Data

Clarkson 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   26,150   25,399   21,703   16,765   15,104   17,147   16,927   15,148   12,983   13,406
    Science   7,797   8,254   6,919   5,399   4,732   5,322   3,722   3,693   2,589   3,255
      Computer and information sciences   116   780   531   776   517   506   307   204   47   88
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   135   170   112   172   59   4   0   0   0   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   100   103   142   59   4   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   135   70   9   30   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   3,100   1,725   1,339   1,014   999   1,163   1,401   1,284   534   789
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,573   1,192   1,235   920   902   765   894   776   534   730
        Health sciences   456   201   101   93   97   398   507   508   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   1,071   332   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   59
      Mathematics and statistics   891   830   784   868   780   1,046   848   987   630   882
      Physical sciences   3,290   4,148   3,918   2,414   2,217   2,498   1,055   1,091   1,306   1,390
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,232   2,815   2,867   945   1,829   2,300   772   837   1,029   1,121
        Materials science   0   0   0   464   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   324   715   629   1,005   388   198   283   254   254   269
        Physical sciences nec   734   618   422   0   0   0   0   0   23   0
      Psychology   190   87   89   113   86   22   14   16   31   30
      Social sciences   75   514   146   42   74   83   97   111   41   76
        Anthropology   0   3   0   2   6   4   0   4   0   0
        Economics   0   45   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   23   2   13   21   36   49   73   65   41   64
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2   409   8   7   0   1   0   6   0   0
        Social sciences nec   50   55   125   12   32   29   24   36   0   12
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   15,279   14,568   12,446   10,113   9,363   10,889   12,058   10,487   10,210   9,939
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   31   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   36   55   0   300   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   2,394   2,051   2,296   2,548   1,849   2,739   2,142   2,031   2,273   1,953
      Civil engineering   4,492   4,044   3,321   2,310   2,954   3,030   3,786   3,002   4,423   4,442
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,254   4,291   3,956   2,793   2,394   3,046   2,858   3,064   2,003   1,544
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   504   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,515   3,584   2,738   1,627   2,112   2,037   1,983   1,270   1,511   2,000
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   162   74   10   0   21   36   1,289   1,113   0   0
      Engineering nec   426   438   117   31   33   1   0   7   0   0
    Non-S&E   3,074   2,577   2,338   1,253   1,009   936   1,147   968   184   212
      Business management and business administration   221   794   645   358   574   619   724   719   148   181
      Communication and communications technologies   89   150   96   39   13   115   82   79   2   9
      Education   1,247   536   710   704   322   56   108   130   0   0
      Humanities   160   59   171   105   88   129   225   38   0   2
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   1   0   2   2   2   6   2   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,357   1,036   716   45   10   15   2   0   34   20

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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