University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The research and development spending, FY2024

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The in FY2024

$869.3 million

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

National rank
#43 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 8.6%
Rank change
up 1

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The reported $869.3 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #43 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 8.6% on FY2023's $800.4 million; its national rank was up 1 place. Federal government is its largest funding source at 41.4% ($359.7 million), followed by institution funds at 23.8%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $856.4 million or 98.5% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $419.2 million in FY2010 to $869.3 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$217.3M$434.6M$652.0M$869.3MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$419.2 million42
FY2011$431.9 million44
FY2012$435.1 million43
FY2013$440.6 million44
FY2014$434.6 million46
FY2015$438.8 million49
FY2016$442.7 million49
FY2017$461.8 million50
FY2018$474.3 million52
FY2019$496.7 million53
FY2020$595.9 million47
FY2021$632.1 million46
FY2022$719.0 million44
FY2023$800.4 million44
FY2024$869.3 million43

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 Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$359.7 million41.4%+7.0%57
Institution funds$206.9 million23.8%+8.0%41
State and local government$103.5 million11.9%+8.1%11
All other sources$81.4 million9.4%+25.9%9
Nonprofit organizations$65.3 million7.5%−1.1%32
Business$52.5 million6.0%+13.4%39
All sources$869.3 million100.0%+8.6%43

Fields of research

The 3 NSF research fields University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$856.4 million98.5%+7.0%27
Engineering$11.7 million1.3%189
Psychology$1.2 million0.1%190

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
38Michigan State University$931.8M
39Purdue University, West Lafayette$931.5M
40University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign$906.8M
41Indiana University, Bloomington$897.0M
42Baylor College of Medicine$881.2M
43University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The$869.3M
44University of Alabama at Birmingham, The$865.9M
45Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick$836.8M
46University of Virginia, Charlottesville$813.8M
47University of Utah, The$789.3M
48Boston University$784.4M

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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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