Emory University research and development spending, FY2024
- Atlanta, GA
- R1
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Emory University in FY2024
$1.2 billion
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #29 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 13.9%
- Rank change
- up 1
Emory University reported $1.2 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #29 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 13.9% on FY2023's $1.1 billion; its national rank was up 1 place. Federal government is its largest funding source at 59.7% ($744.6 million), followed by institution funds at 26.0%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.1 billion or 90.0% 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 | $529.5 million | 33 |
| FY2011 | $547.3 million | 34 |
| FY2012 | $565.8 million | 34 |
| FY2013 | $575.9 million | 34 |
| FY2014 | $558.6 million | 36 |
| FY2015 | $585.2 million | 36 |
| FY2016 | $614.5 million | 35 |
| FY2017 | $664.9 million | 34 |
| FY2018 | $712.4 million | 33 |
| FY2019 | $794.9 million | 32 |
| FY2020 | $808.8 million | 33 |
| FY2021 | $852.9 million | 31 |
| FY2022 | $958.3 million | 32 |
| FY2023 | $1.1 billion | 30 |
| FY2024 | $1.2 billion | 29 |
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 Emory 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 | $744.6 million | 59.7% | +12.1% | 24 |
| Institution funds | $324.5 million | 26.0% | +16.2% | 20 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $96.4 million | 7.7% | +17.7% | 20 |
| Business | $77.5 million | 6.2% | +19.7% | 23 |
| All other sources | $3.3 million | 0.3% | −12.0% | 125 |
| State and local government | $296 thousand | 0.0% | +21.3% | 426 |
| All sources | $1.2 billion | 100.0% | +13.9% | 29 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields Emory University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $1.1 billion | 90.0% | +12.3% | 14 |
| Engineering | $37.5 million | 3.0% | +42.0% | 116 |
| Non-S&E | $34.0 million | 2.7% | +95.9% | 72 |
| Physical sciences | $32.1 million | 2.6% | +3.2% | 63 |
| Psychology | $5.4 million | 0.4% | +13.6% | 99 |
| Social sciences | $5.0 million | 0.4% | −10.3% | 147 |
| Other sciences | $4.4 million | 0.3% | — | 67 |
| Computer and information sciences | $4.1 million | 0.3% | −25.3% | 152 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $2.3 million | 0.2% | +24.1% | 111 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Emory University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Emory University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $1.3B |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University, The, University Park and Hershey Medical Center | $1.3B |
| 26 | University of Florida | $1.3B |
| 27 | University of Southern California | $1.3B |
| 28 | Northwestern University | $1.3B |
| 29 | Emory University | $1.2B |
| 30 | Washington University in St. Louis | $1.2B |
| 31 | University of Texas at Austin, The | $1.1B |
| 32 | University of California, Berkeley | $1.1B |
| 33 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $1.1B |
| 34 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $1.0B |
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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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