Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research and development spending, FY2024
- Woods Hole, MA
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in FY2024
$308.2 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #109 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 7.1%
- Rank change
- down 1
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reported $308.2 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #109 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 7.1% on FY2023's $287.8 million; its national rank was down 1 place. Federal government is its largest funding source at 81.2% ($250.1 million), followed by all other sources at 7.1%. Its largest field of research is geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, $211.9 million or 68.7% 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 | $181.7 million | 100 |
| FY2011 | $198.8 million | 95 |
| FY2012 | $204.4 million | 92 |
| FY2013 | $198.2 million | 95 |
| FY2014 | $220.0 million | 91 |
| FY2015 | $216.6 million | 94 |
| FY2016 | $212.4 million | 97 |
| FY2017 | $194.1 million | 106 |
| FY2018 | $204.4 million | 108 |
| FY2019 | $229.1 million | 104 |
| FY2020 | $227.6 million | 105 |
| FY2021 | $262.0 million | 102 |
| FY2022 | $255.0 million | 108 |
| FY2023 | $287.8 million | 108 |
| FY2024 | $308.2 million | 109 |
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 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 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 | $250.1 million | 81.2% | +4.9% | 76 |
| All other sources | $22.0 million | 7.1% | +30.2% | 43 |
| Institution funds | $15.4 million | 5.0% | −1.0% | 226 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $12.2 million | 4.0% | +16.9% | 110 |
| Business | $7.1 million | 2.3% | +30.2% | 121 |
| State and local government | $1.4 million | 0.4% | +54.2% | 287 |
| All sources | $308.2 million | 100.0% | +7.1% | 109 |
Fields of research
The 2 NSF research fields Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $211.9 million | 68.7% | +8.9% | 2 |
| Engineering | $96.3 million | 31.3% | +3.3% | 54 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 104 | Florida International University | $325.8M |
| 105 | Medical University of South Carolina | $321.0M |
| 106 | State University of New York, Stony Brook University | $319.3M |
| 107 | Temple University | $315.0M |
| 108 | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, The | $312.8M |
| 109 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $308.2M |
| 110 | Rockefeller University, The | $305.3M |
| 111 | University of California, Santa Barbara | $303.4M |
| 112 | Wayne State University | $291.7M |
| 113 | University of Central Florida | $284.9M |
| 114 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | $281.7M |
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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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