Saginaw Valley State University research and development spending, FY2024
- University Center, MI
- Public
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Saginaw Valley State University in FY2024
$3.6 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #519 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 13.0%
- Rank change
- down 9
Saginaw Valley State University reported $3.6 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #519 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 13.0% on FY2023's $3.1 million; its national rank was down 9 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 79.3% ($2.8 million), followed by institution funds at 15.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $2.3 million or 64.4% 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. The line breaks at FY2014, which Saginaw Valley State University did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $873 thousand | 532 |
| FY2011 | $1.2 million | 545 |
| FY2012 | $1.1 million | 546 |
| FY2013 | $939 thousand | 554 |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | $1.2 million | 547 |
| FY2016 | $1.2 million | 566 |
| FY2017 | $1.4 million | 548 |
| FY2018 | $1.6 million | 535 |
| FY2019 | $2.8 million | 468 |
| FY2020 | $2.3 million | 493 |
| FY2021 | $2.4 million | 505 |
| FY2022 | $2.9 million | 504 |
| FY2023 | $3.1 million | 508 |
| FY2024 | $3.6 million | 518 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 5 NSF funding sources Saginaw Valley State 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $2.8 million | 79.3% | +12.6% | 441 |
| Institution funds | $546 thousand | 15.4% | +14.7% | 539 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $158 thousand | 4.4% | +14.5% | 494 |
| All other sources | $23 thousand | 0.6% | +15.0% | 422 |
| Business | $7 thousand | 0.2% | +16.7% | 519 |
| All sources | $3.6 million | 100.0% | +13.0% | 519 |
Fields of research
The 6 NSF research fields Saginaw Valley State University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $2.3 million | 64.4% | +13.0% | 389 |
| Non-S&E | $686 thousand | 19.3% | +13.2% | 424 |
| Computer and information sciences | $325 thousand | 9.1% | +12.5% | 319 |
| Social sciences | $251 thousand | 7.1% | +13.1% | 377 |
| Other sciences | $1 thousand | 0.0% | — | 311 |
| Psychology | $1 thousand | 0.0% | 0.0% | 581 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Saginaw Valley State University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Saginaw Valley State University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 514 | University of Texas at Tyler, The | $3.6M |
| 515 | Murray State University | $3.6M |
| 516 | New England College of Optometry, The | $3.6M |
| 517 | University of the Incarnate Word | $3.6M |
| 518 | Middlebury College | $3.6M |
| 519 | Saginaw Valley State University | $3.6M |
| 520 | Winthrop University | $3.5M |
| 521 | Tougaloo College | $3.5M |
| 522 | National Defense University | $3.5M |
| 523 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | $3.4M |
| 524 | Fisk University | $3.4M |
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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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