Table A-15. Imputed amounts for total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures at institutions in the HERD survey population, by R&D field: FY 2014

(Dollars in millions)

R&D field Total Federally financed
All separately budgeted R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total All separately budgeted R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total
All R&D fields 67,155 97 0.1 37,922 61 0.2
All science and engineering 63,743 1,170 1.8 36,795 100 0.3
Computer sciences 1,927 25 1.3 1,390 2 0.2
Environmental sciences 3,249 32 1.0 2,071 9 0.4
Atmospheric sciences 501 2 0.5 389 1 0.1
Earth sciences 1,159 17 1.5 740 6 0.8
Oceanography 1,072 4 0.4 664 1 0.1
Environmental sciences, nec 518 8 1.6 278 1 0.5
Life sciences 37,921 790 2.1 21,220 54 0.2
Agricultural sciences 3,373 80 2.4 1,075 9 0.8
Biological sciences 11,704 264 2.3 7,230 24 0.3
Medical sciences 20,686 376 1.8 11,700 14 0.1
Life sciences, nec 2,158 71 3.3 1,216 7 0.6
Mathematical sciences 658 18 2.7 441 1 0.2
Physical sciences 4,617 75 1.6 3,156 6 0.2
Astronomy 567 5 0.9 381 0 0.0
Chemistry 1,724 34 2.0 1,080 4 0.3
Physics 2,056 30 1.5 1,510 2 0.1
Physical sciences, nec 270 7 2.5 185 1 0.4
Psychology 1,141 15 1.3 751 2 0.2
Social sciences 2,210 69 3.1 920 9 1.0
Economics 429 20 4.6 139 0 0.2
Political sciences 426 11 2.7 146 0 0.2
Sociology 504 17 3.4 252 1 0.4
Social sciences, nec 852 21 2.4 384 8 2.1
Sciences, nec 1,046 12 1.1 424 0 0.1
Engineering 10,974 134 1.2 6,422 15 0.2
Aeronautical and astronautical engineering 663 7 1.1 475 0 0.1
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 953 12 1.3 606 1 0.1
Chemical engineering 907 17 1.9 472 1 0.2
Civil engineering 1,256 8 0.7 578 1 0.2
Electrical engineering 2,477 26 1.0 1,741 3 0.1
Mechanical engineering 1,508 23 1.5 950 2 0.2
Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,198 9 0.8 491 5 1.1
Engineering, nec 2,014 32 1.6 1,109 2 0.2
All non-science and engineering 3,412 141 4.1 1,127 12 1.0
Business and management 483 21 4.4 78 1 1.8
Communications, journalism, and library science 167 12 6.9 54 0 0.1
Education 1,242 52 4.2 661 7 1.0
Humanities 399 28 6.9 76 0 0.0
Law 148 3 1.7 24 1 3.0
Social work 225 2 0.9 106 0 0.1
Visual and performing arts 96 5 5.6 9 0 0.7
Non-science and engineering, nec 652 24 3.7 119 5 4.4