University of Nebraska at Omaha research and development spending, FY2024

  • Omaha, NE
  • R2
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University of Nebraska at Omaha in FY2024

$35.1 million

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

National rank
#256 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 13.9%
Rank change
up 6

University of Nebraska at Omaha reported $35.1 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #256 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 13.9% on FY2023's $30.8 million; its national rank was up 6 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 72.0% ($25.3 million), followed by institution funds at 13.8%. Its largest field of research is other sciences, $10.0 million or 28.5% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of Nebraska at Omaha research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $9.0 million in FY2010 to $35.1 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$8.8M$17.6M$26.4M$35.1MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.

Year-by-year figures
University of Nebraska at Omaha research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$9.0 million314
FY2011$9.5 million314
FY2012$8.4 million332
FY2013$9.2 million319
FY2014$9.2 million314
FY2015$9.4 million319
FY2016$10.5 million318
FY2017$12.1 million311
FY2018$12.9 million308
FY2019$14.3 million298
FY2020$16.1 million288
FY2021$19.0 million277
FY2022$24.3 million267
FY2023$30.8 million262
FY2024$35.1 million256

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

University of Nebraska at Omaha research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$25.3 million72.0%+14.5%229
Institution funds$4.9 million13.8%−0.6%316
State and local government$3.5 million9.9%+9.5%194
Nonprofit organizations$1.3 million3.8%+162.1%257
Business$79 thousand0.2%+29.5%409
All other sources$75 thousand0.2%−26.5%362
All sources$35.1 million100.0%+13.9%256

Fields of research

The 10 NSF research fields University of Nebraska at Omaha reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of Nebraska at Omaha research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Other sciences$10.0 million28.5%+8.9%43
Life sciences$9.0 million25.7%+24.4%270
Computer and information sciences$5.7 million16.1%−4.3%123
Social sciences$4.4 million12.6%+34.7%156
Engineering$1.9 million5.5%+8.6%261
Non-S&E$1.5 million4.3%−16.2%337
Physical sciences$1.3 million3.8%+139.4%280
Mathematics and statistics$589 thousand1.7%−9.7%198
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$346 thousand1.0%+95.5%300
Psychology$297 thousand0.8%+34.4%299

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Nebraska at Omaha

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of Nebraska at Omaha and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Nebraska at Omaha, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
251Oakland University$38.5M
252California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo$38.1M
253Illinois Institute of Technology$38.0M
254State University of New York, Downstate Health Sciences University$37.3M
255Tennessee Technological University$36.4M
256University of Nebraska at Omaha$35.1M
257Tennessee State University$35.0M
258Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University$35.0M
259Northern Illinois University$34.5M
260Illinois State University$34.2M
261Teachers College, Columbia University$34.1M

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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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