Data
Davidson C.
| Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 2,926 | 2,788 | 2,466 | 2,263 | 1,777 | 1,638 | 1,736 | 1,521 | 2,377 | 1,804 | ||||||||||
| Science | 2,632 | 2,588 | 2,279 | 1,842 | 1,549 | 1,338 | 1,583 | 1,463 | 2,305 | 1,629 | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 114 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 20 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences | 709 | 787 | 595 | 322 | 525 | 414 | 496 | 642 | 942 | 640 | ||||||||||
| Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 709 | 769 | 595 | 322 | 507 | 414 | 496 | 642 | 942 | 640 | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 298 | 86 | 79 | 142 | 74 | 60 | 31 | 124 | 72 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 605 | 531 | 451 | 242 | 352 | 333 | 489 | 122 | 157 | 127 | ||||||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chemistry | 292 | 266 | 162 | 154 | 282 | 294 | 394 | 61 | 157 | 126 | ||||||||||
| Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physics | 249 | 261 | 107 | 45 | 70 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences nec | 64 | 4 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 48 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 506 | 482 | 691 | 975 | 351 | 345 | 415 | 374 | 598 | 477 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | 400 | 523 | 456 | 161 | 247 | 186 | 152 | 201 | 512 | 319 | ||||||||||
| Anthropology | 55 | 34 | 2 | 35 | 79 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Political science and government | 0 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 335 | 317 | 190 | 126 | 156 | 166 | 79 | 144 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences nec | 10 | 123 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 33 | 512 | 319 | ||||||||||
| Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 294 | 200 | 187 | 421 | 228 | 300 | 153 | 58 | 72 | 175 | ||||||||||
| Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Communication and communications technologies | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Education | 149 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Humanities | 88 | 55 | 0 | 264 | 228 | 222 | 28 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E nec | 47 | 136 | 187 | 157 | 0 | 75 | 103 | 0 | 72 | 175 | ||||||||||
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

