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Table 12. Higher education R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: FY 2018

(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 79,285,866 41,945,082 4,307,840 20,395,425 4,718,723 5,439,195 2,479,601
Science 62,293,566 33,611,757 3,206,490 15,481,948 3,552,509 4,563,300 1,877,562
Computer and information sciences 2,401,405 1,630,640 62,355 484,909 119,721 61,718 42,062
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,161,640 2,048,581 171,995 615,755 83,962 146,525 94,822
Atmospheric science and meteorology 608,079 485,737 15,472 79,070 6,783 7,221 13,796
Geological and earth sciences 1,134,428 699,305 56,334 259,841 36,642 41,295 41,011
Ocean sciences and marine sciences 1,058,656 648,156 73,131 203,838 24,324 76,973 32,234
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec 360,477 215,383 27,058 73,006 16,213 21,036 7,781
Life sciences 45,843,545 23,947,015 2,577,350 11,179,455 3,105,378 3,560,770 1,473,577
Agricultural sciences 3,320,947 956,060 864,392 1,095,399 140,703 142,710 121,683
Biological and biomedical sciences 14,554,100 8,589,048 555,099 3,375,332 647,074 1,028,296 359,251
Health sciences 25,938,262 13,453,146 969,000 6,070,613 2,245,693 2,262,053 937,757
Natural resources and conservation 769,376 314,948 129,546 236,939 26,065 41,688 20,190
Life sciences, nec 1,260,860 633,813 59,313 401,172 45,843 86,023 34,696
Mathematics and statistics 753,197 457,150 28,729 210,208 12,820 36,740 7,550
Physical sciences 5,237,556 3,471,660 102,797 1,183,316 135,290 239,537 104,956
Astronomy and astrophysics 667,103 454,394 4,145 136,866 1,599 42,244 27,855
Chemistry 1,876,128 1,136,317 50,015 478,631 75,811 97,147 38,207
Materials science 255,930 162,048 3,353 59,588 16,862 11,433 2,646
Physics 2,203,732 1,564,866 28,577 456,114 38,212 83,027 32,936
Physical sciences, nec 234,663 154,035 16,707 52,117 2,806 5,686 3,312
Psychology 1,262,689 761,904 54,912 329,357 13,858 85,436 17,222
Social sciences 2,746,565 945,478 157,778 1,097,518 43,545 389,725 112,521
Anthropology 121,012 43,407 3,042 58,121 2,181 10,638 3,623
Economics 464,977 102,053 40,960 205,094 12,328 86,386 18,156
Political science and government 443,172 98,089 15,891 220,423 5,723 74,173 28,873
Sociology, demography, and population studies 607,283 285,375 30,637 184,199 5,659 77,159 24,254
Social sciences, nec 1,110,121 416,554 67,248 429,681 17,654 141,369 37,615
Sciences, nec 886,969 349,329 50,574 381,430 37,935 42,849 24,852
Engineering 12,373,843 7,093,291 790,475 2,637,758 1,035,811 373,096 443,412
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,011,811 678,087 40,430 107,035 99,808 3,146 83,305
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,339,652 787,000 64,467 307,557 59,611 71,486 49,531
Chemical engineering 933,523 461,674 43,802 239,422 118,660 43,417 26,548
Civil engineering 1,360,174 592,396 229,770 370,438 80,025 50,534 37,011
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,846,600 1,981,799 68,192 468,568 184,170 70,349 73,522
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 515,034 306,696 27,105 123,562 42,614 9,677 5,380
Mechanical engineering 1,629,349 993,683 60,606 318,155 179,912 40,782 36,211
Metallurgical and materials engineering 763,667 464,981 33,190 158,948 65,142 23,533 17,873
Engineering, nec 1,974,033 826,975 222,913 544,073 205,869 60,172 114,031
Non-S&E 4,618,457 1,240,034 310,875 2,275,719 130,403 502,799 158,627
Business management and business administration 786,056 71,706 27,991 538,136 50,928 55,674 41,621
Communication and communications technologies 171,314 34,279 9,050 93,276 3,330 26,392 4,987
Education 1,487,388 673,774 123,129 439,701 31,159 193,767 25,858
Humanities 513,085 49,997 13,023 361,436 3,667 65,665 19,297
Law 268,330 51,134 13,437 140,484 6,960 40,289 16,026
Social work 251,367 114,073 24,998 79,853 2,516 24,243 5,684
Visual and performing arts 137,364 10,829 6,719 100,375 1,876 12,705 4,860
Non-S&E, nec 1,003,553 234,242 92,528 522,458 29,967 84,064 40,294
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 2017. Institutions reporting less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures in 2017 completed a shorter version of the survey form in FY 2018, and that form 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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2018.