Field | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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All R&D fieldsa | 44,838,918 | 47,535,201 | 49,645,341 | 51,590,017 | 54,113,750 | 57,288,415 | 61,257,398 | 65,282,162 | 65,744,254 | 67,041,154 |
Science | 36,923,372 | 39,030,577 | 40,663,615 | 41,977,651 | 43,914,300 | 46,214,473 | 49,031,326 | 51,961,223 | 51,929,591 | 52,665,962 |
Computer sciences | 1,403,957 | 1,404,105 | 1,443,055 | 1,430,660 | 1,471,454 | 1,600,447 | 1,637,931 | 1,740,303 | 1,820,430 | 2,068,193 |
Environmental sciences | 2,353,383 | 2,554,468 | 2,601,097 | 2,681,473 | 2,798,750 | 2,923,404 | 2,991,911 | 3,159,392 | 3,179,113 | 3,199,157 |
Atmospheric sciences | 414,583 | 460,020 | 507,583 | 446,184 | 423,055 | 416,826 | 429,355 | 480,884 | 476,379 | 493,687 |
Earth sciences | 827,988 | 919,718 | 897,499 | 910,886 | 950,631 | 1,019,429 | 1,085,000 | 1,139,997 | 1,166,163 | 1,164,119 |
Oceanography | 778,841 | 812,061 | 839,504 | 992,484 | 1,051,136 | 1,077,634 | 1,021,961 | 1,049,541 | 1,025,282 | 1,052,263 |
Environmental sciences, nec | 331,971 | 362,669 | 356,511 | 331,919 | 373,928 | 409,515 | 455,595 | 488,970 | 511,289 | 489,088 |
Life sciences | 25,948,910 | 27,604,138 | 28,803,658 | 29,805,328 | 31,192,916 | 32,778,944 | 34,949,394 | 37,324,082 | 37,187,306 | 37,585,200 |
Agricultural sciences | 2,695,390 | 2,656,770 | 2,796,961 | 2,913,260 | 2,995,518 | 3,055,512 | 2,986,458 | 3,112,217 | 3,296,781 | 3,354,198 |
Biological sciences | 8,152,337 | 8,843,679 | 9,049,032 | 9,207,593 | 9,760,099 | 10,146,059 | 10,934,309 | 11,842,985 | 11,647,067 | 11,725,053 |
Medical sciences | 14,036,843 | 14,877,626 | 15,805,806 | 16,553,616 | 17,254,161 | 18,229,453 | 19,270,320 | 20,401,843 | 20,283,932 | 20,426,577 |
Life sciences, nec | 1,064,340 | 1,226,063 | 1,151,859 | 1,130,859 | 1,183,138 | 1,347,920 | 1,758,307 | 1,967,037 | 1,959,526 | 2,079,372 |
Mathematical sciences | 448,466 | 494,282 | 532,832 | 573,070 | 619,854 | 546,915 | 594,254 | 640,318 | 674,200 | 670,988 |
Physical sciences | 3,546,916 | 3,702,783 | 3,813,770 | 3,863,269 | 3,931,833 | 4,282,795 | 4,621,945 | 4,782,584 | 4,724,222 | 4,646,023 |
Astronomy | 420,391 | 454,354 | 469,955 | 467,604 | 539,112 | 578,406 | 572,517 | 583,098 | 706,006 | 558,467 |
Chemistry | 1,318,137 | 1,371,984 | 1,414,311 | 1,460,415 | 1,486,721 | 1,582,562 | 1,749,897 | 1,784,665 | 1,750,134 | 1,706,470 |
Physics | 1,522,056 | 1,596,290 | 1,611,248 | 1,615,766 | 1,606,997 | 1,869,890 | 1,998,184 | 2,121,738 | 1,998,915 | 2,093,374 |
Physical sciences, nec | 286,332 | 280,155 | 318,256 | 319,484 | 299,003 | 251,937 | 301,347 | 293,083 | 269,167 | 287,712 |
Psychology | 782,464 | 825,009 | 875,641 | 872,547 | 925,069 | 972,319 | 1,078,419 | 1,158,638 | 1,188,397 | 1,151,702 |
Social sciences | 1,674,842 | 1,684,610 | 1,706,003 | 1,803,115 | 1,949,741 | 2,080,953 | 1,996,708 | 2,064,104 | 2,053,548 | 2,170,024 |
Economics | 317,210 | 324,685 | 339,800 | 349,313 | 398,730 | 379,720 | 349,862 | 387,314 | 383,859 | 407,157 |
Political sciences | 307,351 | 323,053 | 317,044 | 348,310 | 339,294 | 368,887 | 374,444 | 370,307 | 390,145 | 426,837 |
Sociology | 355,145 | 370,468 | 399,697 | 397,748 | 403,226 | 408,444 | 420,271 | 432,795 | 459,396 | 480,943 |
