Data
Colby C.
| Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 4,454 | 2,530 | 1,672 | 1,536 | 1,852 | 2,240 | 2,071 | 1,903 | 1,748 | 1,673 | ||||||||||
| Science | 3,946 | 2,081 | 1,133 | 1,390 | 1,641 | 1,948 | 1,643 | 1,639 | 1,573 | 1,475 | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 73 | 97 | 94 | 14 | 37 | 38 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 101 | 376 | 187 | 193 | 152 | 122 | 81 | 50 | 220 | 134 | ||||||||||
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geological and earth sciences | 101 | 376 | 187 | 193 | 152 | 122 | 81 | 50 | 76 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences | 2,502 | 831 | 382 | 443 | 812 | 910 | 865 | 898 | 534 | 393 | ||||||||||
| Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 707 | 528 | 270 | 304 | 639 | 651 | 571 | 615 | 534 | 393 | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences nec | 1,795 | 303 | 112 | 139 | 173 | 259 | 294 | 283 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 127 | 36 | 3 | 30 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 456 | 345 | 245 | 391 | 397 | 512 | 416 | 463 | 529 | 651 | ||||||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 96 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chemistry | 299 | 287 | 180 | 302 | 330 | 420 | 268 | 355 | 423 | 564 | ||||||||||
| Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physics | 61 | 39 | 65 | 89 | 67 | 92 | 148 | 108 | 106 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 119 | 80 | 72 | 97 | 100 | 113 | 86 | 46 | 132 | 119 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | 568 | 316 | 150 | 222 | 111 | 197 | 157 | 139 | 110 | 118 | ||||||||||
| Anthropology | 151 | 91 | 18 | 40 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Economics | 240 | 151 | 58 | 30 | 34 | 88 | 77 | 46 | 41 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Political science and government | 101 | 40 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 27 | 53 | 39 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 50 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences nec | 26 | 3 | 59 | 114 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 508 | 449 | 539 | 146 | 211 | 292 | 428 | 264 | 175 | 198 | ||||||||||
| Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Education | 7 | 48 | 294 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Humanities | 413 | 279 | 228 | 112 | 183 | 254 | 291 | 225 | 149 | 167 | ||||||||||
| Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Visual and performing arts | 59 | 83 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 37 | 26 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E nec | 29 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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

