Data

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

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   62,063   45,157   27,768   25,314   24,541   25,071   21,184   22,372   18,927   19,679
    Science   28,124   20,519   11,335   9,614   10,259   9,565   10,103   11,766   6,912   7,831
      Computer and information sciences   318   665   159   169   145   212   258   391   347   93
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,180   3,043   2,077   1,660   1,402   1,546   1,278   1,575   1,378   982
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   11   54   67   51   0
        Geological and earth sciences   7,174   3,043   2,077   1,660   1,402   1,535   1,218   1,481   1,279   982
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   6   0   0   0   0   0   6   27   48   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   11,592   8,797   6,080   5,982   6,999   5,488   5,854   6,736   2,649   3,131
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   7,076   6,290   5,019   5,315   5,859   4,532   4,405   4,592   1,103   1,780
        Health sciences   4,508   2,506   1,016   663   1,136   929   1,368   2,127   1,540   187
        Natural resources and conservation   8   1   45   4   4   27   81   17   6   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,164
      Mathematics and statistics   1,246   1,191   75   21   40   73   159   210   382   652
      Physical sciences   1,842   1,823   1,227   1,148   1,309   1,221   1,266   1,274   1,316   2,233
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   825   734   588   611   649   650   587   631   733   820
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,017   1,089   639   537   660   571   679   643   468   1,413
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   115   0
      Psychology   1,899   1,580   1,152   302   191   181   864   1,066   425   384
      Social sciences   3,388   3,312   481   245   169   844   420   506   415   356
        Anthropology   139   181   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,029   773   20   2   5   20   19   1   1   2
        Political science and government   461   53   15   1   8   1   0   14   0   2
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,158   1,487   227   83   151   319   265   183   186   121
        Social sciences nec   601   818   217   159   5   504   136   308   228   231
      Sciences nec   659   108   84   87   4   0   4   8   0   0
    Engineering   16,263   14,491   9,515   8,058   5,091   5,595   5,810   5,921   5,062   5,544
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   977   787   563   484   463   385   908   850   658   525
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   733   905   672   717   733   519   203   183   241   0
      Chemical engineering   6,732   7,067   4,558   4,160   1,138   1,073   1,329   1,287   758   1,601
      Civil engineering   964   951   546   483   740   1,995   1,748   1,854   1,809   1,187
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,213   703   662   272   447   576   627   593   206   142
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   657   244   365   31   121   135   189   201   147   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,273   2,437   1,147   1,024   527   370   420   457   409   1,101
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   228   207   243   145   379   319   273   347   252   0
      Engineering nec   2,486   1,190   759   742   543   223   113   149   582   988
    Non-S&E   17,676   10,147   6,918   7,642   9,191   9,911   5,271   4,685   6,953   6,304
      Business management and business administration   3,382   47   49   52   61   8   11   1   15   32
      Communication and communications technologies   890   0   18   0   19   0   54   22   21   14
      Education   6,810   6,249   6,369   7,334   8,877   9,737   4,891   3,716   5,595   4,739
      Humanities   3,005   3,142   131   29   49   111   207   379   373   366
      Law   1,044   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   205   175   276   158   12   0   43   525   893   1,039
      Visual and performing arts   2,134   58   69   7   160   36   57   41   48   39
      Non-S&E nec   206   476   6   62   13   19   8   1   8   75

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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