United States Air Force Academy research and development spending, FY2024

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United States Air Force Academy in FY2024

$53.2 million

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

National rank
#233 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 18.4%
Rank change
up 4

United States Air Force Academy reported $53.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #233 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 18.4% on FY2023's $44.9 million; its national rank was up 4 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 97.7% ($51.9 million), followed by business at 1.3%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $37.1 million or 69.7% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

United States Air Force Academy research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $62.1 million in FY2010 to $53.2 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$18.4M$36.8M$55.2M$73.6MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
United States Air Force Academy research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$62.1 million168
FY2011$73.6 million160
FY2012$56.0 million183
FY2013$57.2 million180
FY2014$44.7 million195
FY2015$38.3 million207
FY2016$55.4 million185
FY2017$48.3 million193
FY2018$35.9 million217
FY2019$43.9 million210
FY2020$42.2 million214
FY2021$32.1 million235
FY2022$36.5 million234
FY2023$44.9 million237
FY2024$53.2 million233

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 3 NSF funding sources United States Air Force Academy reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

United States Air Force Academy research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$51.9 million97.7%+17.9%178
Business$707 thousand1.3%+98.0%264
All other sources$518 thousand1.0%+10.9%235
All sources$53.2 million100.0%+18.4%233

Fields of research

The 9 NSF research fields United States Air Force Academy reported in FY2024, largest first.

United States Air Force Academy research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Engineering$37.1 million69.7%+1.7%118
Life sciences$9.3 million17.5%+125.5%266
Physical sciences$4.1 million7.7%+145.1%194
Computer and information sciences$1.3 million2.5%+3.4%218
Other sciences$910 thousand1.7%−10.3%121
Non-S&E$170 thousand0.3%+34.9%566
Social sciences$109 thousand0.2%−7.6%481
Psychology$98 thousand0.2%387
Mathematics and statistics$37 thousand0.1%+8.8%435

Neighbours

Ranked around United States Air Force Academy

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above United States Air Force Academy and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below United States Air Force Academy, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
228University of Missouri, Kansas City$57.0M
229University of Denver$55.6M
230Morgan State University$55.5M
231Air Force Institute of Technology$54.2M
232University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science$54.0M
233United States Air Force Academy$53.2M
234Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center$53.0M
235Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi$52.2M
236Portland State University$51.7M
237Kennesaw State University$51.6M
238Marquette University$49.1M

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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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