MIT Institutional Research
Office of the Provost
  Research Expenditures by Primary Sponsor

 

MIT is one of the leading research universities in the world. Basic and applied research at MIT is conducted in two principal locations, the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts and off-campus at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in Lexington, Massachusetts.

All research support received by MIT faculty and research staff from federal sources is awarded competitively, based on the scientific and technical merit of proposals.

Chart of Campus Research Expenditures by Primary Sponsor for Fiscal Year 2012

These numbers represent expenditures by primary originating sponsor. Federal totals include funding that is passed through other sources (universities, etc.)

Campus Research Expenditures
by Primary Sponsor for FY2012
in thousands of U.S. dollars
Department of Defense 117,458
Department of Energy 90,940
Department of Health and Human Services   133,687
NASA 30,204
National Science Foundation 81,487
Other Federal Agencies 18,807
Total Federal 472,583
Industrial 109,745
Foundations and other Nonprofits 48,373
State, Local, and Foreign Governments 38,273
Internal 12,106
Grand Total 681,079