Duke University research and development spending, FY2024
- Durham, NC
- R1
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Duke University in FY2024
$1.6 billion
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #13 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 4.8%
- Rank change
- down 2
Duke University reported $1.6 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #13 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 4.8% on FY2023's $1.5 billion; its national rank was down 2 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 65.8% ($1.0 billion), followed by business at 14.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.3 billion or 83.5% 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 | $983.3 million | 5 |
| FY2011 | $1.0 billion | 5 |
| FY2012 | $1.0 billion | 7 |
| FY2013 | $992.8 million | 8 |
| FY2014 | $1.0 billion | 7 |
| FY2015 | $1.0 billion | 7 |
| FY2016 | $1.1 billion | 10 |
| FY2017 | $1.1 billion | 8 |
| FY2018 | $1.2 billion | 10 |
| FY2019 | $1.2 billion | 10 |
| FY2020 | $1.2 billion | 11 |
| FY2021 | $1.2 billion | 11 |
| FY2022 | $1.4 billion | 9 |
| FY2023 | $1.5 billion | 11 |
| FY2024 | $1.6 billion | 13 |
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 Duke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $1.0 billion | 65.8% | +6.7% | 7 |
| Business | $222.7 million | 14.1% | +1.5% | 2 |
| Institution funds | $197.5 million | 12.5% | +3.4% | 45 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $97.7 million | 6.2% | +1.4% | 18 |
| All other sources | $22.9 million | 1.5% | −12.6% | 41 |
| State and local government | $340 thousand | 0.0% | −56.0% | 412 |
| All sources | $1.6 billion | 100.0% | +4.8% | 13 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Duke University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $1.3 billion | 83.5% | +4.3% | 6 |
| Engineering | $119.6 million | 7.6% | +8.9% | 45 |
| Social sciences | $46.8 million | 3.0% | +8.3% | 16 |
| Physical sciences | $31.4 million | 2.0% | +8.0% | 64 |
| Non-S&E | $14.5 million | 0.9% | −18.4% | 139 |
| Computer and information sciences | $14.3 million | 0.9% | +11.8% | 66 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $13.3 million | 0.8% | +35.9% | 75 |
| Psychology | $10.4 million | 0.7% | +1.8% | 54 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $9.8 million | 0.6% | +16.6% | 22 |
| Other sciences | $439 thousand | 0.0% | −12.4% | 160 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Duke University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Duke University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | University of Washington, Seattle | $1.7B |
| 9 | Stanford University | $1.6B |
| 10 | Cornell University | $1.6B |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The | $1.6B |
| 12 | Ohio State University, The | $1.6B |
| 13 | Duke University | $1.6B |
| 14 | University of Maryland | $1.5B |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology | $1.5B |
| 16 | Yale University | $1.5B |
| 17 | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh | $1.5B |
| 18 | New York University | $1.5B |
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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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