Data

East Carolina 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   72,539   67,082   55,693   51,662   57,820   55,611   39,074   26,117   25,273   26,549
    Science   62,018   57,436   44,247   38,984   44,070   45,597   34,790   25,005   24,623   25,709
      Computer and information sciences   1,827   1,095   484   603   828   554   266   207   209   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   10,116   6,772   4,751   4,564   4,586   3,684   4,433   738   2,057   1,778
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   59   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,411   2,172   907   410   823   844   465   287   388   855
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   7,705   4,600   3,844   4,154   3,763   2,840   3,968   392   1,669   923
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   43,515   43,941   34,271   28,703   33,206   35,936   26,176   20,221   20,731   22,368
        Agricultural sciences   330   173   156   164   79   0   41   262   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   11,310   9,967   11,180   10,397   2,842   3,075   5,632   7,088   11,050   9,003
        Health sciences   31,875   33,801   22,935   18,142   30,285   32,861   20,478   12,871   9,600   12,096
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   25   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   81   1,269
      Mathematics and statistics   114   90   439   7   75   11   51   15   23   45
      Physical sciences   2,159   2,274   1,740   1,814   2,168   2,177   1,464   613   353   436
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,659   1,365   1,266   1,193   1,354   1,586   868   75   90   151
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   500   909   474   621   814   591   596   538   263   285
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,655   1,788   1,336   974   1,321   1,039   878   874   480   550
      Social sciences   1,632   1,476   1,226   2,319   1,886   1,976   1,522   2,201   770   532
        Anthropology   351   186   193   35   207   204   256   412   45   0
        Economics   390   383   298   774   601   509   481   476   263   21
        Political science and government   214   104   59   188   209   112   0   5   0   40
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   424   325   195   103   284   6   167   70   421
        Social sciences nec   677   379   351   1,127   766   867   779   1,141   392   50
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   220   0   136   0   0
    Engineering   3,367   3,013   2,737   3,069   3,053   2,015   1,276   546   628   539
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45   47   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   121   181   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   574   434   236   395   402   1,032   437   184   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   38   0   382   0   0   0   149
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   120   381
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   2,793   2,579   2,501   2,636   2,651   601   839   196   280   9
    Non-S&E   7,154   6,633   8,709   9,609   10,697   7,999   3,008   566   22   301
      Business management and business administration   2,843   2,964   2,857   2,338   3,403   2,209   0   10   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   40   33   3   0   58   70   0   0   0   0
      Education   1,510   1,493   3,039   4,633   4,426   2,195   1,588   427   22   54
      Humanities   1,369   1,162   624   153   1,476   1,236   894   122   0   15
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   175   227   506   242   141   167   87   7   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   56   65   18   3   126   98   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,161   689   1,662   2,240   1,067   2,024   439   0   0   232

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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