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Table 12. Higher education R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Field All R&D expenditures Source of funds
Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
All R&D fields 75,174,941 40,237,645 4,236,505 18,884,298 4,425,450 5,116,863 2,274,180
Science 58,932,076 32,181,878 3,193,641 14,320,972 3,250,591 4,225,750 1,759,244
Computer and information sciences 2,191,762 1,496,593 57,677 442,261 102,043 56,432 36,756
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,154,446 2,043,970 177,755 616,477 89,509 134,195 92,540
Atmospheric science and meteorology 623,871 503,531 17,543 76,359 6,780 5,134 14,524
Geological and earth sciences 1,086,382 687,222 51,130 237,350 38,424 34,660 37,596
Ocean sciences and marine sciences 1,101,625 656,741 79,633 230,520 26,378 76,638 31,715
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec 342,568 196,476 29,449 72,248 17,927 17,763 8,705
Life sciences 43,095,195 22,741,395 2,566,791 10,272,081 2,822,879 3,314,127 1,377,922
Agricultural sciences 3,282,797 980,108 914,439 1,005,916 131,626 135,334 115,374
Biological and biomedical sciences 13,708,543 8,186,264 567,668 3,108,459 573,096 975,690 297,366
Health sciences 23,983,549 12,670,933 883,358 5,432,342 2,058,107 2,080,897 857,912
Natural resources and conservation 686,729 270,059 115,507 224,501 19,211 35,923 21,528
Life sciences, nec 1,433,577 634,031 85,819 500,863 40,839 86,283 85,742
Mathematics and statistics 701,085 437,227 29,875 190,681 9,493 27,226 6,583
Physical sciences 5,049,175 3,379,321 104,654 1,092,807 135,367 227,091 109,935
Astronomy and astrophysics 648,744 441,944 3,806 129,438 2,386 42,604 28,566
Chemistry 1,792,738 1,098,431 51,844 435,772 77,954 87,998 40,739
Materials science 227,682 142,464 4,480 55,859 12,711 8,153 4,015
Physics 2,154,152 1,543,233 35,798 422,759 38,867 81,531 31,964
Physical sciences, nec 225,859 153,249 8,726 48,979 3,449 6,805 4,651
Psychology 1,242,853 761,049 47,276 310,239 14,665 88,952 20,672
Social sciences 2,550,173 927,572 148,186 1,005,311 39,265 341,902 87,937
Anthropology 111,199 38,548 3,972 53,286 1,892 10,607 2,894
Economics 434,743 110,633 34,001 200,397 9,306 64,012 16,394
Political science and government 404,512 100,126 15,481 188,401 5,467 70,128 24,909
Sociology, demography, and population studies 551,645 280,623 27,450 159,658 5,702 63,909 14,303
Social sciences, nec 1,048,074 397,642 67,282 403,569 16,898 133,246 29,437
Sciences, nec 947,387 394,751 61,427 391,115 37,370 35,825 26,899
Engineering 11,897,397 6,809,025 739,901 2,489,229 1,040,998 456,516 361,728
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 994,422 659,834 42,106 124,574 87,449 60,174 20,285
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,220,451 726,031 66,780 285,099 54,922 64,988 22,631
Chemical engineering 933,776 471,862 46,996 230,574 121,369 41,808 21,167
Civil engineering 1,302,098 556,875 224,147 352,776 83,825 44,044 40,431
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,727,498 1,891,492 76,657 444,058 175,444 58,131 81,716
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 344,224 181,506 20,270 101,238 33,002 4,714 3,494
Mechanical engineering 1,531,092 938,158 61,216 284,730 172,137 34,836 40,015
Metallurgical and materials engineering 736,717 441,399 37,644 147,290 66,008 26,440 17,936
Engineering, nec 2,107,119 941,868 164,085 518,890 246,842 121,381 114,053
Non-S&E 4,345,468 1,246,742 302,963 2,074,097 133,861 434,597 153,208
Business management and business administration 731,868 69,120 28,062 482,295 63,415 49,595 39,381
Communication and communications technologies 205,561 61,268 15,211 95,145 5,134 21,338 7,465
Education 1,380,221 645,652 108,160 399,802 27,306 177,558 21,743
Humanities 498,700 58,939 11,644 338,709 3,965 60,756 24,687
Law 223,829 33,043 11,733 126,417 4,785 33,556 14,295
Social work 236,069 110,797 23,616 68,829 3,198 20,626 9,003
Visual and performing arts 130,807 8,333 9,150 97,685 1,890 8,578 5,171
Non-S&E, nec 938,413 259,590 95,387 465,215 24,168 62,590 31,463
nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering.
NOTE: This table includes only institutions reporting $1 million or more in total R&D expenditures in FY 2016. Institutions reporting less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures in FY 2016 completed a shorter version of the survey form in FY 2017 that did not collect R&D expenditures by source and detailed field. For R&D expenditures by major field at institutions completing the shorter version of the survey, see table 82.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2017.