University of Maine at Augusta research and development spending, FY2024
- Augusta, ME
- Public
- Short form filer
University of Maine at Augusta in FY2024
$312 thousand
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #863 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 1.6%
- Rank change
- down 15
University of Maine at Augusta reported $312 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #863 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 1.6% on FY2023's $317 thousand; its national rank was down 15 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 61.9% ($193 thousand), followed by state and local government at 29.8%. Its largest field of research is computer and information sciences, $166 thousand or 53.2% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2023 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.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure |
|---|---|
| FY2023 | $317 thousand |
| FY2024 | $312 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 University of Maine at Augusta 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 | $193 thousand | 61.9% | −35.0% | 672 |
| State and local government | $93 thousand | 29.8% | — | 512 |
| Federal government | $23 thousand | 7.4% | +27.8% | 889 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $3 thousand | 1.0% | +50.0% | 745 |
| All sources | $312 thousand | 100.0% | −1.6% | 863 |
Fields of research
The 4 NSF research fields University of Maine at Augusta reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and information sciences | $166 thousand | 53.2% | −16.6% | 385 |
| Life sciences | $77 thousand | 24.7% | +28.3% | 794 |
| Other sciences | $39 thousand | 12.5% | — | 254 |
| Social sciences | $30 thousand | 9.6% | −11.8% | 565 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of Maine at Augusta
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of Maine at Augusta and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking, and the one institution tied with it — a shared rank is a real tie in NSF's data, not a rounding artefact.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 858 | Doane University | $345K |
| 859 | Austin College | $344K |
| 860 | Indiana University, Northwest | $342K |
| 861 | Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | $327K |
| 862 | Gordon College | $317K |
| 863 | University of Maine at Augusta | $312K |
| 863 | Valdosta State University | $312K |
| 865 | Hamline University | $310K |
| 866 | Marist College | $308K |
| 866 | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce | $308K |
| 868 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | $306K |
| 869 | Coppin State University | $304K |
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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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