Stats & Rankings
Funding
University of Kentucky Funding for FY20

- Grant & contract awards to UK totaled $429.2 million, an increase of $12.1 million from FY19 (2.9% increase)
- Federal agencies awarded UK $272.2 million, 63.4% of UK’s total awards
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaled $163.7 million
- National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaled $22.1 million
- State agencies awarded UK $87 million
- Industry awarded UK $16.8 million
HERD
Research Expenditure Rankings

Based on FY18 research expenditures totaling $393 million (up $14.6 million from FY2017), UK ranks:
- 63rd among 624 public and private universities
- 42nd among 394 public institutions
These rankings were released in November 2019. The National Science Foundation (NSF) publishes the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey each year ranking the top universities according to what they spend on research. The NSF HERD survey is considered to be the primary source of information on R&D expenditures within academia. For more information, see NSF Publications & Data.
ASTeCC
ASTeCC Campus Incubator
- 20 companies located on-site
- 65 private company employees
- 10 faculty R&D labs
- 5 university centers
- 64 graduate companies since 1994
patents licenses
IP Development, Patents, Licenses in FY20
- 117 disclosures
- 165 patent applications filed
- 33 new patents issued
- 742 worldwide patent assets
- 29 licenses and options executed
- 6 new start-up companies affiliated with UK technology
- $2,943,622 gross royalty income
AUTM
Licensing Income & Startups Rankings
According to the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) FY18 survey, UK ranks:
- 23rd among public universities in the number of startups created (8)
- 42nd among public universities in licensing income ($2,345,029)
These rankings were released in November 2018. For more information, see AUTM.