Data

Clarkson 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   25,399   21,703   16,765   15,104   17,147   16,927   15,148   12,983   13,406   13,750
    Science   8,254   6,919   5,399   4,732   5,322   3,722   3,693   2,589   3,255   4,264
      Computer and information sciences   780   531   776   517   506   307   204   47   88   89
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   170   112   172   59   4   0   0   0   0   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   100   103   142   59   4   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   70   9   30   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   1,725   1,339   1,014   999   1,163   1,401   1,284   534   789   673
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,192   1,235   920   902   765   894   776   534   730   577
        Health sciences   201   101   93   97   398   507   508   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   332   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   59   96
      Mathematics and statistics   830   784   868   780   1,046   848   987   630   882   798
      Physical sciences   4,148   3,918   2,414   2,217   2,498   1,055   1,091   1,306   1,390   2,521
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,815   2,867   945   1,829   2,300   772   837   1,029   1,121   2,205
        Materials science   0   0   464   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   715   629   1,005   388   198   283   254   254   269   316
        Physical sciences nec   618   422   0   0   0   0   0   23   0   0
      Psychology   87   89   113   86   22   14   16   31   30   22
      Social sciences   514   146   42   74   83   97   111   41   76   161
        Anthropology   3   0   2   6   4   0   4   0   0   0
        Economics   45   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   2   13   21   36   49   73   65   41   64   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   409   8   7   0   1   0   6   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   55   125   12   32   29   24   36   0   12   161
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   14,568   12,446   10,113   9,363   10,889   12,058   10,487   10,210   9,939   9,378
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   31   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   55   0   300   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   2,051   2,296   2,548   1,849   2,739   2,142   2,031   2,273   1,953   1,674
      Civil engineering   4,044   3,321   2,310   2,954   3,030   3,786   3,002   4,423   4,442   3,572
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,291   3,956   2,793   2,394   3,046   2,858   3,064   2,003   1,544   1,376
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   504   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,584   2,738   1,627   2,112   2,037   1,983   1,270   1,511   2,000   2,756
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   74   10   0   21   36   1,289   1,113   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   438   117   31   33   1   0   7   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   2,577   2,338   1,253   1,009   936   1,147   968   184   212   108
      Business management and business administration   794   645   358   574   619   724   719   148   181   104
      Communication and communications technologies   150   96   39   13   115   82   79   2   9   4
      Education   536   710   704   322   56   108   130   0   0   0
      Humanities   59   171   105   88   129   225   38   0   2   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1   0   2   2   2   6   2   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,036   716   45   10   15   2   0   34   20   0

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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