Johns Hopkins University research and development spending, FY2024
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- Private nonprofit
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Johns Hopkins University in FY2024
$4.1 billion
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #1 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 8.6%
- Rank change
- held
Johns Hopkins University reported $4.1 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #1 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 8.6% on FY2023's $3.8 billion; its national rank was unchanged. Federal government is its largest funding source at 87.6% ($3.6 billion), followed by institution funds at 4.5%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $1.7 billion or 41.5% 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.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $2.0 billion | 1 |
| FY2011 | $2.1 billion | 1 |
| FY2012 | $2.1 billion | 1 |
| FY2013 | $2.2 billion | 1 |
| FY2014 | $2.2 billion | 1 |
| FY2015 | $2.3 billion | 1 |
| FY2016 | $2.4 billion | 1 |
| FY2017 | $2.6 billion | 1 |
| FY2018 | $2.7 billion | 1 |
| FY2019 | $2.9 billion | 1 |
| FY2020 | $3.1 billion | 1 |
| FY2021 | $3.2 billion | 1 |
| FY2022 | $3.4 billion | 1 |
| FY2023 | $3.8 billion | 1 |
| FY2024 | $4.1 billion | 1 |
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 Johns Hopkins 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 | $3.6 billion | 87.6% | +8.8% | 1 |
| Institution funds | $185.2 million | 4.5% | +12.4% | 52 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $177.1 million | 4.3% | +5.2% | 4 |
| Business | $133.4 million | 3.2% | +5.3% | 9 |
| State and local government | $10.9 million | 0.3% | +6.1% | 109 |
| All other sources | $4.6 million | 0.1% | −33.2% | 109 |
| All sources | $4.1 billion | 100.0% | +8.6% | 1 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Johns Hopkins University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | $1.7 billion | 41.5% | +14.6% | 1 |
| Life sciences | $1.3 billion | 32.6% | +6.6% | 3 |
| Physical sciences | $355.8 million | 8.6% | +6.9% | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | $302.8 million | 7.3% | −2.3% | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $263.3 million | 6.4% | +14.3% | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $64.2 million | 1.6% | −11.5% | 17 |
| Other sciences | $50.2 million | 1.2% | −21.8% | 4 |
| Non-S&E | $15.9 million | 0.4% | +14.0% | 129 |
| Social sciences | $9.1 million | 0.2% | −19.4% | 102 |
| Psychology | $8.1 million | 0.2% | −3.0% | 69 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Johns Hopkins University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
Nothing is ranked above Johns Hopkins University: these are the five institutions below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins University | $4.1B |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | $2.2B |
| 3 | University of California, San Francisco | $2.1B |
| 4 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | $2.1B |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $1.9B |
| 6 | University of California, Los Angeles | $1.9B |
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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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