CLEMSON — In 2023, Clemson University set a bold goal for itself: Double research spending by 2035.

The most recent data from 2024 shows Clemson made a solid start — with competitive grants up 24 percent and total research and development up 18 percent.

Keeping that up, however, could prove challenging as Clemson faces an increasingly competitive and dwindling pot of state and federal money as well as “seismic” changes in funding priorities.

“There are some changes,” said Tanju Karanfil, Clemson’s senior vice president for research. “It's going to be up to us how we are going to respond to those changes, but we have a very good, strong basis to face those challenges.”

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