Rockefeller University, The research and development spending, FY2024
- New York, NY
- S4Y-R
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Rockefeller University, The in FY2024
$305.3 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #110 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 20.7%
- Rank change
- down 28
Rockefeller University, The reported $305.3 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #110 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 20.7% on FY2023's $385.2 million; its national rank was down 28 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 48.2% ($147.3 million), followed by federal government at 36.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $289.0 million or 94.7% 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 | $265.8 million | 74 |
| FY2011 | $272.5 million | 73 |
| FY2012 | $292.9 million | 70 |
| FY2013 | $298.5 million | 71 |
| FY2014 | $316.4 million | 68 |
| FY2015 | $323.9 million | 68 |
| FY2016 | $335.1 million | 66 |
| FY2017 | $348.8 million | 65 |
| FY2018 | $353.1 million | 69 |
| FY2019 | $351.1 million | 74 |
| FY2020 | $356.2 million | 72 |
| FY2021 | $357.5 million | 79 |
| FY2022 | $360.9 million | 80 |
| FY2023 | $385.2 million | 82 |
| FY2024 | $305.3 million | 110 |
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 Rockefeller University, The 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 | $147.3 million | 48.2% | −39.7% | 67 |
| Federal government | $110.3 million | 36.1% | +8.7% | 131 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $41.4 million | 13.6% | +15.2% | 47 |
| Business | $4.5 million | 1.5% | +44.8% | 150 |
| All other sources | $1.8 million | 0.6% | +385.8% | 152 |
| State and local government | $76 thousand | 0.0% | −24.8% | 519 |
| All sources | $305.3 million | 100.0% | −20.7% | 110 |
Fields of research
The 5 NSF research fields Rockefeller University, The reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $289.0 million | 94.7% | −21.8% | 71 |
| Computer and information sciences | $9.0 million | 2.9% | +11.4% | 99 |
| Physical sciences | $5.4 million | 1.8% | −11.1% | 180 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $1.6 million | 0.5% | +15.1% | 129 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $236 thousand | 0.1% | +56.3% | 334 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Rockefeller University, The
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Rockefeller University, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 105 | Medical University of South Carolina | $321.0M |
| 106 | State University of New York, Stony Brook University | $319.3M |
| 107 | Temple University | $315.0M |
| 108 | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The | $312.8M |
| 109 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $308.2M |
| 110 | Rockefeller University, The | $305.3M |
| 111 | University of California, Santa Barbara | $303.4M |
| 112 | Wayne State University | $291.7M |
| 113 | University of Central Florida | $284.9M |
| 114 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | $281.7M |
| 115 | George Mason University | $281.7M |
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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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