Arkansas Tech University research and development spending, FY2024
- Russellville, AR
- Public
- Short form filer
Arkansas Tech University in FY2024
$474 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #815 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 29.0%
- Rank change
- down 74
Arkansas Tech University reported $474 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #815 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 29.0% on FY2023's $668 thousand; its national rank was down 74 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 63.9% ($303 thousand), followed by state and local government at 34.2%. Its largest field of research is social sciences, $218 thousand or 46.0% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024
This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure |
|---|---|
| FY2010 | $187 thousand |
| FY2011 | $410 thousand |
| FY2012 | $206 thousand |
| FY2013 | $288 thousand |
| FY2014 | $453 thousand |
| FY2015 | $525 thousand |
| FY2016 | $503 thousand |
| FY2017 | $503 thousand |
| FY2018 | $1.0 million |
| FY2019 | $961 thousand |
| FY2020 | $856 thousand |
| FY2021 | $751 thousand |
| FY2022 | $921 thousand |
| FY2023 | $668 thousand |
| FY2024 | $474 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 3 NSF funding sources Arkansas Tech University reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.
| Source | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $303 thousand | 63.9% | −22.9% | 751 |
| State and local government | $162 thousand | 34.2% | −33.9% | 472 |
| Business | $9 thousand | 1.9% | +80.0% | 515 |
| All sources | $474 thousand | 100.0% | −29.0% | 815 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Arkansas Tech University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social sciences | $218 thousand | 46.0% | −13.8% | 400 |
| Life sciences | $98 thousand | 20.7% | — | 776 |
| Physical sciences | $75 thousand | 15.8% | +11.9% | 593 |
| Computer and information sciences | $27 thousand | 5.7% | +350.0% | 523 |
| Non-S&E | $27 thousand | 5.7% | −63.5% | 686 |
| Engineering | $13 thousand | 2.7% | 0.0% | 477 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $11 thousand | 2.3% | −82.3% | 509 |
| Other sciences | $5 thousand | 1.1% | −97.4% | 299 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Arkansas Tech University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Arkansas Tech University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 810 | University of Minnesota, Crookston | $489K |
| 811 | Grambling State University | $486K |
| 811 | Moravian University | $486K |
| 813 | Hendrix College | $484K |
| 814 | Earlham College | $478K |
| 815 | Arkansas Tech University | $474K |
| 816 | MCPHS University | $468K |
| 817 | Lewis-Clark State College | $463K |
| 817 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | $463K |
| 819 | Benedictine University | $461K |
| 820 | Bryant University | $459K |
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Request a demoData: NSF HERD FY2024, built from NSF's published tables on September 8, 2026. Page updated September 13, 2026.
Data: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY2024.
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