Montana State University, Northern research and development spending, FY2024

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Montana State University, Northern in FY2024

$200 thousand

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

National rank
#904 of 925
Change on FY2023
down 31.5%
Rank change
down 46

Montana State University, Northern reported $200 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #904 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 31.5% on FY2023's $292 thousand; its national rank was down 46 places. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $106 thousand or 53.0% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2011 to FY2024

Montana State University, Northern research and development expenditures, FY2011 to FY2024A line from $319 thousand in FY2011 to $200 thousand in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$138K$275K$413K$550KFY2011FY2015FY2020FY2024

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
Montana State University, Northern research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2011$319 thousand
FY2012$314 thousand
FY2013$421 thousand
FY2014$421 thousand
FY2015$550 thousand
FY2016$548 thousand
FY2017$481 thousand
FY2018$258 thousand
FY2019$236 thousand
FY2020$322 thousand
FY2021$372 thousand
FY2022$214 thousand
FY2023$292 thousand
FY2024$200 thousand

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The one NSF funding source Montana State University, Northern reported in FY2024. The share is of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Montana State University, Northern research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$200 thousand100.0%−3.4%800
All sources$200 thousand100.0%−31.5%904

Fields of research

The 3 NSF research fields Montana State University, Northern reported in FY2024, largest first.

Montana State University, Northern research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Physical sciences$106 thousand53.0%−8.6%567
Life sciences$49 thousand24.5%+16.7%817
Engineering$45 thousand22.5%−66.4%448

Neighbours

Ranked around Montana State University, Northern

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Montana State University, Northern and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking, and the one institution tied with it — a shared rank is a real tie in NSF's data, not a rounding artefact.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Montana State University, Northern, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
899Delta State University$212K
899Metropolitan State University$212K
901Oral Roberts University$205K
901University of Evansville$205K
903Whittier College$202K
904Montana State University, Northern$200K
904University of Southern Indiana$200K
906LeTourneau University$198K
907California State University, System Office$197K
908Maryland Institute College of Art$196K
908University of Lynchburg$196K
910College of Southern Nevada$190K

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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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