Fairleigh Dickinson University research and development spending, FY2024

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  • Private nonprofit
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Fairleigh Dickinson University in FY2024

$793 thousand

spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey

National rank
#741 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 59.2%
Rank change
up 45

Fairleigh Dickinson University reported $793 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #741 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 59.2% on FY2023's $498 thousand; its national rank was up 45 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 99.2% ($787 thousand), followed by nonprofit organizations at 0.8%. Its largest field of research is computer and information sciences, $421 thousand or 53.1% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Fairleigh Dickinson University research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $254 thousand in FY2010 to $793 thousand in FY2024, broken across 4 unreported years. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$229K$459K$688K$917KFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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. The line breaks at FY2011, FY2012, FY2013, FY2014, which Fairleigh Dickinson University did not report.

Year-by-year figures
Fairleigh Dickinson University research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2010$254 thousand
FY2015$312 thousand
FY2016$502 thousand
FY2017$643 thousand
FY2018$917 thousand
FY2019$791 thousand
FY2020$656 thousand
FY2021$318 thousand
FY2022$225 thousand
FY2023$498 thousand
FY2024$793 thousand

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 2 NSF funding sources Fairleigh Dickinson University reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Fairleigh Dickinson University research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$787 thousand99.2%+72.6%615
Nonprofit organizations$6 thousand0.8%−85.7%735
All sources$793 thousand100.0%+59.2%741

Fields of research

The 4 NSF research fields Fairleigh Dickinson University reported in FY2024, largest first.

Fairleigh Dickinson University research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Computer and information sciences$421 thousand53.1%+70.4%293
Life sciences$326 thousand41.1%+365.7%645
Psychology$43 thousand5.4%−76.1%440
Other sciences$3 thousand0.4%+200.0%303

Neighbours

Ranked around Fairleigh Dickinson University

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Fairleigh Dickinson University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Fairleigh Dickinson University, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
736Southwestern University$804K
737Lawrence University$803K
738Northwestern State University of Louisiana$798K
739Alverno College$796K
739Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico$796K
741Fairleigh Dickinson University$793K
742Saint Michael's College$790K
743Ithaca College$787K
744Auburn University, Montgomery$779K
745San Juan Bautista School of Medicine$778K
746Fort Hays State University$774K

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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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