Data

Stanford U.

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   1,641,961   1,537,846   1,384,555   1,274,483   1,203,950   1,204,116   1,157,597   1,109,708   1,066,269   1,022,551
    Science   1,420,258   1,330,263   1,197,745   1,093,758   1,028,859   1,024,104   959,810   929,791   886,718   835,500
      Computer and information sciences   28,450   27,907   25,448   23,232   26,512   24,575   25,298   29,276   25,258   20,349
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   39,442   35,299   30,947   21,216   20,216   17,624   18,036   16,079   17,302   32,596
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   235   128   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   23,625   21,971   21,779   11,821   12,021   11,031   10,272   7,124   8,203   13,421
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   6,740   4,292   2,787   2,827   2,713   2,972   3,137   3,924   3,643   4,912
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   9,077   9,036   6,381   6,568   5,482   3,621   4,392   4,903   5,456   14,263
      Life sciences   1,202,386   1,119,445   999,214   905,150   836,401   837,068   780,090   745,123   700,514   647,800
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   296,965   280,092   265,253   242,245   228,842   189,727   188,026   185,054   177,611   218,071
        Health sciences   854,444   795,985   695,772   622,630   572,268   614,159   553,597   518,631   490,594   411,364
        Natural resources and conservation   2,046   1,985   1,699   1,074   1,983   3,933   3,797   3,933   5,686   0
        Life sciences nec   48,931   41,383   36,490   39,201   33,308   29,249   34,670   37,505   26,623   18,365
      Mathematics and statistics   7,695   6,455   6,408   6,070   7,036   4,836   5,505   6,109   7,500   7,477
      Physical sciences   103,675   103,816   101,529   98,672   94,954   95,084   88,010   92,056   100,544   96,039
        Astronomy and astrophysics   5,471   4,028   4,101   4,776   6,031   4,428   8,649   8,045   0   0
        Chemistry   33,855   31,848   29,681   27,849   25,478   25,306   22,807   26,834   26,757   21,619
        Materials science   13,716   15,354   16,916   14,149   11,383   13,238   16,564   20,182   23,506   0
        Physics   48,921   49,870   48,088   47,667   48,826   49,051   35,411   33,393   39,290   8,271
        Physical sciences nec   1,712   2,716   2,743   4,231   3,236   3,061   4,579   3,602   10,991   66,149
      Psychology   14,320   14,151   15,648   16,587   18,866   20,091   18,099   17,832   17,215   15,128
      Social sciences   23,597   22,966   18,390   22,559   24,770   24,038   24,772   23,316   18,385   16,111
        Anthropology   642   371   230   53   291   1,231   2,936   2,281   1,376   0
        Economics   2,608   4,908   4,880   4,613   3,415   4,397   6,079   5,118   3,257   2,600
        Political science and government   9,049   10,270   5,731   5,153   7,490   9,763   890   1,173   1,840   223
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   430   239   547   173   334   594   291   345   337   11,016
        Social sciences nec   10,868   7,178   7,002   12,567   13,240   8,053   14,576   14,399   11,575   2,272
      Sciences nec   693   224   161   272   104   788   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   164,503   158,868   142,213   136,251   130,950   134,585   146,504   125,627   125,633   134,143
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   16,591   17,318   15,995   14,894   15,157   13,315   14,004   14,546   14,365   15,055
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   41,081   36,591   30,636   23,021   26,083   30,806   36,496   24,388   21,905   22,327
      Chemical engineering   21,400   18,629   15,593   19,090   17,176   18,597   20,348   13,060   12,528   9,032
      Civil engineering   11,675   13,823   14,092   12,950   15,130   14,868   15,041   12,496   11,053   12,537
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   22,551   25,789   22,074   25,665   18,285   17,840   19,145   21,781   24,636   31,339
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   6,386   7,259   6,685   6,338   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   30,979   26,550   25,314   23,900   24,302   26,845   29,512   28,174   28,404   28,590
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   12,075   11,489   10,185   8,947   9,972   8,078   5,498   4,537   5,308   5,875
      Engineering nec   1,765   1,420   1,639   1,446   4,845   4,236   6,460   6,645   7,434   9,388
    Non-S&E   57,200   48,715   44,597   44,474   44,141   45,427   51,283   54,290   53,918   52,908
      Business management and business administration   876   549   307   384   432   380   259   663   567   545
      Communication and communications technologies   640   831   865   1,595   890   1,118   1,233   1,624   1,342   1,732
      Education   52,024   44,601   40,158   40,020   41,378   41,889   45,487   46,797   48,318   46,925
      Humanities   1,301   629   307   351   957   1,108   773   794   537   2,188
      Law   1,980   1,778   2,646   1,602   433   624   1,752   2,464   1,841   1,220
      Social work   0   0   0   0   2   6   80   101   117   0
      Visual and performing arts   325   255   131   163   0   4   177   340   429   0
      Non-S&E nec   54   72   183   359   49   298   1,522   1,507   767   298

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

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