Fort Hays State University research and development spending, FY2024
- Hays, KS
- Public
- Short form filer
Fort Hays State University in FY2024
$774 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #746 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 5.7%
- Rank change
- down 18
Fort Hays State University reported $774 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #746 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 5.7% on FY2023's $732 thousand; its national rank was down 18 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 64.2% ($497 thousand), followed by state and local government at 16.0%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $422 thousand or 54.5% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2012 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 |
|---|---|
| FY2012 | $578 thousand |
| FY2013 | $450 thousand |
| FY2014 | $775 thousand |
| FY2015 | $681 thousand |
| FY2016 | $657 thousand |
| FY2017 | $913 thousand |
| FY2018 | $1.2 million |
| FY2019 | $1.1 million |
| FY2020 | $1.2 million |
| FY2021 | $800 thousand |
| FY2022 | $641 thousand |
| FY2023 | $732 thousand |
| FY2024 | $774 thousand |
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 Fort Hays State 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 | $497 thousand | 64.2% | +37.7% | 695 |
| State and local government | $124 thousand | 16.0% | −19.5% | 492 |
| Institution funds | $77 thousand | 9.9% | −45.8% | 744 |
| Business | $50 thousand | 6.5% | +56.3% | 444 |
| All other sources | $25 thousand | 3.2% | −41.9% | 418 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $1 thousand | 0.1% | — | 759 |
| All sources | $774 thousand | 100.0% | +5.7% | 746 |
Fields of research
The 5 NSF research fields Fort Hays State University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $422 thousand | 54.5% | +31.9% | 614 |
| Physical sciences | $147 thousand | 19.0% | +18.5% | 526 |
| Non-S&E | $96 thousand | 12.4% | +5.5% | 611 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $94 thousand | 12.1% | −39.7% | 421 |
| Social sciences | $15 thousand | 1.9% | −50.0% | 602 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Fort Hays State University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Fort Hays State University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 741 | Fairleigh Dickinson University | $793K |
| 742 | Saint Michael's College | $790K |
| 743 | Ithaca College | $787K |
| 744 | Auburn University, Montgomery | $779K |
| 745 | San Juan Bautista School of Medicine | $778K |
| 746 | Fort Hays State University | $774K |
| 747 | Sewanee: The University of the South | $771K |
| 748 | Rollins College | $759K |
| 749 | Siena College | $755K |
| 750 | Francis Marion University | $754K |
| 751 | Eastern New Mexico University, Portales | $753K |
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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.
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