Bowling Green State University research and development spending, FY2024
- Bowling Green, OH
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
Bowling Green State University in FY2024
$19.6 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #312 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 5.4%
- Rank change
- down 6
Bowling Green State University reported $19.6 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #312 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 5.4% on FY2023's $20.7 million; its national rank was down 6 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 43.4% ($8.5 million), followed by federal government at 41.8%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $5.3 million or 27.0% 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 | $8.1 million | 324 |
| FY2011 | $9.0 million | 321 |
| FY2012 | $8.6 million | 328 |
| FY2013 | $13.2 million | 288 |
| FY2014 | $8.9 million | 321 |
| FY2015 | $8.0 million | 335 |
| FY2016 | $14.5 million | 295 |
| FY2017 | $14.3 million | 296 |
| FY2018 | $18.0 million | 271 |
| FY2019 | $17.0 million | 286 |
| FY2020 | $18.7 million | 274 |
| FY2021 | $18.6 million | 280 |
| FY2022 | $19.3 million | 291 |
| FY2023 | $20.7 million | 306 |
| FY2024 | $19.6 million | 312 |
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 Bowling Green State 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $8.5 million | 43.4% | −7.7% | 266 |
| Federal government | $8.2 million | 41.8% | −0.0% | 323 |
| State and local government | $2.2 million | 11.2% | +1.4% | 239 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $654 thousand | 3.3% | −28.2% | 322 |
| Business | $59 thousand | 0.3% | −74.7% | 432 |
| All sources | $19.6 million | 100.0% | −5.4% | 312 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Bowling Green State University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-S&E | $5.3 million | 27.0% | −17.5% | 220 |
| Life sciences | $4.9 million | 24.9% | +18.7% | 316 |
| Social sciences | $4.3 million | 21.8% | −1.3% | 159 |
| Physical sciences | $1.8 million | 9.2% | −9.2% | 263 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $1.4 million | 7.2% | −31.1% | 217 |
| Psychology | $1.2 million | 6.2% | +36.6% | 194 |
| Computer and information sciences | $469 thousand | 2.4% | +2.9% | 287 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $135 thousand | 0.7% | −17.2% | 313 |
| Engineering | $86 thousand | 0.4% | −54.5% | 419 |
| Other sciences | $24 thousand | 0.1% | −78.2% | 267 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Bowling Green State University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Bowling Green State University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 307 | City University of New York, The, Advanced Science Research Center | $22.5M |
| 308 | United States Military Academy | $22.3M |
| 309 | New York Medical College | $21.9M |
| 310 | James Madison University | $21.4M |
| 311 | City University of New York, The, John Jay College Criminal Justice | $21.2M |
| 312 | Bowling Green State University | $19.6M |
| 313 | University of North Florida | $19.3M |
| 314 | University of New Orleans | $19.3M |
| 315 | Towson University | $19.2M |
| 316 | Texas Southern University | $19.0M |
| 317 | Long Island University | $18.8M |
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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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