Auburn University, Auburn research and development spending, FY2024
- Auburn, AL
- R1
- Public
- Standard form filer
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
Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $145.1 million | 115 |
| FY2011 | $163.3 million | 112 |
| FY2012 | $133.0 million | 123 |
| FY2013 | $147.2 million | 118 |
| FY2014 | $142.5 million | 121 |
| FY2015 | $135.9 million | 125 |
| FY2016 | $152.4 million | 122 |
| FY2017 | $190.3 million | 109 |
| FY2018 | $212.9 million | 105 |
| FY2019 | $231.6 million | 103 |
| FY2020 | $255.3 million | 98 |
| FY2021 | $266.4 million | 99 |
| FY2022 | $304.4 million | 94 |
| FY2023 | $349.3 million | 90 |
| FY2024 | $393.6 million | 87 |
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.
| Source | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $177.8 million | 45.2% | +12.2% | 56 |
| Federal government | $158.0 million | 40.1% | +25.6% | 111 |
| State and local government | $35.1 million | 8.9% | +0.5% | 47 |
| Business | $10.8 million | 2.7% | −6.8% | 100 |
| All other sources | $9.7 million | 2.5% | −28.0% | 71 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $2.2 million | 0.6% | −56.3% | 212 |
| All sources | $393.6 million | 100.0% | +12.7% | 87 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Auburn University, Auburn reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $162.2 million | 41.2% | +10.2% | 101 |
| Engineering | $122.6 million | 31.2% | +13.2% | 39 |
| Non-S&E | $50.0 million | 12.7% | +8.4% | 47 |
| Physical sciences | $21.1 million | 5.4% | +7.7% | 87 |
| Computer and information sciences | $10.2 million | 2.6% | +60.8% | 86 |
| Other sciences | $7.9 million | 2.0% | +102.6% | 48 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $6.4 million | 1.6% | +22.2% | 118 |
| Social sciences | $5.1 million | 1.3% | +12.7% | 144 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $4.5 million | 1.1% | +6.1% | 57 |
| Psychology | $3.5 million | 0.9% | −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.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 82 | University of Connecticut | $433.5M |
| 83 | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge | $431.4M |
| 84 | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The | $419.1M |
| 85 | Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center | $418.4M |
| 86 | Washington State University | $403.4M |
| 87 | Auburn University, Auburn | $393.6M |
| 88 | Wichita State University | $392.3M |
| 89 | University of Tennessee, The, Knoxville | $386.9M |
| 90 | George Washington University, The | $381.6M |
| 91 | Georgetown University | $376.6M |
| 92 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | $375.6M |
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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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