{"id":240241,"date":"2026-01-22T14:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=240241"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:18:53","slug":"uconnsswnsf-herdsurvey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/01\/uconnsswnsf-herdsurvey\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Social Work Ranks as Top School for Research Expenditures in HERD NSF Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently named the <a href=\"https:\/\/socialwork.uconn.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UConn School of Social Work<\/a> one of the top public schools in the country for total research expenditures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-240246 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw-1019x1024.png\" alt=\"NSF HERD rankings UConn School of Social Work 2024\" width=\"350\" height=\"352\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw-1019x1024.png 1019w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw-768x772.png 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw-1528x1536.png 1528w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw-418x420.png 418w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw-662x665.png 662w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/uconnssw.png 1936w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/352;\" \/><\/a>The NSF\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/ncses.nsf.gov\/surveys\/higher-education-research-development\/2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey<\/a>, placed UConn SSW at No. 7 among public schools, and No. 11 among all schools of social work nationwide in its 2024 report. The HERD Survey measures research and development (R&amp;D) expenditures at universities and colleges across the United States, noting how funding sources\u2014 federal, state, foundation, etc.\u2014are specifically allocated to produce research outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Research funding is central to advancing most scholarly agendas and reflects recognition of, and confidence in, our work by the broader scientific community,&#8221; explains Laura Curran, dean and professor at UConn School of Social Work.<\/p>\n<p>The HERD Survey collects information from over 900 institutions annually.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UConn SSW\u2019s rise in this list reflects strong faculty scholarship, success in securing competitive research funding, and increasing national impact,&#8221; says Jennifer Manuel, associate dean of research and professor at UConn School of Social Work. \u201cThis achievement reflects the growing impact of UConn Social Work research and the strength of our faculty\u2019s commitment to generating knowledge that informs policy, practice, and social change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSF&#8217;s Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey lists UConn SSW at No. 7 among public schools and No. 11 among all schools of social work nationwide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":240245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076,1870],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2514],"class_list":["post-240241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-ssw"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 12:18:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240241"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240267,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240241\/revisions\/240267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/240245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240241"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=240241"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=240241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}