University of Michigan, Flint research and development spending, FY2024

  • Flint, MI
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University of Michigan, Flint in FY2024

$2.0 million

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

National rank
#594 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 62.8%
Rank change
up 66

University of Michigan, Flint reported $2.0 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #594 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 62.8% on FY2023's $1.2 million; its national rank was up 66 places. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 62.0% ($1.3 million), followed by federal government at 31.0%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $1.0 million or 51.7% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of Michigan, Flint research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $693 thousand in FY2010 to $2.0 million in FY2024, broken across 7 unreported years. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$506K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0MFY2010FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series. The line breaks at FY2012, FY2013, FY2014, FY2015, FY2016, FY2022, FY2023, which University of Michigan, Flint did not report.

Year-by-year figures
University of Michigan, Flint research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$693 thousand546
FY2011$767 thousand583
FY2012——
FY2013——
FY2014——
FY2015——
FY2016——
FY2017$1.5 million543
FY2018$1.2 million570
FY2019$1.4 million572
FY2020$1.2 million585
FY2021$752 thousand614
FY2022——
FY2023——
FY2024$2.0 million586

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 Michigan, Flint reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of Michigan, Flint research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Institution funds$1.3 million62.0%+39.4%439
Federal government$627 thousand31.0%+143.0%645
Nonprofit organizations$65 thousand3.2%+195.5%596
State and local government$38 thousand1.9%+3700.0%557
All other sources$19 thousand0.9%+26.7%430
Business$19 thousand0.9%−59.6%494
All sources$2.0 million100.0%+62.8%594

Fields of research

The 8 NSF research fields University of Michigan, Flint reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of Michigan, Flint research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Non-S&E$1.0 million51.7%+38.7%373
Computer and information sciences$480 thousand23.7%+458.1%285
Life sciences$301 thousand14.9%+94.2%658
Engineering$142 thousand7.0%+69.0%389
Physical sciences$47 thousand2.3%+14.6%625
Psychology$3 thousand0.1%—552
Social sciences$3 thousand0.1%−62.5%649
Other sciences$1 thousand0.0%−99.1%311

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Michigan, Flint

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of Michigan, Flint and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Michigan, Flint, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
589California Baptist University$2.1M
590Emerson College$2.1M
591Bates College$2.1M
592United States Coast Guard Academy$2.1M
593Ferris State University$2.0M
594University of Michigan, Flint$2.0M
595Lipscomb University$2.0M
596Nevada State University$2.0M
597Hobart and William Smith Colleges$2.0M
598Marshall B. Ketchum University$1.9M
599Macalester College$1.9M

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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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