Data

Brigham Young U., Provo

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   137,748   45,610   43,916   38,569   39,582   40,755   43,406   42,304   39,126   38,051
    Science   64,453   21,135   19,591   17,867   19,274   19,449   21,887   21,540   18,415   16,936
      Computer and information sciences   7,241   1,533   929   1,350   1,578   1,716   2,151   1,495   1,022   866
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,351   787   853   461   567   302   627   586   464   370
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,351   787   853   461   567   302   627   586   464   370
        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   27,160   10,040   9,660   9,218   9,121   10,262   10,858   10,704   7,742   8,233
        Agricultural sciences   4,942   2,955   3,186   2,559   2,583   2,766   4,254   5,459   3,570   3,704
        Biological and biomedical sciences   15,754   5,141   5,012   5,643   5,135   6,548   5,910   4,701   4,051   4,443
        Health sciences   5,894   1,639   1,349   946   1,354   837   515   315   37   46
        Natural resources and conservation   13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   557   305   113   70   49   111   179   229   84   40
      Mathematics and statistics   5,651   769   483   348   614   799   1,335   1,417   1,593   1,491
      Physical sciences   10,717   6,726   6,357   5,268   5,854   4,905   4,894   5,172   4,869   3,477
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   5,015   3,638   4,020   3,234   3,158   2,942   3,025   3,432   3,125   1,802
        Materials science   0   502   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   5,702   2,586   2,337   2,034   2,696   1,963   1,869   1,740   1,744   1,675
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,863   400   382   298   488   809   1,084   1,081   1,205   974
      Social sciences   9,403   880   927   924   1,052   656   938   1,085   1,520   1,525
        Anthropology   612   31   41   80   200   242   254   143   0   0
        Economics   2,405   136   237   325   279   217   215   270   148   143
        Political science and government   1,417   632   600   479   469   135   395   320   471   525
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,389   30   49   40   84   62   72   67   669   377
        Social sciences nec   3,580   51   0   0   20   0   2   285   232   480
      Sciences nec   67   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   26,923   19,599   20,162   15,943   14,001   14,827   14,904   13,972   13,434   13,861
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   4,755   4,083   4,500   2,647   2,479   2,791   2,730   2,160   2,012   2,054
      Civil engineering   4,345   1,863   1,868   1,510   1,477   1,681   1,231   1,550   2,212   3,041
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   8,018   6,042   6,346   4,637   4,340   3,850   4,199   3,828   3,305   2,832
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,352   907   987   777   100   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   8,425   6,605   6,461   6,372   5,148   6,359   6,456   5,747   4,978   5,025
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   28   99   0   0   457   146   288   687   927   909
    Non-S&E   46,372   4,876   4,163   4,759   6,307   6,479   6,615   6,792   7,277   7,254
      Business management and business administration   12,233   1,175   1,111   963   2,011   2,218   2,305   2,326   2,163   1,247
      Communication and communications technologies   189   51   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   4,831   983   730   1,634   2,186   1,858   1,783   1,258   1,231   1,165
      Humanities   15,055   1,462   1,617   1,788   1,706   2,005   1,743   2,688   2,857   3,768
      Law   2,507   193   100   146   257   292   669   435   898   955
      Social work   342   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   3,646   308   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   7,569   704   596   228   147   106   111   85   128   119

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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