University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The research and development spending, FY2024
- Greensboro, NC
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The in FY2024
$77.4 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #199 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 27.6%
- Rank change
- up 14
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The reported $77.4 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #199 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 27.6% on FY2023's $60.6 million; its national rank was up 14 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 57.8% ($44.7 million), followed by institution funds at 30.1%. Its largest field of research is non-s&e, $31.2 million or 40.3% 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 | $22.4 million | 250 |
| FY2011 | $26.1 million | 242 |
| FY2012 | $19.1 million | 265 |
| FY2013 | $16.6 million | 275 |
| FY2014 | $20.7 million | 253 |
| FY2015 | $23.0 million | 249 |
| FY2016 | $24.0 million | 246 |
| FY2017 | $23.2 million | 245 |
| FY2018 | $22.7 million | 250 |
| FY2019 | $26.3 million | 246 |
| FY2020 | $29.0 million | 238 |
| FY2021 | $37.0 million | 227 |
| FY2022 | $41.3 million | 228 |
| FY2023 | $60.6 million | 213 |
| FY2024 | $77.4 million | 199 |
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 North Carolina at Greensboro, The 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 | $44.7 million | 57.8% | +14.3% | 186 |
| Institution funds | $23.3 million | 30.1% | +96.2% | 203 |
| State and local government | $6.5 million | 8.4% | −4.9% | 150 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $1.9 million | 2.4% | +4.2% | 228 |
| Business | $606 thousand | 0.8% | +1.5% | 276 |
| All other sources | $306 thousand | 0.4% | −5.0% | 274 |
| All sources | $77.4 million | 100.0% | +27.6% | 199 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-S&E | $31.2 million | 40.3% | +34.0% | 79 |
| Life sciences | $17.2 million | 22.2% | +26.6% | 217 |
| Physical sciences | $11.5 million | 14.9% | +69.0% | 129 |
| Social sciences | $10.0 million | 12.9% | +22.0% | 96 |
| Psychology | $5.8 million | 7.5% | −19.3% | 94 |
| Computer and information sciences | $1.2 million | 1.5% | +8.2% | 226 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $500 thousand | 0.6% | +6.4% | 210 |
| Other sciences | $33 thousand | 0.0% | +83.3% | 257 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $21 thousand | 0.0% | −32.3% | 484 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 194 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | $79.9M |
| 195 | Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans | $79.7M |
| 196 | University of California, Office of the President | $79.3M |
| 197 | Rochester Institute of Technology | $78.5M |
| 198 | American University | $78.4M |
| 199 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The | $77.4M |
| 200 | University of California, Merced | $77.2M |
| 201 | Touro University, New York | $76.9M |
| 202 | Old Dominion University | $76.2M |
| 203 | University of Massachusetts Boston | $74.6M |
| 204 | Naval Postgraduate School | $73.2M |
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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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