Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory research and development spending, FY2024
- Cold Spring Harbor, NY
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in FY2024
$126.5 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #168 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 7.7%
- Rank change
- up 2
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory reported $126.5 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #168 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 7.7% on FY2023's $117.5 million; its national rank was up 2 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 46.1% ($58.3 million), followed by institution funds at 32.7%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $126.5 million or 100.0% 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 | — | — |
| FY2011 | $89.9 million | 147 |
| FY2012 | $84.1 million | 151 |
| FY2013 | $78.2 million | 153 |
| FY2014 | $76.7 million | 154 |
| FY2015 | $84.7 million | 149 |
| FY2016 | $88.9 million | 150 |
| FY2017 | $97.3 million | 152 |
| FY2018 | $115.9 million | 142 |
| FY2019 | $126.8 million | 145 |
| FY2020 | $115.2 million | 151 |
| FY2021 | $114.9 million | 157 |
| FY2022 | $118.0 million | 162 |
| FY2023 | $117.5 million | 170 |
| FY2024 | $126.5 million | 168 |
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 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 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 | $58.3 million | 46.1% | +7.7% | 169 |
| Institution funds | $41.3 million | 32.7% | +7.7% | 163 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $22.5 million | 17.8% | +7.7% | 78 |
| Business | $4.2 million | 3.3% | +7.7% | 155 |
| State and local government | $225 thousand | 0.2% | +7.7% | 451 |
| All sources | $126.5 million | 100.0% | +7.7% | 168 |
Fields of research
The one NSF research field Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory reported in FY2024.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $126.5 million | 100.0% | +7.7% | 109 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 163 | University of Idaho | $140.4M |
| 164 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $140.2M |
| 165 | Rush University | $139.3M |
| 166 | University of Rhode Island | $137.5M |
| 167 | Baylor University | $134.9M |
| 168 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | $126.5M |
| 169 | University of Tennessee, The, Health Science Center | $124.8M |
| 170 | University of North Texas, Denton | $124.2M |
| 171 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | $120.7M |
| 172 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | $118.0M |
| 173 | University of North Texas, Health Science Center | $110.5M |
Keep looking
Where this institution sits
Related rankings
Benchmark Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory against its peers.
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.
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.