Medical College of Wisconsin research and development spending, FY2024

  • Milwaukee, WI
  • S4Y-R
  • Private nonprofit
  • Standard form filer

Medical College of Wisconsin in FY2024

$360.3 million

spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey

National rank
#96 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 3.9%
Rank change
down 5

Medical College of Wisconsin reported $360.3 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #96 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 3.9% on FY2023's $346.7 million; its national rank was down 5 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 41.6% ($150.0 million), followed by institution funds at 33.3%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $354.4 million or 98.4% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Medical College of Wisconsin research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $191.8 million in FY2010 to $360.3 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$90.1M$180.2M$270.2M$360.3MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
Medical College of Wisconsin research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$191.8 million97
FY2011$215.4 million88
FY2012$209.0 million91
FY2013$201.2 million94
FY2014$199.7 million100
FY2015$199.3 million100
FY2016$199.9 million100
FY2017$209.6 million100
FY2018$229.4 million97
FY2019$251.3 million95
FY2020$264.3 million95
FY2021$276.9 million94
FY2022$309.2 million93
FY2023$346.7 million91
FY2024$360.3 million96

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 Medical College of Wisconsin reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Medical College of Wisconsin research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$150.0 million41.6%−3.5%114
Institution funds$120.1 million33.3%+5.6%83
Business$46.1 million12.8%+20.0%42
Nonprofit organizations$38.4 million10.7%+16.1%51
All other sources$5.6 million1.5%+4.7%99
State and local government$125 thousand0.0%−83.4%489
All sources$360.3 million100.0%+3.9%96

Fields of research

The 2 NSF research fields Medical College of Wisconsin reported in FY2024, largest first.

Medical College of Wisconsin research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$354.4 million98.4%+4.6%58
Engineering$5.9 million1.6%−24.3%215

Neighbours

Ranked around Medical College of Wisconsin

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Medical College of Wisconsin and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Medical College of Wisconsin, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
91Georgetown University$376.6M
92University of Hawaii at Manoa$375.6M
93Brown University$374.5M
94Oregon State University$371.9M
95Albert Einstein College of Medicine$360.8M
96Medical College of Wisconsin$360.3M
97University of New Mexico, The$354.9M
98University of Massachusetts Medical School$349.6M
99Northeastern University$346.9M
100University of Notre Dame$345.8M
101Wake Forest University$344.5M

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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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