Hobart and William Smith Colleges research and development spending, FY2024
- Geneva, NY
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Hobart and William Smith Colleges in FY2024
$2.0 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #597 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 16.4%
- Rank change
- down 38
Hobart and William Smith Colleges reported $2.0 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #597 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 16.4% on FY2023's $2.4 million; its national rank was down 38 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 38.7% ($767 thousand), followed by all other sources at 29.7%. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $505 thousand or 25.5% 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. The line breaks at FY2016, FY2018, which Hobart and William Smith Colleges did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $1.4 million | 504 |
| FY2011 | $1.6 million | 520 |
| FY2012 | $1.5 million | 527 |
| FY2013 | $2.2 million | 471 |
| FY2014 | $1.2 million | 546 |
| FY2015 | $946 thousand | 565 |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | $952 thousand | 583 |
| FY2018 | — | — |
| FY2019 | $1.9 million | 530 |
| FY2020 | $2.1 million | 508 |
| FY2021 | $1.9 million | 532 |
| FY2022 | $3.2 million | 487 |
| FY2023 | $2.4 million | 554 |
| FY2024 | $2.0 million | 589 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 5 NSF funding sources Hobart and William Smith Colleges 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 | $767 thousand | 38.7% | −24.7% | 617 |
| All other sources | $589 thousand | 29.7% | +390.8% | 226 |
| Institution funds | $446 thousand | 22.5% | −22.0% | 565 |
| State and local government | $94 thousand | 4.7% | −82.1% | 511 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $88 thousand | 4.4% | −35.3% | 571 |
| All sources | $2.0 million | 100.0% | −16.4% | 597 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields Hobart and William Smith Colleges reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical sciences | $505 thousand | 25.5% | +139.3% | 383 |
| Life sciences | $453 thousand | 22.8% | −72.6% | 602 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $389 thousand | 19.6% | +29.7% | 296 |
| Non-S&E | $326 thousand | 16.4% | +178.6% | 495 |
| Social sciences | $156 thousand | 7.9% | +290.0% | 441 |
| Other sciences | $49 thousand | 2.5% | +157.9% | 244 |
| Psychology | $46 thousand | 2.3% | +2200.0% | 433 |
| Computer and information sciences | $38 thousand | 1.9% | +137.5% | 500 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $22 thousand | 1.1% | +46.7% | 476 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 592 | United States Coast Guard Academy | $2.1M |
| 593 | Ferris State University | $2.0M |
| 594 | University of Michigan, Flint | $2.0M |
| 595 | Lipscomb University | $2.0M |
| 596 | Nevada State University | $2.0M |
| 597 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | $2.0M |
| 598 | Marshall B. Ketchum University | $1.9M |
| 599 | Macalester College | $1.9M |
| 600 | University of Hartford | $1.9M |
| 601 | State University of New York, College at Brockport, The | $1.9M |
| 601 | University of Puerto Rico at Humacao | $1.9M |
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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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