Scripps Research Institute, The research and development spending, FY2024

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Scripps Research Institute, The in FY2024

$501.5 million

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

National rank
#72 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 1.3%
Rank change
down 6

Scripps Research Institute, The reported $501.5 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #72 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 1.3% on FY2023's $494.9 million; its national rank was down 6 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 54.2% ($272.0 million), followed by institution funds at 27.4%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $501.5 million or 100.0% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Scripps Research Institute, The research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $387.3 million in FY2010 to $501.5 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$125.4M$250.7M$376.1M$501.5MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
Scripps Research Institute, The research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$387.3 million47
FY2011$400.8 million50
FY2012$398.7 million51
FY2013$399.9 million52
FY2014$386.2 million54
FY2015$384.2 million55
FY2016$364.7 million58
FY2017$354.6 million63
FY2018$396.8 million58
FY2019$427.7 million58
FY2020$445.0 million59
FY2021$485.4 million58
FY2022$492.6 million58
FY2023$494.9 million66
FY2024$501.5 million72

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 Scripps Research Institute, The reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Scripps Research Institute, The research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$272.0 million54.2%−2.2%71
Institution funds$137.2 million27.4%−6.3%70
Nonprofit organizations$44.8 million8.9%+24.8%42
Business$44.7 million8.9%+43.5%47
State and local government$2.7 million0.5%−18.4%221
All sources$501.5 million100.0%+1.3%72

Fields of research

The one NSF research field Scripps Research Institute, The reported in FY2024.

Scripps Research Institute, The research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$501.5 million100.0%+1.3%44

Neighbours

Ranked around Scripps Research Institute, The

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Scripps Research Institute, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Scripps Research Institute, The, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
67University of Kentucky$527.7M
68Virginia Commonwealth University$524.3M
69University of South Florida$521.9M
70University of Missouri, Columbia$508.6M
71Carnegie Mellon University$505.3M
72Scripps Research Institute, The$501.5M
73University of Rochester$492.4M
74University of Oklahoma, The$474.0M
75State University of New York, University at Albany$471.6M
76Colorado State University, Fort Collins$466.4M
77University of Delaware$465.8M

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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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