ISU sets annual research funding record, attracts $530.5 million in total external funding

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University researchers attracted $301.3 million to support their experiments and projects for the 2023 fiscal year that ended June 30, topping $300 million for the first time and setting the university’s record for annual, external, sponsored research funding.

The new record beat the previous record – $284.2 million in fiscal year 2022 – by $17.1 million or 6%.

The new research total also includes records for federal research funding, $206.9 million, and non-federal research funding, $94.4 million. The previous records were set in fiscal year 2022, $198.2 million for federal support and $86 million for non-federal support.

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Published July 2023 by Iowa State University News.