Data

George Washington 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   381,582   360,260   275,483   266,108   270,369   269,799   260,656   245,519   231,829   241,117
    Science   293,645   263,534   233,441   225,752   227,063   227,486   224,893   209,567   199,568   212,727
      Computer and information sciences   10,075   9,922   8,137   7,326   7,308   8,578   6,509   6,476   6,501   6,508
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,199   1,115   288   175   436   288   716   821   667   1,140
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   76   359
        Geological and earth sciences   1,077   408   9   17   253   224   240   246   237   311
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,122   707   279   158   183   64   476   575   354   470
      Life sciences   204,084   186,518   184,091   180,965   179,803   175,830   173,664   160,836   152,988   159,215
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   62   67
        Biological and biomedical sciences   103,316   75,627   69,589   58,491   52,902   54,126   56,145   46,810   35,272   29,822
        Health sciences   100,760   109,594   114,499   122,447   126,901   121,699   117,455   113,728   115,352   93,127
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   8   1,297   3   27   0   5   62   298   2,302   36,199
      Mathematics and statistics   3,317   1,737   781   725   926   1,709   1,154   1,279   1,407   1,242
      Physical sciences   10,157   8,736   6,840   7,033   8,313   7,634   7,191   6,494   6,301   4,291
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   6   74   67
        Chemistry   3,840   3,199   2,735   3,281   3,976   3,526   3,492   3,440   3,462   1,730
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   6,317   5,537   4,105   3,752   4,334   4,108   3,699   3,048   2,765   2,494
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   6,439   5,528   3,090   3,071   3,074   2,457   3,086   2,903   3,189   3,402
      Social sciences   40,965   38,480   25,553   23,621   25,348   27,686   27,781   26,377   25,495   20,534
        Anthropology   3,090   2,376   1,186   1,216   1,855   1,730   2,153   2,726   2,216   0
        Economics   3,653   3,929   2,374   1,934   1,969   1,886   1,556   1,563   1,643   2,207
        Political science and government   3,255   2,248   306   1,015   519   794   420   801   1,037   11,634
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   4,879   4,542   4,288   2,782   1,800   2,353   2,729   2,051   1,988   2,091
        Social sciences nec   26,088   25,385   17,399   16,674   19,205   20,923   20,923   19,236   18,611   4,602
      Sciences nec   16,409   11,498   4,661   2,836   1,855   3,304   4,792   4,381   3,020   16,395
    Engineering   33,883   29,442   23,736   22,749   22,682   21,712   17,136   16,438   15,416   13,405
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   3,331   2,293   1,697   2,661   2,651   2,296   834   840   1,780   1,884
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,568   4,917   6,442   7,474   6,722   5,119   4,369   4,129   2,969   1,468
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   4,999   3,750   2,428   1,925   2,909   3,024   2,289   1,584   1,048   1,473
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,956   7,335   6,271   5,445   6,296   5,385   3,348   3,027   2,180   2,137
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   6,231   3,954   2,270   1,460   1,450   1,905   1,889   1,817   1,543   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,852   3,297   1,439   972   1,287   2,093   3,340   3,543   3,984   4,001
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   270   156   83   39   7   29   94   166   298   492
      Engineering nec   6,676   3,740   3,106   2,773   1,360   1,861   973   1,332   1,614   1,950
    Non-S&E   54,054   67,284   18,306   17,607   20,624   20,601   18,627   19,514   16,845   14,985
      Business management and business administration   14,559   16,771   4,437   4,634   4,689   5,363   4,212   4,236   3,186   4,604
      Communication and communications technologies   49   11   9   4   25   15   25   56   36   473
      Education   5,972   8,030   5,512   6,985   9,338   9,894   9,188   8,940   7,705   6,296
      Humanities   8,397   4,297   1,209   1,052   1,667   1,167   1,248   1,326   2,168   1,532
      Law   13,313   12,487   2,609   735   1,451   1,516   1,883   2,586   1,867   1,363
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   2,146   874   105   74   270   228   35   188   239   20
      Non-S&E nec   9,618   24,814   4,425   4,123   3,184   2,418   2,036   2,182   1,644   697

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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