FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 RESEARCH STATISTICS

The total funding awarded in Fiscal Year 2026 is $254.1 million.

Charts and Graphs

Awards by Sponsor Type

FY2026

From July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, UC Santa Barbara received $175.8 million in direct federal and federal flow-through funding, which represents 69% of the total sponsored project awards.

Donut chart of UC Santa Barbara's FY26 total research awards of $254.1 million by sponsor type: Federal ($133.8M), Non-Profit ($49.9M), Federal Flow Through ($42M), Industry ($8.6M), Higher Ed ($7.6M), State ($6.5M), and UC ($5.7M).

Top Federal Sponsors

FY2026

Donut chart of UC Santa Barbara's top federal sponsors in FY26, totaling $133.8 million: NSF ($70.4M), NIH ($25.5M), DOD ($22.1M), Energy ($8.3M), Other Federal ($4.8M), and NASA ($2.7M).

Awards by Fiscal Year

2007 - 2026

Stacked bar chart of UC Santa Barbara's sponsored project awards by fiscal year from FY07 through FY26, combining regular award funding with ARRA/CARES Act funding, showing totals rising from about $176 million in FY07 to $254 million in FY26 with a peak of roughly $307 million in FY21 driven by one-time pandemic relief funding.

5 Year Trend

2022 - 2026

Stacked bar chart of UC Santa Barbara's sponsored project awards by sponsor type for fiscal years 2022 through 2026, with annual totals ranging from $242 million to $267 million; Federal is the largest category every year, declining from $171.8 million in FY23 to $133.8 million in FY26, while Non-Profit funding rises to $49.9 million in FY26.