Field | All R&D expenditures |
Federal government |
State and local government |
Institution funds |
Business | Nonprofit organizations |
All other sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 67,041,154 | 39,470,157 | 3,657,725 | 14,973,923 | 3,501,308 | 3,860,093 | 1,577,948 |
Science | 52,665,962 | 31,801,289 | 2,741,699 | 11,261,518 | 2,390,136 | 3,241,949 | 1,229,371 |
Computer sciences | 2,068,193 | 1,552,070 | 41,780 | 322,202 | 82,860 | 37,065 | 32,216 |
Environmental sciences | 3,199,157 | 2,097,153 | 163,632 | 608,285 | 138,306 | 116,586 | 75,195 |
Atmospheric sciences | 493,687 | 398,386 | 15,031 | 57,755 | 11,105 | 6,310 | 5,100 |
Earth sciences | 1,164,119 | 768,129 | 57,417 | 221,672 | 60,667 | 38,743 | 17,491 |
Oceanography | 1,052,263 | 662,173 | 50,601 | 223,407 | 39,705 | 40,014 | 36,363 |
Environmental sciences, nec | 489,088 | 268,465 | 40,583 | 105,451 | 26,829 | 31,519 | 16,241 |
Life sciences | 37,585,200 | 22,250,416 | 2,129,906 | 7,831,158 | 1,873,535 | 2,539,954 | 960,231 |
Agricultural sciences | 3,354,198 | 1,111,845 | 797,878 | 1,085,175 | 146,774 | 132,256 | 80,270 |
Biological sciences | 11,725,053 | 7,640,435 | 491,917 | 2,340,751 | 329,502 | 731,817 | 190,631 |
Medical sciences | 20,426,577 | 12,271,622 | 765,836 | 3,873,172 | 1,336,511 | 1,530,080 | 649,356 |
Life sciences, nec | 2,079,372 | 1,226,514 | 74,275 | 532,060 | 60,748 | 145,801 | 39,974 |
Mathematical sciences | 670,988 | 464,500 | 23,260 | 143,369 | 8,931 | 22,218 | 8,710 |
Physical sciences | 4,646,023 | 3,309,274 | 81,245 | 899,005 | 121,051 | 173,645 | 61,803 |
Astronomy | 558,467 | 400,368 | 1,473 | 97,713 | 6,204 | 38,922 | 13,787 |
Chemistry | 1,706,470 | 1,136,073 | 34,496 | 368,196 | 68,163 | 73,891 | 25,651 |
Physics | 2,093,374 | 1,563,842 | 39,430 | 383,434 | 40,718 | 50,508 | 15,442 |
Physical sciences, nec | 287,712 | 208,991 | 5,846 | 49,662 | 5,966 | 10,324 | 6,923 |
Psychology | 1,151,702 | 789,164 | 35,408 | 229,403 | 16,048 | 67,585 | 14,094 |
Social sciences | 2,170,024 | 897,076 | 186,946 | 752,146 | 48,038 | 227,980 | 57,838 |
Economics | 407,157 | 137,220 | 51,797 | 146,814 | 14,701 | 42,141 | 14,484 |
Political sciences | 426,837 | 143,516 | 21,909 | 176,501 | 5,859 | 64,794 | 14,258 |
Sociology | 480,943 | 237,434 | 27,682 | 140,093 | 10,779 | 54,115 | 10,840 |
Social sciences, nec | 855,087 | 378,906 | 85,558 | 288,738 | 16,699 | 66,930 | 18,256 |
Sciences, nec | 1,174,675 | 441,636 | 79,522 | 475,950 | 101,367 | 56,916 | 19,284 |
Engineering | 10,728,685 | 6,493,109 | 656,684 | 1,999,175 | 1,036,036 | 277,340 | 266,341 |
Aeronautical and astronautical engineering | 689,535 | 513,134 | 19,145 | 74,621 | 72,912 | 4,120 | 5,603 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 885,487 | 557,169 | 48,853 | 168,238 | 49,388 | 46,293 | 15,546 |
Chemical engineering | 909,377 | 478,509 | 46,727 | 179,149 | 157,504 | 30,838 | 16,650 |
Civil engineering | 1,295,907 | 577,440 | 219,106 | 309,542 | 118,588 | 34,167 | 37,064 |
Electrical engineering | 2,413,861 | 1,642,293 | 87,409 | 373,592 | 201,158 | 53,193 | 56,216 |
Mechanical engineering | 1,647,297 | 1,060,876 | 70,115 | 269,867 | 171,473 | 27,638 | 47,328 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 812,011 | 465,297 | 45,520 | 160,972 | 89,029 | 21,605 | 29,588 |
Engineering, nec | 2,075,210 | 1,198,391 | 119,809 | 463,194 | 175,984 | 59,486 | 58,346 |
Non-S&E | 3,646,507 | 1,175,759 | 259,342 | 1,713,230 | 75,136 | 340,804 | 82,236 |
Business and management | 476,224 | 95,311 | 40,156 | 276,839 | 22,368 | 25,924 | 15,626 |
Communications, journalism, and library science | 148,771 | 51,099 | 12,125 | 60,030 | 2,992 | 20,468 | 2,057 |
Education | 1,218,387 | 664,712 | 89,642 | 302,769 | 24,597 | 119,732 | 16,935 |
Humanities | 389,155 | 77,142 | 11,478 | 232,409 | 2,853 | 52,319 | 12,954 |
Law | 173,599 | 22,586 | 7,836 | 105,138 | 3,713 | 26,450 | 7,876 |
Social work | 212,237 | 111,673 | 22,599 | 49,018 | 1,591 | 23,333 | 4,023 |
Visual and performing arts | 88,090 | 7,056 | 4,950 | 64,068 | 2,302 | 7,161 | 2,553 |
Non-S&E, nec | 940,044 | 146,180 | 70,556 | 622,959 | 14,720 | 65,417 | 20,212 |
nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering. |
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2013. |
Data from survey cycle FY 2013, as of 31 July 2014. |