Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania research and development spending, FY2024
- Slippery Rock, PA
- Public
- Short form filer
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in FY2024
$348 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #857 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 40.3%
- Rank change
- down 95
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania reported $348 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #857 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 40.3% on FY2023's $583 thousand; its national rank was down 95 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 69.8% ($243 thousand), followed by federal government at 19.3%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $265 thousand or 76.1% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2011 to FY2024
This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year. The line breaks at FY2014, FY2015, FY2016, FY2017, which Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania did not report.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure |
|---|---|
| FY2011 | $282 thousand |
| FY2012 | $239 thousand |
| FY2013 | $188 thousand |
| FY2018 | $218 thousand |
| FY2019 | $213 thousand |
| FY2020 | $390 thousand |
| FY2021 | $295 thousand |
| FY2022 | $323 thousand |
| FY2023 | $583 thousand |
| FY2024 | $348 thousand |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 4 NSF funding sources Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 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 | $243 thousand | 69.8% | −32.1% | 636 |
| Federal government | $67 thousand | 19.3% | −66.5% | 866 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $21 thousand | 6.0% | +5.0% | 684 |
| State and local government | $17 thousand | 4.9% | +240.0% | 590 |
| All sources | $348 thousand | 100.0% | −40.3% | 857 |
Fields of research
The 7 NSF research fields Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $265 thousand | 76.1% | −20.2% | 681 |
| Engineering | $31 thousand | 8.9% | +138.5% | 458 |
| Non-S&E | $28 thousand | 8.0% | −3.4% | 685 |
| Social sciences | $18 thousand | 5.2% | +500.0% | 594 |
| Psychology | $3 thousand | 0.9% | — | 552 |
| Computer and information sciences | $2 thousand | 0.6% | −89.5% | 596 |
| Physical sciences | $1 thousand | 0.3% | −99.5% | 699 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 852 | Converse University | $371K |
| 853 | Molloy College | $361K |
| 854 | Wittenberg University | $357K |
| 855 | Transylvania University | $353K |
| 856 | Life Chiropractic College-West | $350K |
| 857 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | $348K |
| 858 | Doane University | $345K |
| 859 | Austin College | $344K |
| 860 | Indiana University, Northwest | $342K |
| 861 | Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | $327K |
| 862 | Gordon College | $317K |
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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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