University of Wisconsin-River Falls research and development spending, FY2024

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University of Wisconsin-River Falls in FY2024

$2.8 million

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

National rank
#549 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 2.7%
Rank change
down 20

University of Wisconsin-River Falls reported $2.8 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #549 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 2.7% on FY2023's $2.8 million; its national rank was down 20 places. State and local government is its largest funding source at 75.9% ($2.2 million), followed by federal government at 20.2%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $2.5 million or 86.3% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of Wisconsin-River Falls research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $441 thousand in FY2010 to $2.8 million in FY2024, broken across 7 unreported years. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$712K$1.4M$2.1M$2.8MFY2010FY2020FY2024

Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series. The line breaks at FY2012, FY2013, FY2014, FY2015, FY2016, FY2019, FY2022, which University of Wisconsin-River Falls did not report.

Year-by-year figures
University of Wisconsin-River Falls research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$441 thousand564
FY2011$551 thousand601
FY2012——
FY2013——
FY2014——
FY2015——
FY2016——
FY2017$1.1 million575
FY2018$923 thousand589
FY2019——
FY2020$1.1 million591
FY2021$999 thousand599
FY2022——
FY2023$2.8 million527
FY2024$2.8 million547

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 5 NSF funding sources University of Wisconsin-River Falls reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

University of Wisconsin-River Falls research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
State and local government$2.2 million75.9%+17.9%241
Federal government$575 thousand20.2%+4.4%664
Institution funds$54 thousand1.9%+38.5%766
Business$37 thousand1.3%−82.6%459
Nonprofit organizations$21 thousand0.7%—684
All sources$2.8 million100.0%+2.7%549

Fields of research

The 5 NSF research fields University of Wisconsin-River Falls reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of Wisconsin-River Falls research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$2.5 million86.3%+15.7%381
Non-S&E$187 thousand6.6%−19.4%557
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$107 thousand3.8%—411
Physical sciences$90 thousand3.2%−75.9%581
Engineering$5 thousand0.2%−88.1%490

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of Wisconsin-River Falls and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Wisconsin-River Falls, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
544Eastern Washington University$3.0M
545University of Louisiana at Monroe$2.9M
546Lewis & Clark College$2.9M
547College of New Jersey, The$2.9M
548Merrimack College$2.9M
549University of Wisconsin-River Falls$2.8M
550Northeastern Illinois University$2.8M
551St. Lawrence University$2.8M
552Kettering University$2.8M
553University of South Carolina Upstate$2.8M
554Skidmore College$2.8M

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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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