George Washington University, The research and development spending, FY2024
- Washington, DC
- R1
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
George Washington University, The in FY2024
$381.6 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #90 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 5.9%
- Rank change
- down 2
George Washington University, The reported $381.6 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #90 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 5.9% on FY2023's $360.3 million; its national rank was down 2 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 47.0% ($179.2 million), followed by institution funds at 38.0%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $204.1 million or 53.5% 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 | $196.9 million | 94 |
| FY2011 | $197.6 million | 97 |
| FY2012 | $196.4 million | 96 |
| FY2013 | $202.4 million | 92 |
| FY2014 | $228.0 million | 89 |
| FY2015 | $241.1 million | 86 |
| FY2016 | $231.8 million | 91 |
| FY2017 | $245.5 million | 89 |
| FY2018 | $260.7 million | 86 |
| FY2019 | $269.8 million | 89 |
| FY2020 | $270.4 million | 92 |
| FY2021 | $266.1 million | 100 |
| FY2022 | $275.5 million | 104 |
| FY2023 | $360.3 million | 88 |
| FY2024 | $381.6 million | 90 |
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 George Washington University, The 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 | $179.2 million | 47.0% | +10.0% | 98 |
| Institution funds | $144.9 million | 38.0% | +2.2% | 68 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $30.6 million | 8.0% | +0.3% | 66 |
| All other sources | $18.4 million | 4.8% | +4.6% | 48 |
| Business | $6.8 million | 1.8% | +19.9% | 124 |
| State and local government | $1.8 million | 0.5% | −7.3% | 260 |
| All sources | $381.6 million | 100.0% | +5.9% | 90 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields George Washington University, The reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $204.1 million | 53.5% | +9.4% | 86 |
| Non-S&E | $54.1 million | 14.2% | −19.7% | 39 |
| Social sciences | $41.0 million | 10.7% | +6.5% | 21 |
| Engineering | $33.9 million | 8.9% | +15.1% | 124 |
| Other sciences | $16.4 million | 4.3% | +42.7% | 19 |
| Physical sciences | $10.2 million | 2.7% | +16.3% | 137 |
| Computer and information sciences | $10.1 million | 2.6% | +1.5% | 89 |
| Psychology | $6.4 million | 1.7% | +16.5% | 86 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $3.3 million | 0.9% | +91.0% | 73 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $2.2 million | 0.6% | +97.2% | 185 |
Neighbours
Ranked around George Washington University, The
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above George Washington University, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 85 | Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center | $418.4M |
| 86 | Washington State University | $403.4M |
| 87 | Auburn University, Auburn | $393.6M |
| 88 | Wichita State University | $392.3M |
| 89 | University of Tennessee, The, Knoxville | $386.9M |
| 90 | George Washington University, The | $381.6M |
| 91 | Georgetown University | $376.6M |
| 92 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | $375.6M |
| 93 | Brown University | $374.5M |
| 94 | Oregon State University | $371.9M |
| 95 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $360.8M |
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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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