Data

Clark 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   12,707   11,539   8,813   7,931   10,277   10,193   8,318   8,453   6,970   7,050
    Science   12,548   11,293   8,570   7,750   9,795   9,426   7,650   7,408   6,404   6,357
      Computer and information sciences   182   326   138   36   60   34   28   2   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,150   1,430   843   1,197   1,890   1,787   1,052   909   940   2,165
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   72   83   92   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,671   1,099   282   1,052   1,781   1,629   721   294   678   803
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   329   248   278   145   109   158   331   371   262   327
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   78   0   191   0   0   0   0   244   0   1,035
      Life sciences   4,632   3,733   3,706   2,197   1,953   2,057   1,225   739   1,041   866
        Agricultural sciences   139   148   100   295   797   711   104   0   7   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   2,498   1,359   1,052   1,059   1,134   1,288   1,107   706   837   866
        Health sciences   1,274   1,143   1,021   0   0   0   0   11   7   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   11   11   13   11   11   186   0
        Life sciences nec   721   1,083   1,533   832   11   45   3   11   4   0
      Mathematics and statistics   47   15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   1,462   1,435   1,277   1,386   1,648   889   664   633   681   656
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   794   753   543   317   594   539   243   91   149   311
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   668   682   734   1,069   1,054   350   421   542   532   345
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   288   613   102   223   622   829   540   1,358   1,632   1,430
      Social sciences   3,787   3,741   2,504   2,711   3,575   3,694   4,141   3,767   2,110   1,222
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,827   1,940   1,359   1,192   2,067   1,911   1,873   1,480   481   619
        Political science and government   40   23   3   16   20   38   33   36   20   18
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   67   73   46   3   115   14   18   17   13   0
        Social sciences nec   1,853   1,705   1,096   1,500   1,373   1,731   2,217   2,234   1,596   585
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   47   136   0   0   0   18
    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   159   246   243   181   482   767   668   1,045   566   693
      Business management and business administration   0   0   0   0   0   13   14   36   24   6
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   20   184   119   116   161   165   236   445   439   312
      Humanities   0   0   0   0   197   293   235   224   0   263
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   4   4   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   38   8   15   18   23   4   8
      Non-S&E nec   139   62   124   27   116   277   161   317   99   104

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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