University of Toledo, The research and development spending, FY2024

  • Toledo, OH
  • R2
  • Public
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University of Toledo, The in FY2024

$73.2 million

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

National rank
#205 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 8.2%
Rank change
down 4

University of Toledo, The reported $73.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #205 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 8.2% on FY2023's $67.7 million; its national rank was down 4 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 56.7% ($41.5 million), followed by institution funds at 31.2%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $35.1 million or 47.9% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of Toledo, The research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $70.4 million in FY2010 to $73.2 million in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$18.5M$37.1M$55.6M$74.1MFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

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

Year-by-year figures
University of Toledo, The research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$70.4 million161
FY2011$74.1 million158
FY2012$68.2 million164
FY2013$69.1 million163
FY2014$61.9 million169
FY2015$52.4 million184
FY2016$50.0 million191
FY2017$50.0 million188
FY2018$50.3 million191
FY2019$55.0 million192
FY2020$54.1 million193
FY2021$53.2 million194
FY2022$64.7 million191
FY2023$67.7 million201
FY2024$73.2 million205

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

University of Toledo, The research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$41.5 million56.7%+9.6%192
Institution funds$22.8 million31.2%+2.5%205
Nonprofit organizations$5.7 million7.7%+74.9%147
State and local government$1.8 million2.4%+8.4%261
Business$1.4 million2.0%−37.7%216
All other sources$34 thousand0.0%−91.4%413
All sources$73.2 million100.0%+8.2%205

Fields of research

The 8 NSF research fields University of Toledo, The reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of Toledo, The research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$35.1 million47.9%+8.1%173
Physical sciences$12.8 million17.5%+9.4%125
Engineering$11.8 million16.1%+2.3%185
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$6.7 million9.2%+10.1%111
Non-S&E$6.5 million8.8%+20.4%206
Psychology$224 thousand0.3%−37.6%326
Mathematics and statistics$73 thousand0.1%+32.7%379
Social sciences$25 thousand0.0%−60.3%577

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Toledo, The

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of Toledo, The and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Toledo, The, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
200University of California, Merced$77.2M
201Touro University, New York$76.9M
202Old Dominion University$76.2M
203University of Massachusetts Boston$74.6M
204Naval Postgraduate School$73.2M
205University of Toledo, The$73.2M
206East Carolina University$72.5M
207City University of New York, The, The City College$71.7M
208Worcester Polytechnic Institute$71.6M
209Stevens Institute of Technology$70.7M
210University of South Alabama$70.1M

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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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