Van Andel Research Institute research and development spending, FY2024
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Van Andel Research Institute in FY2024
$83.3 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #190 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 3.2%
- Rank change
- held
Van Andel Research Institute reported $83.3 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #190 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 3.2% on FY2023's $80.7 million; its national rank was unchanged. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 48.3% ($40.2 million), followed by federal government at 38.2%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $83.3 million or 100.0% 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 | — | — |
| FY2011 | — | — |
| FY2012 | — | — |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | $40.5 million | 203 |
| FY2016 | $40.0 million | 206 |
| FY2017 | $44.6 million | 198 |
| FY2018 | $55.2 million | 186 |
| FY2019 | $61.7 million | 185 |
| FY2020 | $59.0 million | 188 |
| FY2021 | $65.8 million | 181 |
| FY2022 | $78.6 million | 177 |
| FY2023 | $80.7 million | 190 |
| FY2024 | $83.3 million | 190 |
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 Van Andel Research Institute 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $40.2 million | 48.3% | +11.5% | 170 |
| Federal government | $31.8 million | 38.2% | +2.8% | 217 |
| All other sources | $7.0 million | 8.4% | +2.3% | 88 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $3.1 million | 3.7% | −25.4% | 189 |
| State and local government | $930 thousand | 1.1% | −64.2% | 327 |
| Business | $270 thousand | 0.3% | +74.2% | 337 |
| All sources | $83.3 million | 100.0% | +3.2% | 190 |
Fields of research
The one NSF research field Van Andel Research Institute reported in FY2024.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $83.3 million | 100.0% | +3.2% | 130 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Van Andel Research Institute
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Van Andel Research Institute and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 185 | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, The | $90.6M |
| 186 | Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis | $89.0M |
| 187 | San Jose State University | $88.1M |
| 188 | Florida Atlantic University | $87.9M |
| 189 | Cleveland State University | $85.8M |
| 190 | Van Andel Research Institute | $83.3M |
| 191 | South Dakota State University | $82.2M |
| 192 | North Carolina A&T State University | $81.8M |
| 193 | City University of New York, The, Graduate Center, The | $80.8M |
| 194 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | $79.9M |
| 195 | Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans | $79.7M |
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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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