University of Chicago, The research and development spending, FY2024
- Chicago, IL
- R1
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
University of Chicago, The in FY2024
$680.8 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #54 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 8.3%
- Rank change
- held
University of Chicago, The reported $680.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #54 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 8.3% on FY2023's $628.3 million; its national rank was unchanged. Federal government is its largest funding source at 74.1% ($504.3 million), followed by nonprofit organizations at 9.8%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $423.4 million or 62.2% 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.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $437.7 million | 39 |
| FY2011 | $453.6 million | 39 |
| FY2012 | $419.6 million | 48 |
| FY2013 | $402.6 million | 51 |
| FY2014 | $390.1 million | 52 |
| FY2015 | $412.5 million | 52 |
| FY2016 | $421.0 million | 51 |
| FY2017 | $433.3 million | 53 |
| FY2018 | $424.0 million | 56 |
| FY2019 | $459.2 million | 55 |
| FY2020 | $458.9 million | 56 |
| FY2021 | $497.7 million | 56 |
| FY2022 | $591.8 million | 54 |
| FY2023 | $628.3 million | 54 |
| FY2024 | $680.8 million | 54 |
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 University of Chicago, The 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 | $504.3 million | 74.1% | +5.8% | 37 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $66.6 million | 9.8% | +24.2% | 31 |
| Institution funds | $60.4 million | 8.9% | +29.5% | 141 |
| Business | $45.1 million | 6.6% | +0.4% | 46 |
| All other sources | $2.5 million | 0.4% | +4.4% | 137 |
| State and local government | $1.7 million | 0.3% | −56.2% | 263 |
| All sources | $680.8 million | 100.0% | +8.3% | 54 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields University of Chicago, The reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $423.4 million | 62.2% | +7.1% | 50 |
| Physical sciences | $91.1 million | 13.4% | +16.5% | 20 |
| Engineering | $50.3 million | 7.4% | +5.1% | 101 |
| Social sciences | $44.5 million | 6.5% | +28.4% | 17 |
| Computer and information sciences | $33.0 million | 4.8% | −4.0% | 25 |
| Non-S&E | $13.1 million | 1.9% | +5.6% | 148 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $10.7 million | 1.6% | +6.1% | 86 |
| Psychology | $8.0 million | 1.2% | −15.3% | 70 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $6.5 million | 1.0% | +9.9% | 39 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of Chicago, The
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of Chicago, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | $741.6M |
| 50 | University of Cincinnati | $739.9M |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | $717.9M |
| 52 | North Carolina State University | $717.0M |
| 53 | University of Iowa | $703.3M |
| 54 | University of Chicago, The | $680.8M |
| 55 | University of Nebraska, Lincoln and Medical Center | $657.5M |
| 56 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | $656.9M |
| 57 | University of California, Irvine | $644.9M |
| 58 | Case Western Reserve University | $642.5M |
| 59 | University of Georgia | $628.1M |
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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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