From October 2008 to September 2009, UCD was awarded 569 research contracts worth €113.3 million.
Funding agencies contributing significant amounts of research funding to UCD include the following:
The Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) has invested €865 million in strengthening national research capabilities over four cycles of funding since 1998 and UCD has benefited from €164.5 million of PRTLI funding since then.