Bowdoin College research and development spending, FY2024
- Brunswick, ME
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Bowdoin College in FY2024
$3.4 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #525 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 2.0%
- Rank change
- down 23
Bowdoin College reported $3.4 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #525 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 2.0% on FY2023's $3.3 million; its national rank was down 23 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 56.6% ($1.9 million), followed by institution funds at 38.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.1 million or 30.9% 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 | $2.6 million | 444 |
| FY2011 | $2.9 million | 438 |
| FY2012 | $4.7 million | 383 |
| FY2013 | $4.3 million | 393 |
| FY2014 | $3.1 million | 422 |
| FY2015 | $3.0 million | 431 |
| FY2016 | $3.2 million | 435 |
| FY2017 | $2.3 million | 475 |
| FY2018 | $2.7 million | 471 |
| FY2019 | $3.0 million | 462 |
| FY2020 | $2.7 million | 474 |
| FY2021 | $2.4 million | 506 |
| FY2022 | $2.6 million | 517 |
| FY2023 | $3.3 million | 500 |
| FY2024 | $3.4 million | 524 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 5 NSF funding sources Bowdoin College 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 | $1.9 million | 56.6% | −11.8% | 488 |
| Institution funds | $1.3 million | 38.1% | +43.8% | 438 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $79 thousand | 2.3% | −22.5% | 582 |
| All other sources | $62 thousand | 1.8% | −21.5% | 377 |
| State and local government | $41 thousand | 1.2% | −42.3% | 552 |
| All sources | $3.4 million | 100.0% | +2.0% | 525 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Bowdoin College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $1.1 million | 30.9% | −16.5% | 476 |
| Physical sciences | $800 thousand | 23.5% | +22.3% | 340 |
| Non-S&E | $784 thousand | 23.0% | +47.9% | 406 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $303 thousand | 8.9% | −38.2% | 316 |
| Social sciences | $209 thousand | 6.1% | +65.9% | 405 |
| Psychology | $135 thousand | 4.0% | +154.7% | 365 |
| Computer and information sciences | $85 thousand | 2.5% | −32.0% | 440 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $39 thousand | 1.1% | −62.1% | 433 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Bowdoin College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Bowdoin College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 520 | Winthrop University | $3.5M |
| 521 | Tougaloo College | $3.5M |
| 522 | National Defense University | $3.5M |
| 523 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | $3.4M |
| 524 | Fisk University | $3.4M |
| 525 | Bowdoin College | $3.4M |
| 526 | Azusa Pacific University | $3.4M |
| 527 | Pace University | $3.3M |
| 528 | Troy University | $3.3M |
| 529 | Dillard University | $3.3M |
| 530 | Northern Kentucky University | $3.3M |
Keep looking
Where this institution sits
Related rankings
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.
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.