University of Missouri, Kansas City research and development spending, FY2024
- Kansas City, MO
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
University of Missouri, Kansas City in FY2024
$57.0 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #228 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 4.5%
- Rank change
- down 7
University of Missouri, Kansas City reported $57.0 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #228 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 4.5% on FY2023's $54.6 million; its national rank was down 7 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 48.5% ($27.6 million), followed by institution funds at 35.8%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $20.9 million or 36.7% 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 | $30.2 million | 227 |
| FY2011 | $32.8 million | 222 |
| FY2012 | $29.2 million | 231 |
| FY2013 | $28.8 million | 228 |
| FY2014 | $29.2 million | 225 |
| FY2015 | $26.6 million | 231 |
| FY2016 | $26.3 million | 236 |
| FY2017 | $25.1 million | 240 |
| FY2018 | $25.1 million | 242 |
| FY2019 | $32.0 million | 233 |
| FY2020 | $36.4 million | 227 |
| FY2021 | $33.9 million | 232 |
| FY2022 | $52.7 million | 207 |
| FY2023 | $54.6 million | 221 |
| FY2024 | $57.0 million | 228 |
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 Missouri, Kansas City 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 | $27.6 million | 48.5% | −1.7% | 227 |
| Institution funds | $20.4 million | 35.8% | +2.0% | 210 |
| All other sources | $3.8 million | 6.7% | −16.0% | 118 |
| State and local government | $2.5 million | 4.4% | +650.6% | 226 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $2.1 million | 3.7% | +127.5% | 216 |
| Business | $473 thousand | 0.8% | −18.7% | 293 |
| All sources | $57.0 million | 100.0% | +4.5% | 228 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields University of Missouri, Kansas City reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $20.9 million | 36.7% | −23.9% | 208 |
| Engineering | $17.7 million | 31.1% | +4.6% | 156 |
| Non-S&E | $6.9 million | 12.0% | +73.1% | 201 |
| Psychology | $4.2 million | 7.4% | +488.1% | 122 |
| Computer and information sciences | $2.8 million | 4.9% | +107.1% | 179 |
| Physical sciences | $1.9 million | 3.4% | +24.2% | 257 |
| Other sciences | $1.7 million | 3.0% | +4.6% | 96 |
| Social sciences | $740 thousand | 1.3% | +45.7% | 270 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $143 thousand | 0.3% | −63.1% | 373 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of Missouri, Kansas City
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of Missouri, Kansas City and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 223 | Kent State University | $61.4M |
| 224 | Nova Southeastern University | $60.6M |
| 225 | State University of New York, Upstate Medical University | $59.5M |
| 226 | Boise State University | $57.7M |
| 227 | Catholic University of America, The | $57.7M |
| 228 | University of Missouri, Kansas City | $57.0M |
| 229 | University of Denver | $55.6M |
| 230 | Morgan State University | $55.5M |
| 231 | Air Force Institute of Technology | $54.2M |
| 232 | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | $54.0M |
| 233 | United States Air Force Academy | $53.2M |
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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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