January 2026

Universities

CSU Federal Grants and Contracts for Research and Other Purposes

Expenditures by Campus (In Millions), 2023-24

  R&D Othera Total
San Diego $89.8 $44.8 $134.6
San José 38.8 5.6 44.5
Chico 4.3 39.0 43.3
Long Beach 24.3 14.3 38.6
Fresno 6.2 27.4 33.6
Northridge 17.3 10.8 28.1
Sacramento 11.4 15.5 26.9
San Bernardino 8.5 17.7 26.2
San Francisco 17.8 7.1 24.9
San Luis Obispo 15.8 8.7 24.5
Humboldt 7.1 16.5 23.6
Fullerton 7.1 13.4 20.6
Dominguez Hills 6.1 14.1 20.2
Los Angeles 9.6 7.7 17.2
Monterey Bay 5.6 11.6 17.2
Pomona 10.5 5.7 16.2
East Bay 4.8 9.6 14.4
San Marcos 10.4 4.0 14.4
Bakersfield 5.4 5.5 10.9
Sonoma 4.3 5.9 10.2
Stanislaus 2.9 2.7 5.6
Channel Islands 1.9 2.9 4.8
Chancellor's Officeb 0.2 0.9 1.1
Maritimec 0.2 0.4 0.6
Total $310.5 $291.8 $602.3
Notes: About 20 percent of federal funding at CSU is grants and contracts for R&D, workforce training, student support, outreach, and various other purposes (with the remainder for student financial aid). Data in this table comes primarily from audit reports. This table reflects funding for Minority-Serving Institutions (including Hispanic-Serving Institutions) either as "R&D" or "Other," as applicable.
a"Other" includes federal TRIO programs, workforce training programs such as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), AmeriCorps, and other targeted federal programs.
bCSU, as a system, receives federal grants and contracts in addition to those received by each campus.
cIn 2023-24, CSU Maritime also received $454 million in federal funding, consisting primarily of $360 million one-time for a new training ship and $93 million one-time for a new pier.
R&D = Research and Development.