annual report 2011 - Office for Research - Northwestern University

National Science Foundation Award Summary by Top Institutions*
(Dollars in Thousands)
University 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2009
Rank 2010
Cornell University $90,192 $88,904 $109,968 $111,548 $155,181 3 $113,287 4
Columbia University 69,901 72,084 62,482 74,144 104,788 9 91,458 6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 62,011 55,766 56,239 57,202 67,488 23 81,918 10
Stanford University 48,678 53,778 55,978 50,362 63,748 24 77,804 14
Princeton University 38,554 44,301 39,554 41,180 55,893 38 59,855 24
Harvard University 32,394 29,450 35,687 33,683 61,153 29 53,561 28
University of Chicago 45,960 40,623 43,593 76,476 80,716 16 44,317 33
Johns Hopkins University 27,748 28,856 34,494 24,747 45,297 47 42,775 35
Duke University 33,227 31,884 34,377 35,185 44,949 48 42,685 36
Northwestern University 29,503 33,234 41,657 32,274 60,247 30 35,899 45
University of Pennsylvania 28,300 27,415 27,643 27,991 48,589 43 32,608 49
Yale University 27,001 27,791 22,028 27,398 41,736 51 28,652 56
Rice University 20,481 26,221 24,574 26,091 28,566 64 27,581 57
University of Rochester 7,703 13,297 9,872 11,256 19,885 89 16,462 83
Washington University 15,254 18,565 17,901 18,893 18,874 93 16,422 84
NSF Total Funding $548,077 $564,579 $588,437 $608,404 $646,876 1 687,251 1
*Those categorized as “University”
1 Includes ARRA funds
Source: Budget Division, O�ce of Budget, Finance and Award Management, National Science Foundation,
http://dellweb.bfa.nsf.gov/ and http://dellweb.bfa.nsf.gov/NSFHist.htm
2010
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