Stats & Rankings
Research Stats
Fiscal year 2009 was another record year in the competitive arena of research grants & contracts at the University of Kentucky.
- Grants & contracts totaled $256,742,000
- 8th year UK has exceeded $200 million
- Federal agencies awarded $137.4 million, 53.5% of UK’s total awards
- State agencies awarded $62.5 million
- Industry awarded $17 million
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National Rankings
Each year the National Science Foundation (NSF) publishes a survey that ranks the top universities according to what they spend on research in the sciences and engineering. The NSF survey is considered to be the primary source of information on R&D expenditures within academia. For more information, see: NSF Publications & Data.
National Science Foundation (NSF) rankings
- 36th among public universities
- 54th among public and private universities
(Source: NSF's annual survey on research expenditures, FY 07)