Data

Lehigh 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   56,301   51,769   41,279   38,064   38,185   38,674   36,969   32,941   36,788   37,066
    Science   20,505   19,414   13,283   12,373   11,967   11,285   10,190   9,196   11,641   12,904
      Computer and information sciences   2,725   2,373   2,514   2,333   2,164   1,615   1,099   1,181   1,324   1,538
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,439   1,124   1,087   1,510   1,191   1,166   1,144   914   1,163   1,870
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,408   1,082   1,048   1,421   1,115   957   971   900   1,156   1,823
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   42   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   31   0   39   89   76   209   173   14   7   47
      Life sciences   8,884   9,078   5,271   4,121   4,448   2,814   2,335   1,258   2,091   2,095
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   6,525   7,035   4,088   4,073   4,448   2,814   2,335   1,258   2,091   2,095
        Health sciences   23   14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,336   2,029   1,183   48   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   489   289   140   228   187   167   179   200   153   106
      Physical sciences   5,588   5,157   3,642   3,495   3,396   5,081   4,731   4,607   5,290   5,618
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,508   2,679   2,065   2,147   2,201   3,184   2,655   2,898   3,353   3,334
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,080   2,478   1,577   1,348   1,195   1,897   2,076   1,709   1,937   2,284
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   739   911   398   561   448   239   406   388   509   375
      Social sciences   602   439   212   95   86   162   97   441   1,111   1,302
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   560   294   160   8   2   64   11   24   109   407
        Political science and government   7   0   0   17   15   21   1   10   4   1
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   20   143   50   64   56   63   22   51   124   163
        Social sciences nec   15   2   2   6   13   14   63   356   874   731
      Sciences nec   39   43   19   30   47   41   199   207   0   0
    Engineering   32,406   28,948   25,835   24,054   23,447   24,564   23,562   21,179   22,052   19,956
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,695   3,269   1,929   710   374   69   103   204   474   419
      Chemical engineering   3,968   4,106   4,104   3,565   2,772   3,672   3,491   3,360   3,833   3,262
      Civil engineering   5,778   5,711   5,422   5,025   5,676   6,313   4,999   4,496   5,537   4,941
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,162   2,209   2,582   3,801   5,035   5,197   5,366   3,834   3,096   2,558
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,402   2,115   1,671   1,913   1,345   1,313   896   1,300   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,790   6,751   5,512   4,845   4,564   4,510   4,501   4,493   4,302   3,018
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   7,598   4,752   4,591   4,169   3,677   3,434   4,122   3,480   3,324   4,523
      Engineering nec   13   35   24   26   4   56   84   12   1,486   1,235
    Non-S&E   3,390   3,407   2,161   1,637   2,771   2,825   3,217   2,566   3,095   4,206
      Business management and business administration   103   54   110   63   71   119   556   309   209   57
      Communication and communications technologies   10   62   0   7   0   0   0   0   78   18
      Education   2,793   2,830   1,820   1,322   2,444   2,389   2,452   2,074   2,554   3,830
      Humanities   221   222   153   161   138   195   114   113   214   293
      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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   263   239   78   84   118   122   95   70   40   8

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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