Data

Boise State U.

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   52,989   47,617   46,065   43,307   39,824   41,382   34,992   32,085   31,341   26,568
    Science   32,963   29,938   28,249   24,963   23,840   26,052   22,562   20,990   21,685   17,347
      Computer and information sciences   3,449   3,448   1,686   1,761   1,454   1,565   1,911   2,341   2,634   2,507
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   4,255   2,927   3,129   3,660   3,536   5,633   4,814   7,204   5,353   5,922
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   71   106   68   110   212   118   86   81   1   39
        Geological and earth sciences   3,391   2,114   2,938   3,409   2,780   3,168   2,916   5,522   3,788   5,425
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   51   87   123   7   36   14   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   793   656   36   18   537   2,311   1,798   1,601   1,564   458
      Life sciences   12,924   12,000   12,908   10,616   9,858   8,838   9,022   7,764   10,473   5,271
        Agricultural sciences   1,039   769   603   299   516   168   376   65   0   8
        Biological and biomedical sciences   8,101   8,027   9,570   8,089   7,701   7,428   7,170   5,916   5,661   3,288
        Health sciences   2,373   2,279   1,723   1,343   955   881   1,192   1,557   1,107   1,776
        Natural resources and conservation   1,370   884   1,005   885   686   361   284   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   41   41   7   0   0   0   0   226   3,705   199
      Mathematics and statistics   646   1,550   1,475   1,137   582   1,534   1,528   432   368   431
      Physical sciences   7,828   6,848   5,881   3,788   3,358   3,737   1,117   927   1,203   942
        Astronomy and astrophysics   142   339   197   147   432   767   158   37   2   2
        Chemistry   2,575   1,379   745   857   1,182   900   299   359   444   219
        Materials science   4,597   4,788   4,808   2,582   1,488   1,851   441   0   0   0
        Physics   514   342   131   202   256   219   219   364   660   691
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   167   97   30
      Psychology   324   101   127   171   293   136   112   154   15   2
      Social sciences   2,564   2,458   2,554   3,200   4,232   4,145   3,741   1,533   1,317   1,547
        Anthropology   111   137   36   102   66   49   5   0   0   0
        Economics   86   179   186   190   185   378   285   193   111   151
        Political science and government   416   558   421   786   973   349   287   773   569   898
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   156   81   45   5   0   23   137   140   67   83
        Social sciences nec   1,795   1,503   1,866   2,117   3,008   3,346   3,027   427   570   415
      Sciences nec   973   606   489   630   527   464   317   635   322   725
    Engineering   17,088   14,758   14,918   13,956   11,688   11,907   9,717   9,394   8,270   8,004
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   30   38   90   128   20   48   80   20   54   25
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,741   5,682   4,057   2,855   678   442   384   272   707   878
      Chemical engineering   967   959   529   97   267   185   144   346   276   41
      Civil engineering   750   584   903   864   875   825   527   244   221   157
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,375   2,369   3,033   3,047   2,556   2,457   1,497   1,006   1,192   1,532
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   257   155   354   728   540   593   620   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,235   588   183   139   126   18   59   96   64   134
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,686   2,780   3,493   3,741   4,492   6,407   5,376   6,484   4,464   4,118
      Engineering nec   1,047   1,603   2,276   2,357   2,134   932   1,030   926   1,292   1,119
    Non-S&E   2,938   2,921   2,898   4,388   4,296   3,423   2,713   1,701   1,386   1,217
      Business management and business administration   987   526   689   1,018   518   634   131   127   71   54
      Communication and communications technologies   39   85   51   122   69   3   50   20   1   9
      Education   1,025   1,533   1,502   2,313   2,534   1,984   1,616   987   836   681
      Humanities   314   304   239   318   348   373   654   404   259   290
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   43   4   0   0   0
      Social work   99   79   62   36   50   109   22   31   6   39
      Visual and performing arts   205   282   272   380   640   138   136   121   190   116
      Non-S&E nec   269   112   83   201   137   139   100   11   23   28

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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