
Research and Creative Activity
UNLV has seen monumental growth in research, thanks to measures to better support faculty and student researchers. From fiscal year 2020 to 2024, research grant submissions were up 89%, and those submissions were highly successful—yielding a 129% increase in award monies over the same period from such agencies as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Researchers closed out the fiscal year with $134 million in awards while UNLV’s research expenditures—a key measure of an institution’s productivity—topped $116 million.
15.4%
Increase in research expenditures from 2023 to 2024