University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign research and development spending, FY2024
- Champaign, IL
- R1
- Public
- Standard form filer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in FY2024
$906.8 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #40 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 10.4%
- Rank change
- up 3
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reported $906.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #40 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 10.4% on FY2023's $821.0 million; its national rank was up 3 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 56.4% ($511.6 million), followed by institution funds at 28.5%. Its largest field of research is engineering, $351.5 million or 38.8% 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 | $515.1 million | 34 |
| FY2011 | $545.7 million | 35 |
| FY2012 | $583.8 million | 33 |
| FY2013 | $743.5 million | 22 |
| FY2014 | $621.7 million | 32 |
| FY2015 | $639.8 million | 31 |
| FY2016 | $625.2 million | 33 |
| FY2017 | $642.1 million | 36 |
| FY2018 | $652.7 million | 37 |
| FY2019 | $677.5 million | 38 |
| FY2020 | $689.2 million | 39 |
| FY2021 | $731.3 million | 37 |
| FY2022 | $765.9 million | 39 |
| FY2023 | $821.0 million | 43 |
| FY2024 | $906.8 million | 40 |
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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 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 | $511.6 million | 56.4% | +11.1% | 35 |
| Institution funds | $258.3 million | 28.5% | +10.1% | 34 |
| Business | $45.7 million | 5.0% | +3.2% | 44 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $36.6 million | 4.0% | +2.4% | 54 |
| State and local government | $29.1 million | 3.2% | +19.0% | 60 |
| All other sources | $25.4 million | 2.8% | +19.2% | 37 |
| All sources | $906.8 million | 100.0% | +10.4% | 40 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | $351.5 million | 38.8% | +28.9% | 11 |
| Life sciences | $252.7 million | 27.9% | +2.9% | 75 |
| Physical sciences | $94.5 million | 10.4% | +11.5% | 19 |
| Computer and information sciences | $87.9 million | 9.7% | −12.1% | 9 |
| Non-S&E | $53.4 million | 5.9% | +14.1% | 41 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $17.1 million | 1.9% | −28.7% | 60 |
| Psychology | $16.2 million | 1.8% | +6.4% | 28 |
| Other sciences | $15.6 million | 1.7% | −10.2% | 22 |
| Social sciences | $13.3 million | 1.5% | +35.0% | 74 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $4.6 million | 0.5% | −9.6% | 55 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | University of Arizona, The | $1.0B |
| 36 | University of California, Davis | $1.0B |
| 37 | Arizona State University | $1.0B |
| 38 | Michigan State University | $931.8M |
| 39 | Purdue University, West Lafayette | $931.5M |
| 40 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | $906.8M |
| 41 | Indiana University, Bloomington | $897.0M |
| 42 | Baylor College of Medicine | $881.2M |
| 43 | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The | $869.3M |
| 44 | University of Alabama at Birmingham, The | $865.9M |
| 45 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick | $836.8M |
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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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