Research expenditures by university in Missouri, FY2024

15 institutions in Missouri reported to the NSF HERD survey in FY2024, and together they spent $2.0 billion, 1.7% of the US total. Washington University in St. Louis leads at $1.2 billion — #30 nationally, more than 2 times University of Missouri, Columbia's $508.6 million. 14 spent more than in FY2023 and 1 spent less. The list runs down to Northwest Missouri State University at $387 thousand; every name on it links to that institution's own page.

Institutions: 15
FY2024 R&D: $2.0 billion
Share of the US total: 1.7%

The 15 institutions in Missouri ranked by total research and development expenditures, NSF HERD FY2024.
In Missouri	Institution	US rank	FY2024 R&D	Change on FY2023	Rank change
1	Washington University in St. Louis	#30	$1.2B	+6.4%	down 3
2	University of Missouri, Columbia	#70	$508.6M	+10.0%	up 4
3	Saint Louis University	#180	$95.8M	+11.5%	up 3
4	Missouri University of Science and Technology	#211	$69.5M	+13.1%	down 2
5	University of Missouri, Kansas City	#228	$57.0M	+4.5%	down 7
6	Missouri State University	#325	$16.1M	+9.9%	up 5
7	University of Missouri, Saint Louis	#333	$14.7M	+14.8%	up 8
8	Lincoln University, Jefferson City	#383	$9.3M	+13.0%	down 1
9	University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis	#542	$3.0M	−31.5%	down 74
10	Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research	#657	$1.4M	+105.9%	up 85
11	University of Central Missouri	#718	$900K	+25.9%	up 15
12	Kansas City University	#776	$653K	+138.3%	up 89
13	Truman State University	#791	$551K	+73.3%	up 56
14	A.T. Still University of Health Sciences	#840	$401K	+16.2%	down 1
15	Northwest Missouri State University	#847	$387K	+7.5%	down 17
All 15			$2.0B

Rank is a competition rank: two institutions that spent the same share a rank and the next one is skipped. Figures are NSF's own, as revised in the FY2024 release, and are shown to one decimal. How these numbers are built.

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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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