New York University research and development spending, FY2024
- New York, NY
- R1
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
New York University in FY2024
$1.5 billion
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #18 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 3.0%
- Rank change
- down 6
New York University reported $1.5 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #18 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 3.0% on FY2023's $1.5 billion; its national rank was down 6 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 53.7% ($805.1 million), followed by institution funds at 23.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.1 billion or 73.1% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024
Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $365.9 million | 51 |
| FY2011 | $430.8 million | 45 |
| FY2012 | $458.6 million | 38 |
| FY2013 | $471.9 million | 41 |
| FY2014 | $523.6 million | 38 |
| FY2015 | $602.0 million | 35 |
| FY2016 | $809.7 million | 23 |
| FY2017 | $917.7 million | 18 |
| FY2018 | $887.6 million | 24 |
| FY2019 | $934.7 million | 24 |
| FY2020 | $947.3 million | 25 |
| FY2021 | $1.1 billion | 23 |
| FY2022 | $1.3 billion | 15 |
| FY2023 | $1.5 billion | 12 |
| FY2024 | $1.5 billion | 18 |
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 New York 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 | $805.1 million | 53.7% | +2.3% | 20 |
| Institution funds | $346.0 million | 23.1% | +5.6% | 17 |
| All other sources | $156.6 million | 10.4% | +10.7% | 4 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $109.3 million | 7.3% | −7.7% | 16 |
| Business | $74.4 million | 5.0% | +1.5% | 25 |
| State and local government | $9.4 million | 0.6% | −2.4% | 121 |
| All sources | $1.5 billion | 100.0% | +3.0% | 18 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields New York University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $1.1 billion | 73.1% | +3.0% | 18 |
| Engineering | $142.8 million | 9.5% | +8.0% | 32 |
| Non-S&E | $112.9 million | 7.5% | −8.9% | 8 |
| Social sciences | $43.5 million | 2.9% | +4.0% | 18 |
| Physical sciences | $32.8 million | 2.2% | +7.8% | 61 |
| Psychology | $31.1 million | 2.1% | +16.7% | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences | $20.3 million | 1.4% | +21.6% | 53 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $19.0 million | 1.3% | −3.8% | 9 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $1.5 million | 0.1% | +110.1% | 214 |
| Other sciences | $175 thousand | 0.0% | — | 205 |
Neighbours
Ranked around New York University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above New York University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Duke University | $1.6B |
| 14 | University of Maryland | $1.5B |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology | $1.5B |
| 16 | Yale University | $1.5B |
| 17 | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh | $1.5B |
| 18 | New York University | $1.5B |
| 19 | Harvard University | $1.5B |
| 20 | Columbia University in the City of New York | $1.4B |
| 21 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | $1.4B |
| 22 | Texas A&M University, College Station and Health Science Center | $1.4B |
| 23 | University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, The | $1.4B |
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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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