Rutgers needs adequate and stable public funding to support and expand its academic and research programs, continually improve the quality of its offerings, maintain equipment and facilities, and meet the rising demand for a Rutgers education. FOR advocacy is helping to ensure that the university receives these essential resources.

State Funding
As New Jersey’s largest comprehensive public university, Rutgers depends on state appropriations as well as tuition and fees to fund instruction, academic support, student services, research, extension and public services, and facilities.

Read President Richard L. McCormick's statement on the Governor's Budget Proposal for 2008–09 at http://www.president.rutgers.edu/letter_022808.shtml.

Federal Funding
The federal government provides significant funding to Rutgers, primarily in the form of student financial aid and research support. Nearly half of Rutgers' students get some form of federal aid, while federal research funding brings more than $170 million into the state each year.
 
More information is available at http://for.rutgers.edu/fedfunding.shtml.