Data

Harvard U.

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields   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   1,012,766
    Science   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   852,607
      Computer and information sciences   21,712   20,858   15,250   15,229   15,431   13,534   11,229   5,603   1,787   1,224
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   38,984   38,756   43,505   43,664   42,697   37,409   37,326   31,544   34,293   31,801
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,508   6,193   5,791   4,506   2,368   772   302   263   434   110
        Geological and earth sciences   9,216   8,834   10,816   10,105   11,815   10,390   9,438   9,805   10,139   9,381
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   451   820   25   21   18   13   33   36   15   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified   21,809   22,909   26,873   29,032   28,496   26,234   27,553   21,440   23,705   22,310
      Life sciences   741,297   714,069   684,127 i   704,460 i   656,790 i   633,462 i   599,596   533,231   527,625   537,855
        Agricultural sciences   0   26   47   0   0   0   0   18   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   561,958   539,289   534,656   536,371   486,362   479,595   421,924   374,276   361,784   337,123
        Health sciences   131,479   133,571   122,619   137,745   136,254   121,625   145,780   139,473   151,194   187,869
        Natural resources and conservation   7,218   8,023   2,981 i   3,435 i   4,370 i   3,066 i   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified   40,642   33,160   23,824 i   26,909 i   29,804 i   29,176 i   31,892   19,464   14,647   12,863
      Mathematics and statistics   22,230   19,503   20,038   22,127   22,908   20,679   11,866   10,558   10,784   10,988
      Physical sciences   118,530   109,606   100,654   94,515   84,054   84,679   82,643   72,929   67,753   77,203
        Astronomy and astrophysics   12,087   11,658   16,435   14,467   15,000   14,273   12,401   11,337   9,786   10,476
        Chemistry   37,601   37,078   33,675   34,683   29,444   31,204   30,835   32,068   31,025   35,641
        Materials science   52   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   66,873   59,910   49,146   43,696   36,953   36,614   36,276   28,073   25,304   29,481
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified   1,917   960   1,398   1,669   2,657   2,588   3,131   1,451   1,638   1,605
      Psychology   6,355   4,200   5,099   6,829   8,362   8,711   7,588   6,772   7,084   6,842
      Social sciences   144,801   136,543   142,484   141,321   134,493   124,966   100,223   97,165   64,713   83,825
        Anthropology   2,537   1,692   2,117   1,524   2,033   1,742   1,695   0   0   0
        Economics   32,074   30,422   33,563   29,355   23,248   16,177   13,063   8,400   8,675   7,688
        Political science and government   36,713   37,058   41,849   46,607   44,867   44,683   41,064   51,126   19,279   31,574
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   6,062   5,495   2,059   2,297   2,490   3,520   3,093   1,366   1,908   3,010
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified   67,415   61,876   62,896   61,538   61,855   58,844   41,308   36,273   34,851   41,553
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified   6,472   8,608   7,303   5,362   5,091   3,919   91,348   123,658   105,049   102,869
    Engineering   96,920   92,782   97,884   95,651   96,786   105,231   70,131   73,786 i   56,876   57,962 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,192 i   0   0 i
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   62,685   60,912   60,486   65,491   57,016   60,437   30,546   28,896   8,747   6,975 i
      Chemical engineering   1,513   1,398   382   335   472   488   620   2,381   3,941   4,331 i
      Civil engineering   4,317   3,339   3,646   4,660   6,195   10,159   6,527   7,201   8,146   6,691 i
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,323   5,783   11,132   11,751   10,619   11,892   9,830   7,620   6,922   6,536 i
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   292   614   815   567   2,914   2,584   3,214   3,300   4,715   6,260 i
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   20,335   19,474   19,888   11,652   14,225   13,521   12,102   14,683   19,893   19,012 i
      Engineering not elsewhere classified   2,455   1,262   1,535   1,195   5,345   6,150   7,292   7,513 i   4,512   8,157 i
    Non-S&E   111,157   109,083   123,639   110,578   106,759   90,570   65,303   58,507   58,011   102,197
      Business management and business administration   32,502   32,862   36,568   17,433   16,350   14,202   13,467   8,385   6,319   11,524
      Communication and communications technologies   3,057   2,769   3,004   1,491   2,707   242   211   789   3,978   5,585
      Education   40,789   43,542   50,226   60,198   60,295   52,090   36,278   34,773   35,432   39,399
      Humanities   12,226   9,961   10,009   8,916   8,025   7,071   5,103   4,872   5,591   7,019
      Law   20,298   18,388   21,871   20,707   17,291   15,109   8,950   8,414   5,916   36,407
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   2,285   1,561   1,961   1,833   1,773   1,651   1,294   1,274   775   2,263
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   318   205   0   0   0   0

i=imputed

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

Open printer friendly view

Back to Top of page.