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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   2,997   2,544   1,797   2,032   1,968   2,545   2,486   2,407   2,606   2,608
    Science   1,447   1,289   914   892   845   1,075   1,221   1,048   1,051   1,012
      Computer and information sciences   56   42   25   41   36   90   84   90   96   56
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   23
        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   0   23
      Life sciences   520   457   287   288   344   367   397   337   296   195
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   168   102   49   108   140   79   69   113   136   106
        Health sciences   234   196   238   180   45   268   307   204   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20   57   0
        Life sciences nec   118   159   0   0   159   20   21   0   103   89
      Mathematics and statistics   104   109   135   87   0   161   75   72   80   85
      Physical sciences   139   116   45   59   83   89   146   139   170   237
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   103   84   26   38   39   40   38   40   51   76
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   35   31   19   21   27   49   108   99   75   123
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   17   0   0   0   44   38
      Psychology   243   212   215   132   108   159   260   126   83   84
      Social sciences   339   297   193   264   274   209   259   284   326   332
        Anthropology   1   17   18   21   22   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   82   73   48   70   67   0   67   69   79   79
        Political science and government   72   55   40   53   51   58   52   56   64   60
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   54   46   30   41   46   55   52   54   59   58
        Social sciences nec   130   106   57   79   88   96   88   105   124   135
      Sciences nec   46   56   14   21   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   53   30   18   29   45   87   83   82   90   42
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   13   22   21   28   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   10   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   43   30   18   16   23   66   49   82   90   42
    Non-S&E   1,497   1,225   865   1,111   1,078   1,383   1,182   1,277   1,465   1,554
      Business management and business administration   491   403   291   354   337   459   349   325   343   346
      Communication and communications technologies   264   222   146   217   220   257   217   215   272   258
      Education   151   124   62   78   76   103   98   231   326   386
      Humanities   320   265   193   245   245   303   279   272   297   307
      Law   0   0   11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   237   189   129   192   174   235   216   211   227   257
      Non-S&E nec   34   22   33   25   26   26   23   23   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

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