Indiana University, Bloomington research and development spending, FY2024

  • Bloomington, IN
  • R1
  • Public
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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

Indiana University, Bloomington research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $177.5 million in FY2010 to $897.0 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$224.2M$448.5M$672.7M$897.0MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.

Year-by-year figures
Indiana University, Bloomington research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$177.5 million101
FY2011$184.1 million100
FY2012$184.5 million99
FY2013$197.9 million96
FY2014$206.0 million97
FY2015$485.1 million45
FY2016$508.8 million44
FY2017$540.4 million44
FY2018$566.9 million43
FY2019$668.2 million39
FY2020$710.9 million38
FY2021$695.3 million40
FY2022$751.3 million42
FY2023$853.1 million38
FY2024$897.0 million41

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.

Indiana University, Bloomington research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$456.8 million50.9%+5.7%44
Institution funds$323.6 million36.1%+6.8%21
Nonprofit organizations$70.0 million7.8%+0.3%28
Business$35.6 million4.0%−3.6%60
State and local government$9.4 million1.0%+62.1%120
All other sources$1.6 million0.2%−70.4%161
All sources$897.0 million100.0%+5.1%41

Fields of research

The 10 NSF research fields Indiana University, Bloomington reported in FY2024, largest first.

Indiana University, Bloomington research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$676.3 million75.4%+8.5%34
Non-S&E$46.4 million5.2%+8.9%55
Social sciences$41.0 million4.6%−8.5%20
Computer and information sciences$38.1 million4.2%−20.6%15
Physical sciences$35.9 million4.0%+18.0%53
Engineering$18.1 million2.0%−28.0%154
Psychology$17.5 million1.9%+3.1%25
Other sciences$14.3 million1.6%+18.4%25
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$7.3 million0.8%+5.2%108
Mathematics and statistics$2.2 million0.2%−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.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Indiana University, Bloomington, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
36University of California, Davis$1.0B
37Arizona State University$1.0B
38Michigan State University$931.8M
39Purdue University, West Lafayette$931.5M
40University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign$906.8M
41Indiana University, Bloomington$897.0M
42Baylor College of Medicine$881.2M
43University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The$869.3M
44University of Alabama at Birmingham, The$865.9M
45Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick$836.8M
46University of Virginia, Charlottesville$813.8M

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Data: 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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