Social sciences, nec | 695,136 | 666,404 | 649,462 | 707,744 | 808,491 | 923,902 | 852,131 | 873,688 | 820,148 | 855,087 |
Sciences, nec | 764,434 | 761,182 | 887,559 | 948,189 | 1,024,683 | 1,028,696 | 1,160,764 | 1,091,802 | 1,102,375 | 1,174,675 |
Engineering | 6,314,421 | 6,743,373 | 7,095,085 | 7,517,262 | 7,957,504 | 8,648,525 | 9,328,730 | 10,039,932 | 10,292,014 | 10,728,685 |
Aeronautical and astronautical engineering | 436,567 | 445,170 | 385,254 | 471,097 | 537,251 | 613,828 | 635,234 | 667,767 | 662,449 | 689,535 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 370,149 | 419,625 | 477,119 | 539,137 | 601,908 | 648,099 | 744,124 | 816,842 | 871,367 | 885,487 |
Chemical engineering | 492,836 | 505,975 | 560,005 | 598,944 | 655,603 | 695,842 | 820,941 | 918,272 | 908,094 | 909,377 |
Civil engineering | 788,877 | 787,548 | 858,346 | 862,260 | 924,620 | 980,451 | 1,106,954 | 1,209,470 | 1,233,834 | 1,295,907 |
Electrical engineering | 1,437,893 | 1,581,700 | 1,615,996 | 1,636,983 | 1,704,953 | 1,844,482 | 2,053,479 | 2,209,781 | 2,314,629 | 2,413,861 |
Mechanical engineering | 874,933 | 935,302 | 1,048,506 | 1,126,726 | 1,162,428 | 1,243,910 | 1,460,936 | 1,558,093 | 1,551,399 | 1,647,297 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 565,367 | 612,016 | 643,244 | 632,941 | 646,523 | 688,225 | 703,915 | 738,056 | 757,136 | 812,011 |
Engineering, nec | 1,347,799 | 1,456,037 | 1,506,615 | 1,649,174 | 1,724,218 | 1,933,688 | 1,803,147 | 1,921,651 | 1,993,106 | 2,075,210 |
Non-S&Ea | 1,601,125 | 1,761,251 | 1,886,641 | 2,095,104 | 2,241,946 | 2,425,417 | 2,897,342 | 3,281,007 | 3,522,649 | 3,646,507 |
Business and management | 216,807 | 220,187 | 247,335 | 276,280 | 329,931 | 343,916 | 368,242 | 399,864 | 442,629 | 476,224 |
Communications, journalism, and library science | 73,732 | 75,582 | 84,784 | 90,832 | 89,203 | 107,484 | 129,891 | 153,546 | 159,724 | 148,771 |
Education | 711,323 | 766,416 | 819,004 | 905,247 | 868,830 | 915,976 | 994,518 | 1,116,383 | 1,231,793 | 1,218,387 |
Humanities | 168,541 | 192,309 | 217,263 | 241,683 | 246,713 | 255,289 | 262,769 | 312,589 | 339,405 | 389,155 |
Law | 52,671 | 63,118 | 69,387 | 74,809 | 90,907 | 107,966 | 98,122 | 124,810 | 131,506 | 173,599 |
Social work | 74,557 | 87,344 | 89,993 | 93,540 | 123,984 | 138,283 | 177,376 | 194,728 | 199,359 | 212,237 |
Visual and performing arts | 37,750 | 42,135 | 46,100 | 46,155 | 59,285 | 72,867 | 66,465 | 77,166 | 84,373 | 88,090 |
Non-S&E, nec | 242,336 | 314,019 | 312,774 | 366,448 | 432,965 | 483,636 | 799,959 | 901,921 | 933,860 | 940,044 |
nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering. |
a Prior to FY 2010, some institution totals for all fields of R&D expenditures may be lower-bound estimates because the National Science Foundation did not attempt to estimate for nonresponse on non-S&E R&D expenditures item prior to FY 2010. |
NOTE: Non-S&E detailed field data may not sum to total non-S&E R&D expenditures because some institutions reporting non-S&E R&D expenditures did not break out total and federal funds by non-S&E fields. |
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey. |
Data from survey cycle FY 2013, as of 31 July 2014. |