University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The research and development spending, FY2024
- Dallas, TX
- S4Y-R
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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
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 | $419.2 million | 42 |
| FY2011 | $431.9 million | 44 |
| FY2012 | $435.1 million | 43 |
| FY2013 | $440.6 million | 44 |
| FY2014 | $434.6 million | 46 |
| FY2015 | $438.8 million | 49 |
| FY2016 | $442.7 million | 49 |
| FY2017 | $461.8 million | 50 |
| FY2018 | $474.3 million | 52 |
| FY2019 | $496.7 million | 53 |
| FY2020 | $595.9 million | 47 |
| FY2021 | $632.1 million | 46 |
| FY2022 | $719.0 million | 44 |
| FY2023 | $800.4 million | 44 |
| FY2024 | $869.3 million | 43 |
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.
| Source | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $359.7 million | 41.4% | +7.0% | 57 |
| Institution funds | $206.9 million | 23.8% | +8.0% | 41 |
| State and local government | $103.5 million | 11.9% | +8.1% | 11 |
| All other sources | $81.4 million | 9.4% | +25.9% | 9 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $65.3 million | 7.5% | −1.1% | 32 |
| Business | $52.5 million | 6.0% | +13.4% | 39 |
| All sources | $869.3 million | 100.0% | +8.6% | 43 |
Fields of research
The 3 NSF research fields University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $856.4 million | 98.5% | +7.0% | 27 |
| Engineering | $11.7 million | 1.3% | — | 189 |
| Psychology | $1.2 million | 0.1% | — | 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.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Michigan State University | $931.8M |
| 39 | Purdue University, West Lafayette | $931.5M |
| 40 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | $906.8M |
| 41 | Indiana University, Bloomington | $897.0M |
| 42 | Baylor College of Medicine | $881.2M |
| 43 | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The | $869.3M |
| 44 | University of Alabama at Birmingham, The | $865.9M |
| 45 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick | $836.8M |
| 46 | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | $813.8M |
| 47 | University of Utah, The | $789.3M |
| 48 | Boston University | $784.4M |
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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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