Yale University research and development spending, FY2024
- New Haven, CT
- R1
- Private nonprofit
- Standard form filer
Yale University in FY2024
$1.5 billion
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #16 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 14.5%
- Rank change
- up 4
Yale University reported $1.5 billion of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #16 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 14.5% on FY2023's $1.3 billion; its national rank was up 4 places. Federal government is its largest funding source at 55.6% ($845.1 million), followed by institution funds at 28.5%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $1.3 billion or 87.0% 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 | $623.5 million | 24 |
| FY2011 | $657.0 million | 25 |
| FY2012 | $656.6 million | 27 |
| FY2013 | $788.8 million | 21 |
| FY2014 | $772.8 million | 22 |
| FY2015 | $803.0 million | 21 |
| FY2016 | $881.8 million | 18 |
| FY2017 | $951.1 million | 15 |
| FY2018 | $990.4 million | 15 |
| FY2019 | $1.1 billion | 16 |
| FY2020 | $1.1 billion | 17 |
| FY2021 | $1.2 billion | 15 |
| FY2022 | $1.2 billion | 21 |
| FY2023 | $1.3 billion | 20 |
| FY2024 | $1.5 billion | 16 |
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 Yale University 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 | $845.1 million | 55.6% | +14.0% | 17 |
| Institution funds | $432.7 million | 28.5% | +6.9% | 8 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $129.9 million | 8.5% | +39.1% | 11 |
| Business | $102.9 million | 6.8% | +28.3% | 14 |
| All other sources | $6.4 million | 0.4% | +13.2% | 91 |
| State and local government | $2.8 million | 0.2% | +66.2% | 218 |
| All sources | $1.5 billion | 100.0% | +14.5% | 16 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Yale University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $1.3 billion | 87.0% | +14.5% | 5 |
| Physical sciences | $68.4 million | 4.5% | +8.5% | 28 |
| Engineering | $45.3 million | 3.0% | +12.8% | 108 |
| Social sciences | $23.2 million | 1.5% | +19.2% | 45 |
| Non-S&E | $21.6 million | 1.4% | +39.5% | 102 |
| Computer and information sciences | $12.8 million | 0.8% | +14.8% | 72 |
| Psychology | $12.2 million | 0.8% | +10.3% | 49 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $9.8 million | 0.6% | +28.5% | 90 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $4.5 million | 0.3% | +15.5% | 56 |
| Other sciences | $446 thousand | 0.0% | −46.2% | 158 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Yale University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Yale University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The | $1.6B |
| 12 | Ohio State University, The | $1.6B |
| 13 | Duke University | $1.6B |
| 14 | University of Maryland | $1.5B |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology | $1.5B |
| 16 | Yale University | $1.5B |
| 17 | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh | $1.5B |
| 18 | New York University | $1.5B |
| 19 | Harvard University | $1.5B |
| 20 | Columbia University in the City of New York | $1.4B |
| 21 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | $1.4B |
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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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