Minnesota State University, Moorhead research and development spending, FY2024

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Minnesota State University, Moorhead in FY2024

$409 thousand

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

National rank
#835 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 8.2%
Rank change
down 13

Minnesota State University, Moorhead reported $409 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #835 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 8.2% on FY2023's $378 thousand; its national rank was down 13 places. State and local government is its largest funding source at 54.0% ($221 thousand), followed by institution funds at 22.7%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $186 thousand or 45.5% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2011 to FY2024

Minnesota State University, Moorhead research and development expenditures, FY2011 to FY2024A line from $982 thousand in FY2011 to $409 thousand in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$246K$492K$738K$984KFY2011FY2015FY2020FY2024

This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year.

Year-by-year figures
Minnesota State University, Moorhead research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2011$982 thousand
FY2012$984 thousand
FY2013$580 thousand
FY2014$486 thousand
FY2015$481 thousand
FY2016$439 thousand
FY2017$604 thousand
FY2018$327 thousand
FY2019$209 thousand
FY2020$169 thousand
FY2021$462 thousand
FY2022$420 thousand
FY2023$378 thousand
FY2024$409 thousand

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

Minnesota State University, Moorhead research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
State and local government$221 thousand54.0%+8.3%454
Institution funds$93 thousand22.7%+8.1%732
Nonprofit organizations$51 thousand12.5%+8.5%619
Federal government$28 thousand6.8%+7.7%887
All other sources$13 thousand3.2%+8.3%446
Business$3 thousand0.7%0.0%540
All sources$409 thousand100.0%+8.2%835

Fields of research

The 7 NSF research fields Minnesota State University, Moorhead reported in FY2024, largest first.

Minnesota State University, Moorhead research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$186 thousand45.5%+8.1%712
Non-S&E$135 thousand33.0%+8.0%587
Physical sciences$53 thousand13.0%+8.2%617
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$12 thousand2.9%+9.1%502
Mathematics and statistics$11 thousand2.7%+10.0%509
Computer and information sciences$10 thousand2.4%+11.1%559
Psychology$2 thousand0.5%0.0%563

Neighbours

Ranked around Minnesota State University, Moorhead

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

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

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Minnesota State University, Moorhead, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
830Westmont College$426K
831University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo$418K
832Central Wyoming College$415K
832St. Mary's College of Maryland$415K
834Muhlenberg College$414K
835Minnesota State University, Moorhead$409K
836Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Carolina$407K
837Southern California University of Health Sciences$406K
838Augustana College$405K
839Albizu University$403K
840A.T. Still University of Health Sciences$401K

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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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