Data

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State 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   62,307   47,908   40,751   36,151   37,339   38,140   37,379   33,759   35,172   35,047
    Science   31,596   23,240   23,573   20,989   21,531   21,591   22,637   20,928   21,883   21,813
      Computer and information sciences   1,884   1,008   1,227   1,742   1,861   1,686   2,236   1,757   2,416   2,065
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   31   129   135   230   324   392   528
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   121   218   518
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   118   198   0   156   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   31   129   17   23   203   18   10
      Life sciences   22,995   19,160   20,086   16,663   16,756   17,349   18,980   17,970   17,509   17,964
        Agricultural sciences   16,641   13,488   14,708   12,495   13,060   13,334   14,762   14,004   16,952   17,191
        Biological and biomedical sciences   2,855   1,925   1,491   1,612   1,085   1,131   969   557   521   756
        Health sciences   175   551   989   0   0   0   0   20   36   17
        Natural resources and conservation   3,324   3,196   2,898   2,556   2,611   2,884   3,249   3,389   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   1,149   863   797   818   872   493   64   30   290   445
      Physical sciences   3,306   2,053   1,158   1,638   1,889   1,808   1,083   709   503   654
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,698   757   248   522   626   917   154   45   60   71
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,608   1,296   910   1,116   1,263   891   929   664   443   583
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   95   156   236   30   24   16   0   12   29   28
      Social sciences   111   0   69   67   0   0   0   59   278   129
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   59   189   129
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   69   61   0   0   0   0   15   0
        Social sciences nec   111   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   74   0
      Sciences nec   2,056   0   0   0   0   104   44   67   466   0
    Engineering   20,925   18,186   11,616   10,393   11,766   13,123   12,648   10,854   12,631   12,347
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,083   0   290   745   169   191   630   446   648   644
      Chemical engineering   28   441   0   21   0   0   0   0   0   7
      Civil engineering   2,297   2,173   1,880   1,377   1,506   1,800   1,651   1,343   1,413   1,892
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,181   4,572   3,053   1,945   1,934   3,198   3,117   1,785   1,510   1,220
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,590   1,138   1,470   1,128   1,395   1,014   1,032   571   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,067   721   1,499   2,768   2,654   3,050   3,138   3,994   5,008   5,687
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   7,679   9,141   3,424   2,409   4,108   3,870   3,080   2,715   4,052   2,897
    Non-S&E   9,786   6,482   5,562   4,769   4,042   3,426   2,094   1,977   658   887
      Business management and business administration   1,466   1,243   1,589   1,524   1,213   1,558   893   84   38   46
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   2,675   1,018   860   996   1,060   203   549   273   0   0
      Humanities   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   431   165   0   0   16   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   5,214   4,056   3,113   2,249   1,753   1,665   652   1,620   620   841

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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