Northern Illinois University research and development spending, FY2024
- DeKalb, IL
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
Northern Illinois University in FY2024
$34.5 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #259 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 18.3%
- Rank change
- up 8
Northern Illinois University reported $34.5 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #259 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 18.3% on FY2023's $29.1 million; its national rank was up 8 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 48.9% ($16.9 million), followed by federal government at 41.1%. Its largest field of research is physical sciences, $7.3 million or 21.3% 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 | $27.0 million | 235 |
| FY2011 | $21.7 million | 257 |
| FY2012 | $21.8 million | 251 |
| FY2013 | $23.0 million | 243 |
| FY2014 | $16.4 million | 275 |
| FY2015 | $17.7 million | 268 |
| FY2016 | $21.2 million | 258 |
| FY2017 | $19.1 million | 265 |
| FY2018 | $23.3 million | 248 |
| FY2019 | $26.6 million | 245 |
| FY2020 | $25.4 million | 251 |
| FY2021 | $25.3 million | 251 |
| FY2022 | $27.1 million | 261 |
| FY2023 | $29.1 million | 267 |
| FY2024 | $34.5 million | 259 |
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 Northern Illinois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $16.9 million | 48.9% | +7.2% | 219 |
| Federal government | $14.2 million | 41.1% | +30.4% | 273 |
| State and local government | $2.2 million | 6.5% | +71.5% | 236 |
| Business | $721 thousand | 2.1% | +2.3% | 261 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $282 thousand | 0.8% | −39.9% | 424 |
| All other sources | $233 thousand | 0.7% | +153.3% | 292 |
| All sources | $34.5 million | 100.0% | +18.3% | 259 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields Northern Illinois University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical sciences | $7.3 million | 21.3% | +8.4% | 159 |
| Engineering | $7.2 million | 21.0% | +58.2% | 207 |
| Social sciences | $6.8 million | 19.7% | +33.3% | 125 |
| Life sciences | $4.2 million | 12.3% | +50.6% | 330 |
| Non-S&E | $3.5 million | 10.0% | −42.8% | 253 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $2.1 million | 6.2% | +39.0% | 189 |
| Psychology | $1.9 million | 5.4% | +110.1% | 165 |
| Computer and information sciences | $1.2 million | 3.5% | −6.2% | 225 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $191 thousand | 0.6% | +67.5% | 286 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Northern Illinois University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Northern Illinois University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 254 | State University of New York, Downstate Health Sciences University | $37.3M |
| 255 | Tennessee Technological University | $36.4M |
| 256 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | $35.1M |
| 257 | Tennessee State University | $35.0M |
| 258 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | $35.0M |
| 259 | Northern Illinois University | $34.5M |
| 260 | Illinois State University | $34.2M |
| 261 | Teachers College, Columbia University | $34.1M |
| 262 | California State University, Sacramento | $34.0M |
| 263 | California State University, Long Beach | $33.9M |
| 264 | California State University, Fullerton | $33.7M |
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Request a demoData: 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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