Purdue University, Fort Wayne research and development spending, FY2024

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Purdue University, Fort Wayne in FY2024

$3.8 million

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

National rank
#504 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 35.2%
Rank change
up 23

Purdue University, Fort Wayne reported $3.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #504 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 35.2% on FY2023's $2.8 million; its national rank was up 23 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 32.1% ($1.2 million), followed by all other sources at 23.9%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $1.3 million or 33.2% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Purdue University, Fort Wayne research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $8.5 million in FY2010 to $3.8 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$2.2M$4.4M$6.6M$8.9MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.

Year-by-year figures
Purdue University, Fort Wayne research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$8.5 million317
FY2011$8.9 million322
FY2012$8.6 million327
FY2013$8.1 million331
FY2014$7.9 million338
FY2015$7.1 million349
FY2016$6.0 million368
FY2017$5.3 million381
FY2018$4.9 million393
FY2019$2.4 million490
FY2020$2.3 million499
FY2021$2.5 million501
FY2022$2.1 million542
FY2023$2.8 million525
FY2024$3.8 million503

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 Purdue University, Fort Wayne reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Purdue University, Fort Wayne research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Institution funds$1.2 million32.1%+11.9%441
All other sources$907 thousand23.9%+58.3%197
State and local government$903 thousand23.8%+98.5%330
Nonprofit organizations$349 thousand9.2%+19.9%407
Federal government$265 thousand7.0%+17.3%770
Business$151 thousand4.0%−12.2%375
All sources$3.8 million100.0%+35.2%504

Fields of research

The 8 NSF research fields Purdue University, Fort Wayne reported in FY2024, largest first.

Purdue University, Fort Wayne research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Non-S&E$1.3 million33.2%+25.2%357
Engineering$1.0 million26.8%+429.7%289
Life sciences$669 thousand17.6%+52.7%545
Mathematics and statistics$361 thousand9.5%−21.2%225
Social sciences$297 thousand7.8%+28.6%355
Physical sciences$183 thousand4.8%+84.8%504
Psychology$3 thousand0.1%−98.0%552
Other sciences$1 thousand0.0%−99.6%311

Neighbours

Ranked around Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Purdue University, Fort Wayne and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Purdue University, Fort Wayne, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
499Whitman College$3.9M
500Des Moines University$3.9M
501Lake Superior State University$3.9M
502California State University, Channel Islands$3.9M
503University of Nebraska at Kearney$3.8M
504Purdue University, Fort Wayne$3.8M
505Hawaii Pacific University$3.8M
506Universidad Central del Caribe$3.8M
507State University of New York College of Optometry$3.8M
508Vassar College$3.8M
509Christopher Newport University$3.8M

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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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