Data

Western Michigan U. and Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   45,157   27,768   25,314   24,541   25,071   21,184   22,372   18,927   19,679   18,942
    Science   20,519   11,335   9,614   10,259   9,565   10,103   11,766   6,912   7,831   9,216
      Computer and information sciences   665   159   169   145   212   258   391   347   93   97
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,043   2,077   1,660   1,402   1,546   1,278   1,575   1,378   982   1,326
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   11   54   67   51   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   3,043   2,077   1,660   1,402   1,535   1,218   1,481   1,279   982   1,284
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   6   27   48   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   42
      Life sciences   8,797   6,080   5,982   6,999   5,488   5,854   6,736   2,649   3,131   2,481
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   6,290   5,019   5,315   5,859   4,532   4,405   4,592   1,103   1,780   1,455
        Health sciences   2,506   1,016   663   1,136   929   1,368   2,127   1,540   187   86
        Natural resources and conservation   1   45   4   4   27   81   17   6   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,164   940
      Mathematics and statistics   1,191   75   21   40   73   159   210   382   652   1,472
      Physical sciences   1,823   1,227   1,148   1,309   1,221   1,266   1,274   1,316   2,233   3,137
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   734   588   611   649   650   587   631   733   820   1,129
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,089   639   537   660   571   679   643   468   1,413   2,008
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   115   0   0
      Psychology   1,580   1,152   302   191   181   864   1,066   425   384   196
      Social sciences   3,312   481   245   169   844   420   506   415   356   507
        Anthropology   181   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   773   20   2   5   20   19   1   1   2   7
        Political science and government   53   15   1   8   1   0   14   0   2   6
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,487   227   83   151   319   265   183   186   121   180
        Social sciences nec   818   217   159   5   504   136   308   228   231   314
      Sciences nec   108   84   87   4   0   4   8   0   0   0
    Engineering   14,491   9,515   8,058   5,091   5,595   5,810   5,921   5,062   5,544   4,284
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   787   563   484   463   385   908   850   658   525   206
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   905   672   717   733   519   203   183   241   0   0
      Chemical engineering   7,067   4,558   4,160   1,138   1,073   1,329   1,287   758   1,601   1,737
      Civil engineering   951   546   483   740   1,995   1,748   1,854   1,809   1,187   722
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   703   662   272   447   576   627   593   206   142   82
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   244   365   31   121   135   189   201   147   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,437   1,147   1,024   527   370   420   457   409   1,101   799
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   207   243   145   379   319   273   347   252   0   0
      Engineering nec   1,190   759   742   543   223   113   149   582   988   738
    Non-S&E   10,147   6,918   7,642   9,191   9,911   5,271   4,685   6,953   6,304   5,442
      Business management and business administration   47   49   52   61   8   11   1   15   32   29
      Communication and communications technologies   0   18   0   19   0   54   22   21   14   22
      Education   6,249   6,369   7,334   8,877   9,737   4,891   3,716   5,595   4,739   4,247
      Humanities   3,142   131   29   49   111   207   379   373   366   134
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   175   276   158   12   0   43   525   893   1,039   938
      Visual and performing arts   58   69   7   160   36   57   41   48   39   34
      Non-S&E nec   476   6   62   13   19   8   1   8   75   38

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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