Data

Northern Arizona 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   93,749   77,533   66,729   69,129   64,456   58,914   52,899   46,253   39,580   35,206
    Science   80,965   68,599   60,138   61,061   57,552   55,150   47,651   42,057   35,441   33,683
      Computer and information sciences   10,811   4,797   2,492   4,037   2,671   3,383   908   724   152   1,195
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,900   5,518   5,396   6,790   7,408   7,984   9,714   4,380   9,133   10,753
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   637   198   183   96   133   9   10   36   37   175
        Geological and earth sciences   4,123   3,889   3,766   5,122   4,778   4,893   4,810   2,301   4,318   5,083
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   9   41   48   8   0   1   20   30
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,140   1,431   1,438   1,531   2,449   3,074   4,894   2,042   4,758   5,465
      Life sciences   54,477   48,110   43,147   41,082   38,862   36,245   31,974   32,258   23,649   19,325
        Agricultural sciences   2,313   1,922   1,129   2,169   2,273   2,275   2,395   4,942   4,841   5,573
        Biological and biomedical sciences   31,908   29,577   30,320   25,623   23,741   26,194   22,687   18,223   13,086   10,880
        Health sciences   7,542   6,108   4,639   5,522   5,180   2,807   2,036   5,578   1,885   41
        Natural resources and conservation   12,398   9,456   5,807   6,457   6,508   4,301   4,129   3,254   1,656   0
        Life sciences nec   316   1,047   1,252   1,311   1,160   668   727   261   2,181   2,831
      Mathematics and statistics   56   34   5   0   0   0   21   19   0   14
      Physical sciences   7,264   7,952   7,427   8,120   7,064   5,643   3,763   2,755   1,303   1,074
        Astronomy and astrophysics   4,752   4,439   3,946   4,786   4,687   3,532   1,945   1,810   786   655
        Chemistry   543   522   287   780   799   1,387   1,355   922   417   303
        Materials science   336   382   573   1,051   478   53   16   0   0   0
        Physics   707   852   633   858   941   538   324   23   83   116
        Physical sciences nec   926   1,757   1,988   645   159   133   123   0   17   0
      Psychology   335   196   178   396   725   750   276   191   180   312
      Social sciences   655   520   345   167   419   724   371   678   393   356
        Anthropology   157   26   31   12   114   36   52   39   68   0
        Economics   294   388   240   72   141   125   128   9   11   71
        Political science and government   11   0   51   1   14   146   43   0   17   105
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   20   97   3   55   55   0   40   260   229   72
        Social sciences nec   173   9   20   27   95   417   108   370   68   108
      Sciences nec   1,467   1,472   1,148   469   403   421   624   1,052   631   654
    Engineering   9,875   5,880   4,194   6,497   4,996   2,613   4,454   3,515   3,359   1,048
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   124   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,203   1,053   1,139   1,213   1,566   1,040   1,240   1,294   1,709   334
      Chemical engineering   14   92   158   207   27   0   0   0   11   19
      Civil engineering   942   527   369   322   231   131   532   182   350   166
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,138   1,733   1,579   3,506   2,172   513   1,530   1,217   716   24
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   162   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   213   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,774   1,532   278   527   376   394   244   352   360   294
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   17   0   3   12   41   0   23   137   0   1
      Engineering nec   1,501   943   668   710   583   535   885   329   0   210
    Non-S&E   2,909   3,054   2,397   1,571   1,908   1,151   794   681   780   475
      Business management and business administration   888   1,128   50   89   363   56   10   0   246   165
      Communication and communications technologies   35   38   142   203   87   13   3   21   26   0
      Education   1,819   1,738   2,000   1,120   1,171   983   534   407   249   24
      Humanities   52   77   174   18   68   1   16   77   197   252
      Law   21   48   26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   6   23   0   66   165   98   53   0   58   12
      Visual and performing arts   65   0   0   2   54   0   0   0   4   14
      Non-S&E nec   23   2   5   73   0   0   178   176   0   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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