Data
Elon U.
| Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 2,544 | 1,797 | 2,032 | 1,968 | 2,545 | 2,486 | 2,407 | 2,606 | 2,608 | 2,184 | ||||||||||
| Science | 1,289 | 914 | 892 | 845 | 1,075 | 1,221 | 1,048 | 1,051 | 1,012 | 811 | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 42 | 25 | 41 | 36 | 90 | 84 | 90 | 96 | 56 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 23 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences | 457 | 287 | 288 | 344 | 367 | 397 | 337 | 296 | 195 | 249 | ||||||||||
| Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 102 | 49 | 108 | 140 | 79 | 69 | 113 | 136 | 106 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 196 | 238 | 180 | 45 | 268 | 307 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences nec | 159 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 103 | 89 | 145 | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 109 | 135 | 87 | 0 | 161 | 75 | 72 | 80 | 85 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 116 | 45 | 59 | 83 | 89 | 146 | 139 | 170 | 237 | 158 | ||||||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chemistry | 84 | 26 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 40 | 51 | 76 | 88 | ||||||||||
| Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physics | 31 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 49 | 108 | 99 | 75 | 123 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 38 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 212 | 215 | 132 | 108 | 159 | 260 | 126 | 83 | 84 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | 297 | 193 | 264 | 274 | 209 | 259 | 284 | 326 | 332 | 194 | ||||||||||
| Anthropology | 17 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Economics | 73 | 48 | 70 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 69 | 79 | 79 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Political science and government | 55 | 40 | 53 | 51 | 58 | 52 | 56 | 64 | 60 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 46 | 30 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 59 | 58 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences nec | 106 | 57 | 79 | 88 | 96 | 88 | 105 | 124 | 135 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Sciences nec | 56 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 30 | 18 | 29 | 45 | 87 | 83 | 82 | 90 | 42 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 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 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 66 | 49 | 82 | 90 | 42 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E | 1,225 | 865 | 1,111 | 1,078 | 1,383 | 1,182 | 1,277 | 1,465 | 1,554 | 1,333 | ||||||||||
| Business management and business administration | 403 | 291 | 354 | 337 | 459 | 349 | 325 | 343 | 346 | 256 | ||||||||||
| Communication and communications technologies | 222 | 146 | 217 | 220 | 257 | 217 | 215 | 272 | 258 | 196 | ||||||||||
| Education | 124 | 62 | 78 | 76 | 103 | 98 | 231 | 326 | 386 | 341 | ||||||||||
| Humanities | 265 | 193 | 245 | 245 | 303 | 279 | 272 | 297 | 307 | 323 | ||||||||||
| Law | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Visual and performing arts | 189 | 129 | 192 | 174 | 235 | 216 | 211 | 227 | 257 | 217 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E nec | 22 | 33 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 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

