Earlham College research and development spending, FY2024
- Richmond, IN
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Earlham College in FY2024
$478 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #814 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 41.3%
- Rank change
- down 103
Earlham College reported $478 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #814 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 41.3% on FY2023's $815 thousand; its national rank was down 103 places. All other sources is its largest funding source at 82.0% ($392 thousand), followed by institution funds at 12.6%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $133 thousand or 27.8% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2011 to FY2024
This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure |
|---|---|
| FY2011 | $468 thousand |
| FY2012 | $485 thousand |
| FY2013 | $660 thousand |
| FY2014 | $758 thousand |
| FY2015 | $1.4 million |
| FY2016 | $554 thousand |
| FY2017 | $603 thousand |
| FY2018 | $451 thousand |
| FY2019 | $456 thousand |
| FY2020 | $165 thousand |
| FY2021 | $287 thousand |
| FY2022 | $405 thousand |
| FY2023 | $815 thousand |
| FY2024 | $478 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 4 NSF funding sources Earlham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All other sources | $392 thousand | 82.0% | −0.3% | 251 |
| Institution funds | $60 thousand | 12.6% | −85.1% | 757 |
| Federal government | $15 thousand | 3.1% | — | 892 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $11 thousand | 2.3% | +1000.0% | 721 |
| All sources | $478 thousand | 100.0% | −41.3% | 814 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Earlham College reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $133 thousand | 27.8% | −31.4% | 747 |
| Non-S&E | $133 thousand | 27.8% | −74.8% | 590 |
| Social sciences | $71 thousand | 14.9% | +446.2% | 510 |
| Computer and information sciences | $54 thousand | 11.3% | +58.8% | 473 |
| Psychology | $41 thousand | 8.6% | — | 446 |
| Physical sciences | $36 thousand | 7.5% | −23.4% | 631 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $10 thousand | 2.1% | — | 505 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Earlham College
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Earlham College and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 809 | Western Connecticut State University | $490K |
| 810 | University of Minnesota, Crookston | $489K |
| 811 | Grambling State University | $486K |
| 811 | Moravian University | $486K |
| 813 | Hendrix College | $484K |
| 814 | Earlham College | $478K |
| 815 | Arkansas Tech University | $474K |
| 816 | MCPHS University | $468K |
| 817 | Lewis-Clark State College | $463K |
| 817 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | $463K |
| 819 | Benedictine University | $461K |
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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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