NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

UMBC is a national leader in research funding and impact. According to the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development survey, among all U.S. colleges and universities, UMBC is:

#14 in annual NASA funding

#112 in annual NSF support

Nationally, UMBC is a leader in federal support for:

#33 Geosciences, Atmospheric Sciences & Ocean Sciences

Across all U.S. public universities, UMBC is:

#105 in federal research and development expenditures

#123 in overall research and development expenditures

UMBC has achieved this by attracting top talent. Our engineers, scientists, social scientists, humanists, and artists are drawn to UMBC as an inclusive, supportive learning community. And they are accomplishing great things.

• UMBC faculty submitted more than $530 million in extramural funding applications in FY 2021 and secured more than $114 million in new extramural awards during FY 2022.

#40 Social Sciences

• Campus-wide annual extramural expenditures reached an all-time record of over $110 million in FY 2022, including $65 million from federal funding sources.

• UMBC junior faculty members have secured 46 NSF CAREER awards since 1995, including 10 since 2020.

#53 Physical Sciences

#55 Computer & Information Sciences

• Arts and humanities faculty regularly receive support from state and federal agencies, foundations, and cultural institutions recognizing the tremendous value and public impact of their work. A few recent supporters include the American Council of Learned Societies, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Mellon Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities.