Grambling State University research and development spending, FY2024
- Grambling, LA
- Public
- Short form filer
Grambling State University in FY2024
$486 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #811 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 8.2%
- Rank change
- down 11
Grambling State University reported $486 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #811 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 8.2% on FY2023's $449 thousand; its national rank was down 11 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 84.4% ($410 thousand), followed by state and local government at 11.3%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $128 thousand or 26.3% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 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 |
|---|---|
| FY2010 | $993 thousand |
| FY2011 | $2.1 million |
| FY2012 | $2.2 million |
| FY2013 | $1.7 million |
| FY2014 | $1.5 million |
| FY2015 | $1.9 million |
| FY2016 | $1.6 million |
| FY2017 | $5.9 million |
| FY2018 | $3.0 million |
| FY2019 | $2.8 million |
| FY2020 | $2.4 million |
| FY2021 | $2.1 million |
| FY2022 | $1.3 million |
| FY2023 | $449 thousand |
| FY2024 | $486 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 3 NSF funding sources Grambling 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 | $410 thousand | 84.4% | +8.8% | 717 |
| State and local government | $55 thousand | 11.3% | +5.8% | 542 |
| Institution funds | $21 thousand | 4.3% | +5.0% | 804 |
| All sources | $486 thousand | 100.0% | +8.2% | 811 |
Fields of research
The 5 NSF research fields Grambling State University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $128 thousand | 26.3% | +8.5% | 750 |
| Computer and information sciences | $120 thousand | 24.7% | +7.1% | 410 |
| Non-S&E | $111 thousand | 22.8% | +8.8% | 600 |
| Psychology | $110 thousand | 22.6% | +8.9% | 379 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $17 thousand | 3.5% | +6.3% | 493 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Grambling State University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Grambling State University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking, and the one institution tied with it — a shared rank is a real tie in NSF's data, not a rounding artefact.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 806 | Ouachita Baptist University | $501K |
| 806 | University of Houston-Victoria | $501K |
| 808 | Wabash College | $494K |
| 809 | Western Connecticut State University | $490K |
| 810 | University of Minnesota, Crookston | $489K |
| 811 | Grambling State University | $486K |
| 811 | Moravian University | $486K |
| 813 | Hendrix College | $484K |
| 814 | Earlham College | $478K |
| 815 | Arkansas Tech University | $474K |
| 816 | MCPHS University | $468K |
| 817 | Lewis-Clark State College | $463K |
Keep looking
Where this institution sits
Related rankings
Benchmark Grambling State 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.