Data

Harvard U.

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   1,435,218   1,308,458   1,254,008   1,239,983   1,239,736   1,173,371   1,123,160   1,077,253   1,013,753   933,975
    Science   1,197,209   1,100,381   1,052,143   1,018,460 i   1,033,507 i   969,826 i   927,359 i   941,819   881,460   819,088
      Computer and information sciences   28,969   21,712   20,858   15,250   15,229   15,431   13,534   11,229   5,603   1,787
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   30,302   38,984   38,756   43,505   43,664   42,697   37,409   37,326   31,544   34,293
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,192   7,508   6,193   5,791   4,506   2,368   772   302   263   434
        Geological and earth sciences   10,324   9,216   8,834   10,816   10,105   11,815   10,390   9,438   9,805   10,139
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   367   451   820   25   21   18   13   33   36   15
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   12,419   21,809   22,909   26,873   29,032   28,496   26,234   27,553   21,440   23,705
      Life sciences   793,236   741,297   714,069   684,127 i   704,460 i   656,790 i   633,462 i   599,596   533,231   527,625
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   26   47   0   0   0   0   18   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   647,908   561,958   539,289   534,656   536,371   486,362   479,595   421,924   374,276   361,784
        Health sciences   140,426   131,479   133,571   122,619   137,745   136,254   121,625   145,780   139,473   151,194
        Natural resources and conservation   4,068   7,218   8,023   2,981 i   3,435 i   4,370 i   3,066 i   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   834   40,642   33,160   23,824 i   26,909 i   29,804 i   29,176 i   31,892   19,464   14,647
      Mathematics and statistics   19,878   22,230   19,503   20,038   22,127   22,908   20,679   11,866   10,558   10,784
      Physical sciences   134,733   118,530   109,606   100,654   94,515   84,054   84,679   82,643   72,929   67,753
        Astronomy and astrophysics   14,369   12,087   11,658   16,435   14,467   15,000   14,273   12,401   11,337   9,786
        Chemistry   34,728   37,601   37,078   33,675   34,683   29,444   31,204   30,835   32,068   31,025
        Materials science   3,996   52   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   70,188   66,873   59,910   49,146   43,696   36,953   36,614   36,276   28,073   25,304
        Physical sciences nec   11,452   1,917   960   1,398   1,669   2,657   2,588   3,131   1,451   1,638
      Psychology   8,218   6,355   4,200   5,099   6,829   8,362   8,711   7,588   6,772   7,084
      Social sciences   169,192   144,801   136,543   142,484   141,321   134,493   124,966   100,223   97,165   64,713
        Anthropology   5,387   2,537   1,692   2,117   1,524   2,033   1,742   1,695   0   0
        Economics   33,270   32,074   30,422   33,563   29,355   23,248   16,177   13,063   8,400   8,675
        Political science and government   44,567   36,713   37,058   41,849   46,607   44,867   44,683   41,064   51,126   19,279
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   31,872   6,062   5,495   2,059   2,297   2,490   3,520   3,093   1,366   1,908
        Social sciences nec   54,096   67,415   61,876   62,896   61,538   61,855   58,844   41,308   36,273   34,851
      Sciences nec   12,681   6,472   8,608   7,303   5,362   5,091   3,919   91,348   123,658   105,049
    Engineering   99,830   96,920   92,782   97,884   95,651   96,786   105,231   70,131   73,786 i   56,876
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   18,072   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,192 i   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   47,731   62,685   60,912   60,486   65,491   57,016   60,437   30,546   28,896   8,747
      Chemical engineering   1,410   1,513   1,398   382   335   472   488   620   2,381   3,941
      Civil engineering   7,420   4,317   3,339   3,646   4,660   6,195   10,159   6,527   7,201   8,146
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,245   5,323   5,783   11,132   11,751   10,619   11,892   9,830   7,620   6,922
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   538   292   614   815   567   2,914   2,584   3,214   3,300   4,715
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   17,947   20,335   19,474   19,888   11,652   14,225   13,521   12,102   14,683   19,893
      Engineering nec   1,467   2,455   1,262   1,535   1,195   5,345   6,150   7,292   7,513 i   4,512
    Non-S&E   138,179   111,157   109,083   123,639   110,578   106,759   90,570   65,303   58,507   58,011
      Business management and business administration   36,108   32,502   32,862   36,568   17,433   16,350   14,202   13,467   8,385   6,319
      Communication and communications technologies   3,687   3,057   2,769   3,004   1,491   2,707   242   211   789   3,978
      Education   47,420   40,789   43,542   50,226   60,198   60,295   52,090   36,278   34,773   35,432
      Humanities   22,073   12,226   9,961   10,009   8,916   8,025   7,071   5,103   4,872   5,591
      Law   24,364   20,298   18,388   21,871   20,707   17,291   15,109   8,950   8,414   5,916
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   4,527   2,285   1,561   1,961   1,833   1,773   1,651   1,294   1,274   775
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   0   0   0   318   205   0   0   0

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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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