medical C. Wisconsin 93,921.0 104,921.1 105,207.3 92,550.8 100,725.7 89,429.0 84,807.2 82,187.9 89,838.7
88 Tufts U. 75,607.0 104,137.0 95,970.8 75,202.1 84,193.1 82,621.8 75,551.4 75,574.2 86,563.7
89 Georgetown U. 90,614.0 90,060.9 109,263.6 91,183.9 95,710.9 78,672.5 67,995.3 67,806.6 84,970.2
90 U. South Florida, Tampa 103,133.0 110,883.3 60,588.9 105,048.0 91,416.5 52,963.1 76,247.7 117,543.0 84,517.2
91 U. Texas Health Science Center, Houston 100,537.0 125,690.2 131,890.4 93,329.4 82,598.0 84,446.3 85,232.8 72,509.6 84,281.3
92 Louisiana State U. 103,298.0 121,818.4 116,971.0 106,957.8 118,592.0 91,008.9 81,059.9 76,768.3 81,725.8
93 Washington State U. 53,936.0 74,125.1 63,708.6 75,927.1 68,380.9 61,786.5 72,055.6 75,350.5 80,342.7
94 Virginia Commonwealth U. 85,561.0 100,685.9 100,189.1 90,393.7 87,036.6 87,438.3 99,487.5 96,742.9 80,255.2
95 Indiana U., Bloomington 62,442.0 88,170.4 78,374.0 71,366.3 70,060.9 62,025.4 78,529.9 70,030.6 77,262.6
96 Iowa State U. 84,408.0 92,955.2 91,767.0 102,854.3 75,997.0 77,472.4 77,124.8 81,878.5 77,180.7
97 U. Texas Medical Branch 112,377.0 119,748.0 102,646.2 84,870.6 90,967.6 81,975.9 78,975.2 75,193.8 76,734.6
98 U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences 47,577.0 59,781.7 59,598.2 50,407.7 43,794.0 37,983.4 29,291.6 25,672.3 75,210.2
99 Northeastern U. 37,258.0 47,743.6 54,963.4 59,549.6 50,175.8 49,207.0 53,055.8 65,237.9 74,545.7
100 Wayne State U. 84,396.0 102,354.2 86,911.6 101,372.7 80,727.9 59,069.1 67,196.4 72,119.2 74,534.3
All other institutions 5,121,434.0 6,510,662.0 6,164,527.2 5,213,623.2 4,835,700.0 4,714,783.7 4,983,850.3 4,999,259.8 5,018,733.3
a Includes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 obligations.
NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Institution order is based on total actual dollars received before amounts are rounded.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions.