University of Iowa research and development spending, FY2024
- Iowa City, IA
- R1
- Public
- Standard form filer
University of Iowa in FY2024
$703.3 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #53 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 6.2%
- Rank change
- down 2
University of Iowa reported $703.3 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #53 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 6.2% on FY2023's $662.1 million; its national rank was down 2 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 48.1% ($338.6 million), followed by institution funds at 35.8%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $512.5 million or 72.9% 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 | $444.0 million | 38 |
| FY2011 | $443.9 million | 42 |
| FY2012 | $446.4 million | 41 |
| FY2013 | $435.4 million | 46 |
| FY2014 | $449.1 million | 44 |
| FY2015 | $443.2 million | 48 |
| FY2016 | $473.4 million | 47 |
| FY2017 | $494.3 million | 48 |
| FY2018 | $512.0 million | 48 |
| FY2019 | $508.4 million | 52 |
| FY2020 | $538.6 million | 51 |
| FY2021 | $553.9 million | 50 |
| FY2022 | $594.2 million | 52 |
| FY2023 | $662.1 million | 51 |
| FY2024 | $703.3 million | 53 |
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 Iowa 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 | $338.6 million | 48.1% | +2.1% | 58 |
| Institution funds | $251.5 million | 35.8% | +9.9% | 36 |
| All other sources | $40.7 million | 5.8% | +14.8% | 22 |
| Business | $39.2 million | 5.6% | +15.2% | 53 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $28.0 million | 4.0% | +15.0% | 70 |
| State and local government | $5.3 million | 0.8% | −30.8% | 164 |
| All sources | $703.3 million | 100.0% | +6.2% | 53 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields University of Iowa reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $512.5 million | 72.9% | +7.0% | 41 |
| Physical sciences | $61.8 million | 8.8% | −3.1% | 34 |
| Engineering | $58.0 million | 8.3% | +0.8% | 89 |
| Non-S&E | $38.6 million | 5.5% | +6.4% | 66 |
| Psychology | $13.7 million | 1.9% | +31.2% | 39 |
| Social sciences | $5.0 million | 0.7% | +20.0% | 146 |
| Computer and information sciences | $4.5 million | 0.6% | +12.1% | 144 |
| Other sciences | $4.5 million | 0.6% | +76.5% | 64 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $3.6 million | 0.5% | +4.2% | 152 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $1.2 million | 0.2% | +7.7% | 156 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of Iowa
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of Iowa and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | Boston University | $784.4M |
| 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 |
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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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