Data

George Washington U., The

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   360,260   275,483   266,108   270,369   269,799   260,656   245,519   231,829   241,117   227,995
    Science   263,534   233,441   225,752   227,063   227,486   224,893   209,567   199,568   212,727   199,527
      Computer and information sciences   9,922   8,137   7,326   7,308   8,578   6,509   6,476   6,501   6,508   5,594
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,115   288   175   436   288   716   821   667   1,140   1,441
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   76   359   512
        Geological and earth sciences   408   9   17   253   224   240   246   237   311   315
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   707   279   158   183   64   476   575   354   470   614
      Life sciences   186,518   184,091   180,965   179,803   175,830   173,664   160,836   152,988   159,215   154,797
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   62   67   111
        Biological and biomedical sciences   75,627   69,589   58,491   52,902   54,126   56,145   46,810   35,272   29,822   21,420
        Health sciences   109,594   114,499   122,447   126,901   121,699   117,455   113,728   115,352   93,127   97,980
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   1,297   3   27   0   5   62   298   2,302   36,199   35,286
      Mathematics and statistics   1,737   781   725   926   1,709   1,154   1,279   1,407   1,242   1,314
      Physical sciences   8,736   6,840   7,033   8,313   7,634   7,191   6,494   6,301   4,291   5,078
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   3   0   0   6   74   67   130
        Chemistry   3,199   2,735   3,281   3,976   3,526   3,492   3,440   3,462   1,730   2,341
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   5,537   4,105   3,752   4,334   4,108   3,699   3,048   2,765   2,494   2,607
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   5,528   3,090   3,071   3,074   2,457   3,086   2,903   3,189   3,402   3,930
      Social sciences   38,480   25,553   23,621   25,348   27,686   27,781   26,377   25,495   20,534   22,066
        Anthropology   2,376   1,186   1,216   1,855   1,730   2,153   2,726   2,216   0   0
        Economics   3,929   2,374   1,934   1,969   1,886   1,556   1,563   1,643   2,207   1,926
        Political science and government   2,248   306   1,015   519   794   420   801   1,037   11,634   11,469
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   4,542   4,288   2,782   1,800   2,353   2,729   2,051   1,988   2,091   1,934
        Social sciences nec   25,385   17,399   16,674   19,205   20,923   20,923   19,236   18,611   4,602   6,737
      Sciences nec   11,498   4,661   2,836   1,855   3,304   4,792   4,381   3,020   16,395   5,307
    Engineering   29,442   23,736   22,749   22,682   21,712   17,136   16,438   15,416   13,405   13,807
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,293   1,697   2,661   2,651   2,296   834   840   1,780   1,884   1,335
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,917   6,442   7,474   6,722   5,119   4,369   4,129   2,969   1,468   2,140
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   3,750   2,428   1,925   2,909   3,024   2,289   1,584   1,048   1,473   4,692
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   7,335   6,271   5,445   6,296   5,385   3,348   3,027   2,180   2,137   1,525
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,954   2,270   1,460   1,450   1,905   1,889   1,817   1,543   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,297   1,439   972   1,287   2,093   3,340   3,543   3,984   4,001   1,158
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   156   83   39   7   29   94   166   298   492   433
      Engineering nec   3,740   3,106   2,773   1,360   1,861   973   1,332   1,614   1,950   2,524
    Non-S&E   67,284   18,306   17,607   20,624   20,601   18,627   19,514   16,845   14,985   14,661
      Business management and business administration   16,771   4,437   4,634   4,689   5,363   4,212   4,236   3,186   4,604   5,360
      Communication and communications technologies   11   9   4   25   15   25   56   36   473   572
      Education   8,030   5,512   6,985   9,338   9,894   9,188   8,940   7,705   6,296   4,598
      Humanities   4,297   1,209   1,052   1,667   1,167   1,248   1,326   2,168   1,532   2,215
      Law   12,487   2,609   735   1,451   1,516   1,883   2,586   1,867   1,363   1,258
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   874   105   74   270   228   35   188   239   20   156
      Non-S&E nec   24,814   4,425   4,123   3,184   2,418   2,036   2,182   1,644   697   502

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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