Data

Georgia Southern 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   46,093   40,026   36,362   37,201   12,166   11,166   12,978   16,084   17,395   17,152
    Science   26,725   23,273   20,853   21,240   8,120   8,377   11,040   13,455   14,546   11,796
      Computer and information sciences   1,417   1,032   1,104   1,045   65   134   86   176   112   36
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,017   884   642   890   719   774   259   476   416   374
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   32   44   54   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   444   357   395   689   147   189   259   476   416   374
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   559   458   185   98   528   531   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   14   69   62   71   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   9,953   7,695   6,734   7,662   1,664   2,331   2,881   4,680   4,581   5,020
        Agricultural sciences   90   47   103   81   34   11   0   0   0   10
        Biological and biomedical sciences   3,190   3,125   2,483   2,442   5   452   1,202   1,749   1,714   1,793
        Health sciences   5,898   3,848   3,584   4,105   1,173   1,507   1,670   2,880   2,245   2,384
        Natural resources and conservation   449   388   266   386   289   109   0   0   78   0
        Life sciences nec   326   287   298   648   163   252   9   51   544   833
      Mathematics and statistics   1,991   1,542   1,344   1,405   67   57   105   128   130   133
      Physical sciences   6,163   6,163   5,740   5,400   5,465   692   842   882   1,005   4,554
        Astronomy and astrophysics   135   102   131   94   144   19   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,352   1,498   1,691   1,951   1,476   444   598   548   613   4,308
        Materials science   4,177   4,139   3,496   2,940   3,725   39   0   0   0   0
        Physics   499   424   421   415   120   190   244   306   283   246
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   28   109   0
      Psychology   1,008   1,027   994   1,069   27   14   8   29   0   101
      Social sciences   5,175   4,880   4,176   3,743   113   308   515   582   632   726
        Anthropology   273   309   249   345   8   0   8   0   0   0
        Economics   880   855   943   985   22   177   403   479   610   458
        Political science and government   826   792   514   615   36   11   0   0   0   33
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   441   524   584   413   20   29   44   47   13   61
        Social sciences nec   2,755   2,400   1,886   1,385   27   91   60   56   9   174
      Sciences nec   1   50   119   26   0   4,067   6,344   6,502   7,670   852
    Engineering   5,206   4,200   3,302   4,052   1,929   1,257   1,110   1,766   1,919   4,660
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   30   27   26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7   47   56   0   0   0   7   4   0   0
      Chemical engineering   147   21   0   0   0   20   0   0   0   3,282
      Civil engineering   1,167   845   722   1,145   580   250   422   889   953   389
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   878   720   480   601   231   230   182   98   174   334
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   628   740   630   637   202   197   119   135   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,116   1,738   1,358   1,576   713   356   373   639   792   645
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   138   57   20   0   0   59   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   95   5   10   93   203   145   7   1   0   10
    Non-S&E   14,162   12,553   12,207   11,909   2,117   1,532   828   863   930   696
      Business management and business administration   4,162   3,736   3,685   3,816   857   1,375   383   374   363   253
      Communication and communications technologies   271   251   417   284   0   0   0   1   0   0
      Education   3,697   3,335   3,007   3,056   521   23   361   444   501   432
      Humanities   2,828   2,560   2,640   2,701   17   13   61   14   39   8
      Law   468   464   390   102   0   91   0   0   0   0
      Social work   15   16   15   0   3   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,432   1,572   1,453   1,477   0   0   0   0   7   3
      Non-S&E nec   1,289   619   600   473   719   30   23   30   20   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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