Data

Vanderbilt U. and Vanderbilt U. Medical Center

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   1,327,870   1,253,156   1,086,223   1,019,273   824,803   776,937   738,620   712,036   640,842   647,816
    Science   1,139,545   1,064,967   930,290   882,030   680,043   636,038   614,878   597,726   545,870   559,126
      Computer and information sciences   28,126   24,592   14,617   18,226   0   0   199   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,377   3,637   1,737   1,861   1,919   1,586   3,355   3,608   4,146   4,299
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,377   3,637   1,737   1,861   1,919   1,586   3,355   3,608   4,146   4,299
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,021,073   958,220   846,605   806,323   625,549   581,939   560,124   542,857   495,654   489,531
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   248,421   221,265   194,205   206,202   183,620   172,681   170,095   164,993   142,523   169,129
        Health sciences   770,045   729,531   651,870   599,247   441,313   408,035   388,100   377,186   350,406   279,018
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   13   10   4   228   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,607   7,424   530   861   606   1,219   1,701   678   2,725   41,384
      Mathematics and statistics   1,849   2,323   1,421   1,317   1,689   1,211   1,739   1,762   1,361   1,290
      Physical sciences   33,650   30,399   28,937   30,077   28,017   28,951   29,053   31,035   28,783   42,365
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   19,505   18,843   17,734   16,401   13,559   12,997   14,798   17,906   16,897   28,687
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   14,145   11,556   11,203   13,676   14,458   15,954   14,239   13,129   11,886   13,678
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   0   0   0
      Psychology   24,242   17,439   15,372   15,687   15,682   15,490   15,501   14,313   10,459   12,159
      Social sciences   28,228   28,357   21,601   8,539   7,187   6,861   4,907   4,151   5,467   6,902
        Anthropology   2,707   2,126   2,306   498   380   334   174   260   342   0
        Economics   5,581   5,229   3,824   1,019   934   454   876   544   645   716
        Political science and government   8,818   8,924   8,098   4,472   3,280   3,438   2,909   3,139   3,988   5,193
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   714   1,085   615   161   9   530   235   208   492   575
        Social sciences nec   10,408   10,993   6,758   2,389   2,584   2,105   713   0   0   418
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,580
    Engineering   83,016   82,313   78,534   86,541   94,674   94,340   87,250   83,560   66,481   60,740
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,688   22,112   21,651   17,168   16,001   17,235   17,011   13,374   10,795   7,223
      Chemical engineering   12,542   11,463   9,456   13,397   13,064   11,476   8,487   7,843   5,540   6,193
      Civil engineering   14,563   14,894   14,050   18,394   17,127   16,623   13,768   13,774   10,424   10,419
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   20,320   21,386   20,748   22,593   34,296   37,686   38,141   39,549   30,401   28,466
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13,366   10,189   10,212   11,685   11,033   8,855   8,415   8,815   9,151   8,318
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   1,537   2,269   2,417   3,304   3,153   2,465   1,428   205   170   121
    Non-S&E   105,309   105,876   77,399   50,702   50,086   46,559   36,492   30,750   28,491   27,950
      Business management and business administration   11,126   11,318   9,349   45   63   11   1,501   820   189   335
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   502
      Education   62,081   59,988   45,325   47,108   47,100   41,757   31,578   23,443   22,510   21,406
      Humanities   2,470   2,370   3,872   1,686   1,466   1,733   1,944   4,002   4,243   3,267
      Law   8,919   9,254   6,860   354   444   270   196   1,704   1,353   2,156
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   7,878   10,060   5,372   1   0   1,749   505   0   2   35
      Non-S&E nec   12,835   12,886   6,621   1,508   1,013   1,039   768   781   194   249

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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