Data

Brown U.

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   374,504   353,591   310,780   276,331   266,127   256,954   244,838   212,290   347,016   342,040
    Science   327,018   308,486   268,361   240,551   232,906   222,435   205,540   176,455   203,638   249,820 i
      Computer and information sciences   17,725   19,235   16,895   14,984   15,695   14,727   12,539   10,670   11,838   15,387 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   18,744   13,244   9,945   7,954   5,954   4,310   4,306   3,540   6,731   6,524 i
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   975   577   13   0   98   265   151   237   227   486 i
        Geological and earth sciences   3,113   2,468   2,042   2,151   1,901   1,881   2,226   1,881   3,772   3,405 i
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   287   126   246   189   193   110   105   110   144   350 i
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   14,369   10,073   7,644   5,614   3,762   2,054   1,824   1,312   2,588   2,283 i
      Life sciences   189,384   176,938   149,795   139,126   134,751   130,419   122,607   104,671   105,618   135,232 i
        Agricultural sciences   313   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
        Biological and biomedical sciences   75,352   70,926   60,922   57,160   57,280   51,017   44,244   35,578   30,653   45,293 i
        Health sciences   62,964   61,080   49,964   46,024   41,744   45,463   49,630   41,288   49,259   54,876 i
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   50,755   44,932   38,909   35,942   35,727   33,939   28,733   27,805   25,706   35,063 i
      Mathematics and statistics   18,319   16,873   14,835   10,903   12,204   13,225   12,107   14,427   18,807   23,986 i
      Physical sciences   17,356   18,064   18,299   17,072   17,745   19,259   20,720   18,050   25,132   25,425 i
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
        Chemistry   6,128   6,157   6,019   5,495   5,201   5,250   5,160   3,498   6,892   6,957 i
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   10,584   9,713   9,155   8,542   7,968   7,636   9,766   8,325   11,993   11,319 i
        Physical sciences nec   644   2,194   3,125   3,035   4,576   6,373   5,794   6,227   6,247   7,149 i
      Psychology   14,023   10,682   8,605   8,598   7,889   6,801   4,782   5,688   6,202   8,826 i
      Social sciences   38,684   41,238   39,703   32,799   30,782   24,887   18,539   12,079   23,186   25,252 i
        Anthropology   268   205   188   46   310   165   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,167   1,353   1,004   668   1,153   2,118   4,656   4,396   7,555   7,478 i
        Political science and government   522   1,448   1,658   2,327   2,754   1,287   1,480   1,440   2,454   2,649 i
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   700   1,012   1,161   775   1,109   1,393   791   862   3,631   3,840 i
        Social sciences nec   36,027   37,220   35,692   28,983   25,456   19,924   11,612   5,381   9,546   11,285 i
      Sciences nec   12,783   12,212   10,284   9,115   7,886   8,807   9,940   7,330   6,124   9,188 i
    Engineering   33,027   27,640   29,569   23,587   23,965   23,448   28,149   24,798   31,735   36,512 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   28   18   0   0   0   0   316   1,125 i
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   8,857   8,838   10,799   9,028   7,678   6,694   11,133   5,911   6,087   9,080 i
      Chemical engineering   3,946   3,114   3,028   2,110   2,832   2,878   1,924   1,617   728   844 i
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,551   3,160   3,283   3,266   2,941   2,452   3,494   4,250   9,125   7,265 i
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,496   3,729   3,821   2,839   2,885   2,944   2,547   4,220   6,518   7,663 i
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,793   3,674   3,499   3,789   3,256   4,458   4,518   3,371   3,462   6,206 i
      Engineering nec   9,384   5,125   5,111   2,537   4,373   4,022   4,533   5,429   5,499   4,329 i
    Non-S&E   14,459   17,465   12,850   12,193   9,256   11,071   11,149   11,037   111,643   55,708 i
      Business management and business administration   0   16   16   16   65   79   71   444   3,272   3,587 i
      Communication and communications technologies   185   0   10   0   0   0   0   46   16,102   2,777 i
      Education   4,870   7,639   5,899   5,091   3,906   4,110   4,012   4,239   40,777   21,626 i
      Humanities   3,517   3,237   2,862   2,722   2,735   3,832   4,256   3,551   18,572   20,429 i
      Law   0   0   3   10   16   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 i
      Visual and performing arts   434   464   292   166   212   274   346   190   3,131   3,734 i
      Non-S&E nec   5,453   6,109   3,768   4,188   2,322   2,775   2,464   2,567   29,789   3,555 i

i=imputed

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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