University of South Dakota, The research and development spending, FY2024
- Vermillion, SD
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
University of South Dakota, The in FY2024
$27.9 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #280 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- down 6.5%
- Rank change
- down 16
University of South Dakota, The reported $27.9 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #280 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 6.5% on FY2023's $29.9 million; its national rank was down 16 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 49.5% ($13.8 million), followed by institution funds at 45.8%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $16.7 million or 59.8% 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 | $30.6 million | 223 |
| FY2011 | $29.0 million | 233 |
| FY2012 | $32.0 million | 223 |
| FY2013 | $33.2 million | 218 |
| FY2014 | $30.7 million | 219 |
| FY2015 | $25.7 million | 235 |
| FY2016 | $25.9 million | 237 |
| FY2017 | $28.4 million | 232 |
| FY2018 | $30.9 million | 230 |
| FY2019 | $32.0 million | 232 |
| FY2020 | $29.3 million | 236 |
| FY2021 | $27.5 million | 243 |
| FY2022 | $30.3 million | 247 |
| FY2023 | $29.9 million | 264 |
| FY2024 | $27.9 million | 280 |
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 South Dakota, 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 | $13.8 million | 49.5% | −2.1% | 276 |
| Institution funds | $12.8 million | 45.8% | −2.5% | 247 |
| All other sources | $444 thousand | 1.6% | +22100.0% | 245 |
| State and local government | $419 thousand | 1.5% | −76.7% | 392 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $355 thousand | 1.3% | −54.6% | 403 |
| Business | $89 thousand | 0.3% | +102.3% | 402 |
| All sources | $27.9 million | 100.0% | −6.5% | 280 |
Fields of research
The 9 NSF research fields University of South Dakota, The reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $16.7 million | 59.8% | −4.1% | 219 |
| Physical sciences | $3.7 million | 13.2% | −17.7% | 200 |
| Non-S&E | $3.7 million | 13.1% | +12.7% | 250 |
| Psychology | $1.5 million | 5.5% | −10.3% | 176 |
| Engineering | $1.2 million | 4.3% | +3.9% | 281 |
| Social sciences | $571 thousand | 2.0% | −47.3% | 300 |
| Computer and information sciences | $348 thousand | 1.2% | +4.2% | 315 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $211 thousand | 0.8% | −10.6% | 274 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $18 thousand | 0.1% | — | 489 |
Neighbours
Ranked around University of South Dakota, The
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above University of South Dakota, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 275 | Tuskegee University | $29.7M |
| 276 | Creighton University | $29.3M |
| 277 | City University of New York, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy | $28.6M |
| 278 | Miami University | $28.6M |
| 279 | Fordham University | $28.2M |
| 280 | University of South Dakota, The | $27.9M |
| 281 | Eastern Virginia Medical School | $27.9M |
| 282 | Texas Christian University | $27.7M |
| 283 | Central Michigan University | $27.4M |
| 284 | California State University, Northridge | $27.0M |
| 285 | California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt | $26.6M |
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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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