University of Wisconsin-Whitewater research and development spending, FY2024

  • Whitewater, WI
  • Public
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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in FY2024

$463 thousand

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

National rank
#817 of 925
Change on FY2023
down 13.6%
Rank change
down 43

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater reported $463 thousand of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #817 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is down 13.6% on FY2023's $536 thousand; its national rank was down 43 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 29.6% ($137 thousand), followed by state and local government at 22.9%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $154 thousand or 33.3% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $718 thousand in FY2010 to $463 thousand in FY2024. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$230K$461K$691K$921KFY2010FY2015FY2020FY2024

This institution files the short form, which the revised history does not cover; each year's total is the sum of its six funding-source rows as reported that year.

Year-by-year figures
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditure
FY2010$718 thousand
FY2011$791 thousand
FY2012$863 thousand
FY2013$829 thousand
FY2014$921 thousand
FY2015$614 thousand
FY2016$698 thousand
FY2017$782 thousand
FY2018$685 thousand
FY2019$757 thousand
FY2020$736 thousand
FY2021$760 thousand
FY2022$713 thousand
FY2023$536 thousand
FY2024$463 thousand

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

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$137 thousand29.6%−51.1%826
State and local government$106 thousand22.9%+55.9%502
Nonprofit organizations$105 thousand22.7%+176.3%553
All other sources$65 thousand14.0%−8.5%371
Business$50 thousand10.8%−36.7%444
All sources$463 thousand100.0%−13.6%817

Fields of research

The 6 NSF research fields University of Wisconsin-Whitewater reported in FY2024, largest first.

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Life sciences$154 thousand33.3%+63.8%729
Non-S&E$141 thousand30.5%+31.8%585
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences$83 thousand17.9%−7.8%424
Social sciences$65 thousand14.0%−45.8%518
Computer and information sciences$17 thousand3.7%−26.1%539
Other sciences$3 thousand0.6%−96.1%303

Neighbours

Ranked around University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking, and the one institution tied with it — a shared rank is a real tie in NSF's data, not a rounding artefact.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
811Moravian University$486K
813Hendrix College$484K
814Earlham College$478K
815Arkansas Tech University$474K
816MCPHS University$468K
817University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$463K
817Lewis-Clark State College$463K
819Benedictine University$461K
820Bryant University$459K
820State University of New York at New Paltz$459K
822Shaw University$452K
823Northwest Nazarene University$451K

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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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