Data

Iowa State 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   462,347   420,823   393,184   360,275   363,107   358,474   361,206   323,584   328,385   306,125
    Science   265,190   247,499   235,813   211,243   196,865   237,700   244,676   214,794   224,734   211,521
      Computer and information sciences   8,511   6,326   5,782   5,844   7,666   8,296   10,194   7,731   7,240   4,465
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   4,773   5,103   4,897   5,650   4,538   3,917   3,659   3,178   2,635   2,882
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   4,773   5,103   4,897   5,650   4,538   3,917   3,659   3,178   2,635   2,882
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   183,829   172,991   160,235   142,283   123,853   149,764   151,654   143,406   159,880   149,392
        Agricultural sciences   91,767   85,524   85,319   51,837   44,790   58,811   57,924   46,576   49,114   49,050
        Biological and biomedical sciences   46,798   46,701   42,147   42,898   39,072   56,405   62,125   69,333   80,859   76,544
        Health sciences   339   0   402   19,767   15,103   26,137   23,102   19,652   23,024   16,072
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   7,157   8,411   8,503   7,845   6,883   0
        Life sciences nec   44,925   40,766   32,367   27,781   17,731   0   0   0   0   7,726
      Mathematics and statistics   21,109   19,968   19,927   16,101   17,062   16,551   17,694   16,481   12,770   13,933
      Physical sciences   33,716   31,219   30,440   26,696   27,216   40,040   42,277   27,491   24,170   20,659
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   16,470   15,985   14,302   11,950   12,374   12,549   14,074   10,338   8,746   12,082
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   10,905   11,751   7,286   6,042   0
        Physics   17,246   15,234   16,138   14,746   14,842   16,586   16,452   9,867   9,382   8,577
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   3,739   3,350   3,852   3,595   3,786   9,858   12,694   6,041   3,291   2,598
      Social sciences   9,126   8,107   10,305   10,196   6,923   3,741   4,356   7,385   8,587   11,848
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   42   0
        Economics   4,027   4,289   4,507   3,005   3,699   1,466   2,099   3,514   1,541   3,908
        Political science and government   925   714   555   692   899   1,052   1,013   772   536   487
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,548   2,691   4,890   3,550   2,098   1,223   1,244   3,024   6,466   7,431
        Social sciences nec   626   413   353   2,949   227   0   0   75   2   22
      Sciences nec   387   435   375   878   5,821   5,533   2,148   3,081   6,161   5,744
    Engineering   159,841   140,782   132,475   123,428   109,473   104,798   99,214   95,306   92,088   84,114
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   8,481   8,468   8,492   6,391   5,301   6,271   5,282   5,066   4,390   4,189
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   16,118   16,261   16,789   13,461   8,679   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   18,922   10,826   8,421   7,640   6,746   10,114   11,979   11,572   12,881   11,602
      Civil engineering   31,466   26,330   23,902   25,188   21,348   27,609   28,083   26,373   24,447   20,681
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   10,326   10,967   12,017   11,018   12,327   22,091   20,761   20,154   19,977   14,163
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   5,580   7,299   8,378   6,655   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,987   7,433   9,094   7,849   13,685   8,787   9,070   9,652   8,102   6,773
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   11,432   9,806   9,811   8,868   4,870   0   0   0   0   5,032
      Engineering nec   55,109   50,691   43,949   43,013   36,517   24,346   16,740   14,111   15,636   21,674
    Non-S&E   37,316   32,542   24,896   25,604   56,769   15,976   17,316   13,484   11,563   10,490
      Business management and business administration   20,110   17,186   8,981   9,087   2,246   4,442   5,607   2,504   1,958   2,103
      Communication and communications technologies   776   822   1,207   918   607   769   731   576   500   495
      Education   2,798   2,654   2,554   3,024   3,168   5,391   5,738   6,045   4,620   4,214
      Humanities   7,629   7,180   6,803   6,993   7,528   3,803   3,405   3,217   3,073   2,781
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   2,205   1,829   1,541   1,138   2,317   761   1,008   954   869   780
      Non-S&E nec   3,798   2,871   3,810   4,444   40,903   810   827   188   543   117

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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