Auburn University, Auburn research and development spending, FY2024

  • Auburn, AL
  • R1
  • Public
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Auburn University, Auburn in FY2024

$393.6 million

spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey

National rank
#87 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 12.7%
Rank change
up 3

Auburn University, Auburn reported $393.6 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #87 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 12.7% on FY2023's $349.3 million; its national rank was up 3 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 45.2% ($177.8 million), followed by federal government at 40.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $162.2 million or 41.2% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Auburn University, Auburn research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $145.1 million in FY2010 to $393.6 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$98.4M$196.8M$295.2M$393.6MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.

Year-by-year figures
Auburn University, Auburn research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$145.1 million115
FY2011$163.3 million112
FY2012$133.0 million123
FY2013$147.2 million118
FY2014$142.5 million121
FY2015$135.9 million125
FY2016$152.4 million122
FY2017$190.3 million109
FY2018$212.9 million105
FY2019$231.6 million103
FY2020$255.3 million98
FY2021$266.4 million99
FY2022$304.4 million94
FY2023$349.3 million90
FY2024$393.6 million87

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 6 NSF funding sources Auburn University, Auburn reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Auburn University, Auburn research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Institution funds$177.8 million45.2%+12.2%56
Federal government$158.0 million40.1%+25.6%111
State and local government$35.1 million8.9%+0.5%47
Business$10.8 million2.7%−6.8%100
All other sources$9.7 million2.5%−28.0%71
Nonprofit organizations$2.2 million0.6%−56.3%212
All sources$393.6 million100.0%+12.7%87

Fields of research

The 10 NSF research fields Auburn University, Auburn reported in FY2024, largest first.

Auburn University, Auburn research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$162.2 million41.2%+10.2%101
Engineering$122.6 million31.2%+13.2%39
Non-S&E$50.0 million12.7%+8.4%47
Physical sciences$21.1 million5.4%+7.7%87
Computer and information sciences$10.2 million2.6%+60.8%86
Other sciences$7.9 million2.0%+102.6%48
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$6.4 million1.6%+22.2%118
Social sciences$5.1 million1.3%+12.7%144
Mathematics and statistics$4.5 million1.1%+6.1%57
Psychology$3.5 million0.9%−6.4%131

Neighbours

Ranked around Auburn University, Auburn

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Auburn University, Auburn and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Auburn University, Auburn, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
82University of Connecticut$433.5M
83Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge$431.4M
84University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The$419.1M
85Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center$418.4M
86Washington State University$403.4M
87Auburn University, Auburn$393.6M
88Wichita State University$392.3M
89University of Tennessee, The, Knoxville$386.9M
90George Washington University, The$381.6M
91Georgetown University$376.6M
92University of Hawaii at Manoa$375.6M

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Data: 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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