Georgia Southern University research and development spending, FY2024
- Statesboro, GA
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
Georgia Southern University in FY2024
$46.1 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #241 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 15.2%
- Rank change
- up 2
Georgia Southern University reported $46.1 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #241 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 15.2% on FY2023's $40.0 million; its national rank was up 2 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 77.8% ($35.9 million), followed by business at 11.8%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $14.2 million or 30.7% 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 | $3.7 million | 398 |
| FY2011 | $3.9 million | 399 |
| FY2012 | $5.7 million | 365 |
| FY2013 | $18.1 million | 268 |
| FY2014 | $20.2 million | 260 |
| FY2015 | $17.2 million | 271 |
| FY2016 | $17.4 million | 276 |
| FY2017 | $16.1 million | 284 |
| FY2018 | $13.0 million | 307 |
| FY2019 | $11.2 million | 323 |
| FY2020 | $12.2 million | 324 |
| FY2021 | $37.2 million | 225 |
| FY2022 | $36.4 million | 235 |
| FY2023 | $40.0 million | 243 |
| FY2024 | $46.1 million | 241 |
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 Georgia Southern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $35.9 million | 77.8% | +18.5% | 176 |
| Business | $5.4 million | 11.8% | +1.5% | 140 |
| Federal government | $4.1 million | 8.8% | +14.4% | 386 |
| State and local government | $508 thousand | 1.1% | −2.5% | 379 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $180 thousand | 0.4% | −33.3% | 478 |
| All other sources | $8 thousand | 0.0% | −78.9% | 457 |
| All sources | $46.1 million | 100.0% | +15.2% | 241 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Georgia Southern University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-S&E | $14.2 million | 30.7% | +12.8% | 143 |
| Life sciences | $10.0 million | 21.6% | +29.3% | 264 |
| Physical sciences | $6.2 million | 13.4% | 0.0% | 172 |
| Engineering | $5.2 million | 11.3% | +24.0% | 221 |
| Social sciences | $5.2 million | 11.2% | +6.0% | 141 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $2.0 million | 4.3% | +29.1% | 117 |
| Computer and information sciences | $1.4 million | 3.1% | +37.3% | 214 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $1.0 million | 2.2% | +15.0% | 237 |
| Psychology | $1.0 million | 2.2% | −1.9% | 211 |
| Other sciences | $1 thousand | 0.0% | −98.0% | 311 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Georgia Southern University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Georgia Southern University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 236 | Portland State University | $51.7M |
| 237 | Kennesaw State University | $51.6M |
| 238 | Marquette University | $49.1M |
| 239 | Chapman University | $48.3M |
| 240 | Mercer University | $46.5M |
| 241 | Georgia Southern University | $46.1M |
| 242 | City University of New York, The, Hunter College | $45.2M |
| 243 | Montclair State University | $43.8M |
| 244 | Delaware State University | $43.7M |
| 245 | University of West Florida | $43.5M |
| 246 | East Tennessee State University | $42.5M |
Keep looking
Where this institution sits
Related rankings
Benchmark Georgia Southern University against its peers.
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.
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.