Indiana University, Bloomington research and development spending, FY2024
- Bloomington, IN
- R1
- Public
- Standard form filer
Indiana University, Bloomington in FY2024
$897.0 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #41 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 5.1%
- Rank change
- down 3
Indiana University, Bloomington reported $897.0 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #41 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 5.1% on FY2023's $853.1 million; its national rank was down 3 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 50.9% ($456.8 million), followed by institution funds at 36.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $676.3 million or 75.4% 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 | $177.5 million | 101 |
| FY2011 | $184.1 million | 100 |
| FY2012 | $184.5 million | 99 |
| FY2013 | $197.9 million | 96 |
| FY2014 | $206.0 million | 97 |
| FY2015 | $485.1 million | 45 |
| FY2016 | $508.8 million | 44 |
| FY2017 | $540.4 million | 44 |
| FY2018 | $566.9 million | 43 |
| FY2019 | $668.2 million | 39 |
| FY2020 | $710.9 million | 38 |
| FY2021 | $695.3 million | 40 |
| FY2022 | $751.3 million | 42 |
| FY2023 | $853.1 million | 38 |
| FY2024 | $897.0 million | 41 |
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 Indiana University, Bloomington 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 | $456.8 million | 50.9% | +5.7% | 44 |
| Institution funds | $323.6 million | 36.1% | +6.8% | 21 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $70.0 million | 7.8% | +0.3% | 28 |
| Business | $35.6 million | 4.0% | −3.6% | 60 |
| State and local government | $9.4 million | 1.0% | +62.1% | 120 |
| All other sources | $1.6 million | 0.2% | −70.4% | 161 |
| All sources | $897.0 million | 100.0% | +5.1% | 41 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Indiana University, Bloomington reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $676.3 million | 75.4% | +8.5% | 34 |
| Non-S&E | $46.4 million | 5.2% | +8.9% | 55 |
| Social sciences | $41.0 million | 4.6% | −8.5% | 20 |
| Computer and information sciences | $38.1 million | 4.2% | −20.6% | 15 |
| Physical sciences | $35.9 million | 4.0% | +18.0% | 53 |
| Engineering | $18.1 million | 2.0% | −28.0% | 154 |
| Psychology | $17.5 million | 1.9% | +3.1% | 25 |
| Other sciences | $14.3 million | 1.6% | +18.4% | 25 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $7.3 million | 0.8% | +5.2% | 108 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $2.2 million | 0.2% | −26.8% | 112 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Indiana University, Bloomington
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Indiana University, Bloomington and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | University of California, Davis | $1.0B |
| 37 | Arizona State University | $1.0B |
| 38 | Michigan State University | $931.8M |
| 39 | Purdue University, West Lafayette | $931.5M |
| 40 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | $906.8M |
| 41 | Indiana University, Bloomington | $897.0M |
| 42 | Baylor College of Medicine | $881.2M |
| 43 | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The | $869.3M |
| 44 | University of Alabama at Birmingham, The | $865.9M |
| 45 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick | $836.8M |
| 46 | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | $813.8M |
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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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