Northeastern Illinois University research and development spending, FY2024

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Northeastern Illinois University in FY2024

$2.8 million

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

National rank
#550 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 25.7%
Rank change
up 16

Northeastern Illinois University reported $2.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #550 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 25.7% on FY2023's $2.3 million; its national rank was up 16 places. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.5 million or 53.7% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Northeastern Illinois University research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $711 thousand in FY2010 to $2.8 million in FY2024, broken across 4 unreported years. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$711K$1.4M$2.1M$2.8MFY2010FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series. The line breaks at FY2012, FY2013, FY2015, FY2016, which Northeastern Illinois University did not report.

Year-by-year figures
Northeastern Illinois University research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$711 thousand545
FY2011$533 thousand603
FY2012——
FY2013——
FY2014$703 thousand567
FY2015——
FY2016——
FY2017$1.4 million549
FY2018$2.4 million490
FY2019$2.5 million487
FY2020$2.0 million518
FY2021$1.9 million535
FY2022$2.2 million537
FY2023$2.3 million561
FY2024$2.8 million548

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 Northeastern Illinois University reported in FY2024. The share is of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Northeastern Illinois University research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$2.8 million100.0%+25.7%439
All sources$2.8 million100.0%+25.7%550

Fields of research

The 5 NSF research fields Northeastern Illinois University reported in FY2024, largest first.

Northeastern Illinois University research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$1.5 million53.7%+20.1%428
Non-S&E$683 thousand24.0%+50.1%425
Computer and information sciences$486 thousand17.1%+1.0%283
Mathematics and statistics$133 thousand4.7%—314
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$16 thousand0.6%−63.6%495

Neighbours

Ranked around Northeastern Illinois University

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Northeastern Illinois University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Northeastern Illinois University, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
545University of Louisiana at Monroe$2.9M
546Lewis & Clark College$2.9M
547College of New Jersey, The$2.9M
548Merrimack College$2.9M
549University of Wisconsin-River Falls$2.8M
550Northeastern Illinois University$2.8M
551St. Lawrence University$2.8M
552Kettering University$2.8M
553University of South Carolina Upstate$2.8M
554Skidmore College$2.8M
555Central Washington University$2.8M

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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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