The April 8 Progress Report event for Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap included the announcement of two new milestones for Arizona bioscience: Record-breaking NIH funding and academic R&D expenditures. The new data show:
- Arizona received $397 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health in 2025, a new annual record for the key metric of biomedical research funding — an increase of 14.7% since 2022. In addition, Arizona’s share of national funding in 2025 surpassed its longtime 1% target, finishing at 1.08% of the nation’s funding, 24th among all states.
- Arizona’s academic research and development expenditures in 2024 reached a record-high $855 million, one year after exceeding $800 million for the first time. Arizona’s growth rate of 21.3% in bioscience R&D funding between 2022 and 2024 outpaced the nation.