Michigan State University research and development spending, FY2024

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Michigan State University in FY2024

$931.8 million

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

National rank
#38 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 10.4%
Rank change
up 3

Michigan State University reported $931.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #38 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 10.4% on FY2023's $844.1 million; its national rank was up 3 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 50.9% ($474.8 million), followed by institution funds at 36.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $434.7 million or 46.6% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Michigan State University research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $431.4 million in FY2010 to $931.8 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$233.0M$465.9M$698.9M$931.8MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
Michigan State University research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$431.4 million40
FY2011$454.2 million38
FY2012$507.1 million36
FY2013$515.7 million36
FY2014$526.9 million37
FY2015$558.2 million38
FY2016$613.4 million36
FY2017$694.9 million32
FY2018$715.3 million32
FY2019$725.7 million35
FY2020$713.2 million37
FY2021$710.2 million39
FY2022$759.2 million40
FY2023$844.1 million41
FY2024$931.8 million38

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 Michigan State University reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Michigan State University research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$474.8 million50.9%+9.0%41
Institution funds$338.8 million36.4%+12.7%18
State and local government$47.5 million5.1%+2.4%35
Business$26.6 million2.9%+42.9%69
All other sources$22.5 million2.4%+11.1%42
Nonprofit organizations$21.7 million2.3%−4.5%83
All sources$931.8 million100.0%+10.4%38

Fields of research

The 10 NSF research fields Michigan State University reported in FY2024, largest first.

Michigan State University research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$434.7 million46.6%+15.2%49
Physical sciences$222.9 million23.9%+7.2%3
Engineering$98.7 million10.6%+13.5%53
Non-S&E$51.0 million5.5%−8.5%44
Social sciences$47.2 million5.1%+1.9%15
Computer and information sciences$22.3 million2.4%+18.2%47
Other sciences$18.0 million1.9%+11.0%14
Mathematics and statistics$15.1 million1.6%+13.6%13
Psychology$13.6 million1.5%−3.4%40
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$8.4 million0.9%+11.1%97

Neighbours

Ranked around Michigan State University

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Michigan State University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Michigan State University, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
33Massachusetts Institute of Technology$1.1B
34Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$1.0B
35University of Arizona, The$1.0B
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

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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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