Data

Mercer 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   45,247   50,222   51,989   49,116   44,128   34,197   29,447   31,735   32,838   30,209
    Science   11,379   11,621   11,456   11,505   11,413   10,566   5,424   5,604   6,307   5,999
      Computer and information sciences   147   149   140   136   115   95   0   0   0   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        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   8,788   8,473   8,627   8,624   8,298   8,058   5,172   5,440   5,685   5,355
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   255   253   250   235   239   233   0   5   2   4
        Health sciences   8,533   5,466   5,592   5,307   5,294   5,112   3,651   3,843   4,022   3,761
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   2,754   2,785   3,082   2,765   2,713   1,521   1,592   1,661   1,590
      Mathematics and statistics   238   221   219   224   194   183   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   1,664   1,925   1,878   2,038   2,189   1,694   20   10   19   28
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,547   1,830   1,786   1,951   2,106   1,613   20   10   6   28
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   117   95   92   87   83   81   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13   0
      Psychology   268   300   270   258   253   264   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   115   89   105   81   57   73   18   14   24   32
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   41   36   54   0   0   0   4   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   55   53   51   47   40   43   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   19   0   0   34   17   30   14   14   24   32
      Sciences nec   159   464   217   144   307   199   214   140   579   583
    Engineering   33,284   38,452   40,439   37,450   32,624   23,532   23,942   26,049   26,464   24,163
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   10,968   14,803   15,276   12,953   10,878   8,810   6,879   10,767   10,829   9,586
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   4   9   8   3   12   3   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,213   1,608   2,152   404   539   1,803   1,303   1,210   611   1,184
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   9,864   11,183   12,062   14,423   12,411   6,791   10,328   9,378   10,333   10,236
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   9,545   10,282   10,341   9,143   8,021   5,606   5,421   4,685   4,685   2,988
      Engineering nec   690   567   600   524   763   519   5   9   6   169
    Non-S&E   584   149   94   161   91   99   81   82   67   47
      Business management and business administration   55   61   22   47   88   90   77   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   491   82   70   32   0   0   2   0   0   0
      Humanities   38   6   2   0   0   9   0   0   0   0
      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   0   0   0   82   3   0   2   82   67   47

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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