to the National Science Foundation, CMU spent $15.6 million on research and development in 2018.
=== Endowed lectureships ===
The Harold Abel Endowed Lecture Series in the Study of Dictatorship, Democracy and Genocide focuses on the effects of historical events such as the Holocaust and mass murders in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America. It is named in honor of former CMU President Harold Abel.
The Fleming Lecture Series brings world-class mathematicians to campus. Speakers have included Fields Medal winners Terence Tao, Sir Timothy Gowers, and Cédric Villani; and Abel Prize winners S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan and Louis Nirenberg. It was named in honor of mathematics professor Richard Fleming.
The Philip A. Hart and William G. Milliken Endowed Speaker Series for Integrity in Politics focuses on political integrity and challenges students to approach politics in a way that embraces America's diversity of ideas and perspectives, working to supplant negativity and partisanship with creativity and innovation …
