Data

Clark 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   11,539   8,813   7,931   10,277   10,193   8,318   8,453   6,970   7,050   6,168
    Science   11,293   8,570   7,750   9,795   9,426   7,650   7,408   6,404   6,357   5,644
      Computer and information sciences   326   138   36   60   34   28   2   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,430   843   1,197   1,890   1,787   1,052   909   940   2,165   1,618
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   83   92   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,099   282   1,052   1,781   1,629   721   294   678   803   446
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   248   278   145   109   158   331   371   262   327   183
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   191   0   0   0   0   244   0   1,035   989
      Life sciences   3,733   3,706   2,197   1,953   2,057   1,225   739   1,041   866   735
        Agricultural sciences   148   100   295   797   711   104   0   7   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,359   1,052   1,059   1,134   1,288   1,107   706   837   866   735
        Health sciences   1,143   1,021   0   0   0   0   11   7   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   11   11   13   11   11   186   0   0
        Life sciences nec   1,083   1,533   832   11   45   3   11   4   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   1,435   1,277   1,386   1,648   889   664   633   681   656   691
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   753   543   317   594   539   243   91   149   311   449
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   682   734   1,069   1,054   350   421   542   532   345   242
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   613   102   223   622   829   540   1,358   1,632   1,430   995
      Social sciences   3,741   2,504   2,711   3,575   3,694   4,141   3,767   2,110   1,222   1,583
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,940   1,359   1,192   2,067   1,911   1,873   1,480   481   619   602
        Political science and government   23   3   16   20   38   33   36   20   18   14
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   73   46   3   115   14   18   17   13   0   0
        Social sciences nec   1,705   1,096   1,500   1,373   1,731   2,217   2,234   1,596   585   967
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   47   136   0   0   0   18   22
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   246   243   181   482   767   668   1,045   566   693   524
      Business management and business administration   0   0   0   0   13   14   36   24   6   28
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   184   119   116   161   165   236   445   439   312   91
      Humanities   0   0   0   197   293   235   224   0   263   290
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   4   4   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   38   8   15   18   23   4   8   5
      Non-S&E nec   62   124   27   116   277   161   317   99   104   110

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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