Virginia Military Institute research and development spending, FY2024

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Virginia Military Institute in FY2024

$2.5 million

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

National rank
#568 of 925
Change on FY2023
up 6.6%
Rank change
down 8

Virginia Military Institute reported $2.5 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #568 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 6.6% on FY2023's $2.4 million; its national rank was down 8 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 74.0% ($1.9 million), followed by institution funds at 15.8%. Its largest field of research is computer and information sciences, $2.1 million or 84.2% of the total.

Over time

Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024

Virginia Military Institute research and development expenditures, FY2010 to FY2024A line from $849 thousand in FY2010 to $2.5 million in FY2024, broken across 10 unreported years. Every plotted figure is in the table below.$0$627K$1.3M$1.9M$2.5MFY2010FY2024

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, FY2017, FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, which Virginia Military Institute did not report.

Year-by-year figures
Virginia Military Institute research and development expenditures by fiscal year, NSF HERD.
Fiscal yearR&D expenditureRank in series
FY2010$849 thousand537
FY2011$374 thousand615
FY2012
FY2013
FY2014
FY2015
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022$1.7 million571
FY2023$2.4 million555
FY2024$2.5 million563

FY2024 breakdown

Where the money came from, and what it paid for

FY2024 funding sources and research fields

Funding sources

The 4 NSF funding sources Virginia Military Institute reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.

Virginia Military Institute research and development expenditures by funding source, NSF HERD FY2024.
SourceFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Federal government$1.9 million74.0%+20.9%493
Institution funds$395 thousand15.8%−22.5%579
State and local government$254 thousand10.1%−14.2%442
Nonprofit organizations$2 thousand0.1%−80.0%754
All sources$2.5 million100.0%+6.6%568

Fields of research

The 8 NSF research fields Virginia Military Institute reported in FY2024, largest first.

Virginia Military Institute research and development expenditures by field of research, NSF HERD FY2024.
FieldFY2024ShareChange on FY2023US rank
Computer and information sciences$2.1 million84.2%+16.9%197
Physical sciences$109 thousand4.3%+0.9%564
Engineering$81 thousand3.2%−44.9%423
Life sciences$70 thousand2.8%−20.5%799
Non-S&E$56 thousand2.2%−55.9%656
Social sciences$30 thousand1.2%+3.4%565
Mathematics and statistics$29 thousand1.2%−37.0%456
Psychology$21 thousand0.8%481

Neighbours

Ranked around Virginia Military Institute

Institutions ranked immediately above and below

The five institutions ranked above Virginia Military Institute and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.

Institutions ranked immediately above and below Virginia Military Institute, NSF HERD FY2024.
RankInstitutionFY2024 R&D
563Quinnipiac University$2.7M
564Black Hills State University$2.6M
565University of Wisconsin-Green Bay$2.6M
566Pittsburg State University$2.6M
567University of Illinois at Springfield$2.6M
568Virginia Military Institute$2.5M
569Calvin University$2.5M
570State University of New York, Buffalo State University$2.5M
571California State University, Stanislaus$2.4M
572Seattle Pacific University$2.4M
573University of Alaska Southeast$2.4M

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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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