Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark research and development spending, FY2024

  • Newark, NJ
  • R2
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark in FY2024

$26.2 million

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

National rank
#288 of 925
Change on FY2023
down 12.0%
Rank change
down 23

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark reported $26.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #288 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 12.0% on FY2023's $29.8 million; its national rank was down 23 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 65.2% ($17.1 million), followed by institution funds at 20.7%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $11.0 million or 42.0% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $27.7 million in FY2010 to $26.2 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$9.3M$18.6M$27.9M$37.1MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$27.7 million232
FY2011$35.8 million213
FY2012$34.8 million211
FY2013$37.1 million206
FY2014$28.1 million228
FY2015$24.4 million242
FY2016$21.5 million254
FY2017$25.9 million239
FY2018$27.2 million236
FY2019$26.7 million244
FY2020$28.0 million239
FY2021$23.9 million258
FY2022$28.3 million256
FY2023$29.8 million265
FY2024$26.2 million288

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 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$17.1 million65.2%+4.8%256
Institution funds$5.4 million20.7%−40.8%308
Nonprofit organizations$2.7 million10.5%−4.7%201
State and local government$525 thousand2.0%−51.1%370
All other sources$221 thousand0.8%+22.1%295
Business$216 thousand0.8%+10.8%351
All sources$26.2 million100.0%−12.0%288

Fields of research

The 8 NSF research fields Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark reported in FY2024, largest first.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$11.0 million42.0%−4.7%254
Non-S&E$3.8 million14.7%−17.9%241
Social sciences$3.8 million14.4%+15.3%166
Physical sciences$2.8 million10.8%−32.1%223
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$2.5 million9.5%−21.2%175
Psychology$1.2 million4.7%−24.2%191
Computer and information sciences$953 thousand3.6%−13.9%241
Other sciences$61 thousand0.2%−64.3%239

Neighbours

Ranked around Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
283Central Michigan University$27.4M
284California State University, Northridge$27.0M
285California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt$26.6M
286University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez$26.5M
287University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler$26.2M
288Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark$26.2M
289Clarkson University$26.1M
290University of Guam$25.3M
291Tarleton State University$24.9M
292Jackson State University$24.7M
293University of Alaska Anchorage$24.6M

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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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