Moravian University research and development spending, FY2024
- Bethlehem, PA
- Private nonprofit
- Short form filer
Moravian University in FY2024
$486 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #811 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 5.8%
- Rank change
- down 31
Moravian University reported $486 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #811 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 5.8% on FY2023's $516 thousand; its national rank was down 31 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 68.5% ($333 thousand), followed by institution funds at 31.5%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $214 thousand or 44.0% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2015 to FY2024
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
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure |
|---|---|
| FY2015 | $217 thousand |
| FY2016 | $286 thousand |
| FY2017 | $184 thousand |
| FY2018 | $271 thousand |
| FY2019 | $273 thousand |
| FY2020 | $309 thousand |
| FY2021 | $255 thousand |
| FY2022 | $386 thousand |
| FY2023 | $516 thousand |
| FY2024 | $486 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 2 NSF funding sources Moravian 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 | $333 thousand | 68.5% | +73.4% | 743 |
| Institution funds | $153 thousand | 31.5% | −48.7% | 703 |
| All sources | $486 thousand | 100.0% | −5.8% | 811 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Moravian University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $214 thousand | 44.0% | −21.6% | 700 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $116 thousand | 23.9% | −14.1% | 334 |
| Social sciences | $65 thousand | 13.4% | +209.5% | 518 |
| Non-S&E | $58 thousand | 11.9% | −1.7% | 654 |
| Physical sciences | $19 thousand | 3.9% | +35.7% | 660 |
| Psychology | $13 thousand | 2.7% | +30.0% | 505 |
| Computer and information sciences | $1 thousand | 0.2% | −75.0% | 598 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Moravian University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Moravian University 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.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 806 | Ouachita Baptist University | $501K |
| 806 | University of Houston-Victoria | $501K |
| 808 | Wabash College | $494K |
| 809 | Western Connecticut State University | $490K |
| 810 | University of Minnesota, Crookston | $489K |
| 811 | Moravian University | $486K |
| 811 | Grambling State University | $486K |
| 813 | Hendrix College | $484K |
| 814 | Earlham College | $478K |
| 815 | Arkansas Tech University | $474K |
| 816 | MCPHS University | $468K |
| 817 | Lewis-Clark State College | $463K |
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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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