Research & Innovation at CU Boulder
Research Funding Highlights FY24-25
Research Contracts and Grants Details
Commercialization and Impact
By the Numbers
Research Funding Highlights FY24-25
ÌýÌý$102Ìýmillion
ÌýÌý$47Ìýmillion
ÌýÌý$46Ìýmillion

ÌýÌý$31Ìýmillion
ÌýÌý$15Ìýmillion
ÌýÌý$527Ìýmillion
Research Contracts and Grants Details

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3,715
awards & gifts
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2,522Ìý($2.2 billion)
proposals submitted
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$734.9Ìýmillion
in research expenditures
Commercialization and Impact
$8.7 billion
impact on national economyÌý
(2021-25)
$5.1 billion
impact on statewide economyÌý
(2021–2025)
$3.5 billion
in capital funding raised by startups commercializing CU Boulder technologyÌý
(since 2018)
798+
license and option agreements signed
(since 2014)
220+
startup ventures spun out of university technology
1484+
inventions disclosed
(since 2014)
Research and expertise across CUÌýBoulder.
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Our 12Ìýresearch institutes conduct more than half of
the sponsored research at CUÌýBoulder.
More than 75 research centers span the campus,
covering a broad range of topics.
A carefully integrated cyberinfrastructure supports CUÌýBoulder research.
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