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
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
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $849 thousand | 537 |
| FY2011 | $374 thousand | 615 |
| FY2012 | — | — |
| FY2013 | — | — |
| FY2014 | — | — |
| FY2015 | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — |
| FY2018 | — | — |
| FY2019 | — | — |
| FY2020 | — | — |
| FY2021 | — | — |
| FY2022 | $1.7 million | 571 |
| FY2023 | $2.4 million | 555 |
| FY2024 | $2.5 million | 563 |
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.
| Source | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal government | $1.9 million | 74.0% | +20.9% | 493 |
| Institution funds | $395 thousand | 15.8% | −22.5% | 579 |
| State and local government | $254 thousand | 10.1% | −14.2% | 442 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $2 thousand | 0.1% | −80.0% | 754 |
| All sources | $2.5 million | 100.0% | +6.6% | 568 |
Fields of research
The 8 NSF research fields Virginia Military Institute reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and information sciences | $2.1 million | 84.2% | +16.9% | 197 |
| Physical sciences | $109 thousand | 4.3% | +0.9% | 564 |
| Engineering | $81 thousand | 3.2% | −44.9% | 423 |
| Life sciences | $70 thousand | 2.8% | −20.5% | 799 |
| Non-S&E | $56 thousand | 2.2% | −55.9% | 656 |
| Social sciences | $30 thousand | 1.2% | +3.4% | 565 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $29 thousand | 1.2% | −37.0% | 456 |
| Psychology | $21 thousand | 0.8% | — | 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.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 563 | Quinnipiac University | $2.7M |
| 564 | Black Hills State University | $2.6M |
| 565 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | $2.6M |
| 566 | Pittsburg State University | $2.6M |
| 567 | University of Illinois at Springfield | $2.6M |
| 568 | Virginia Military Institute | $2.5M |
| 569 | Calvin University | $2.5M |
| 570 | State University of New York, Buffalo State University | $2.5M |
| 571 | California State University, Stanislaus | $2.4M |
| 572 | Seattle Pacific University | $2.4M |
| 573 | University of Alaska Southeast | $2.4M |
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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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