Data

Northern Illinois 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   34,467   29,134   27,068   25,261   25,420   26,570   23,280   19,150   21,225   17,722
    Science   23,786   18,522   16,588   15,223   15,208   16,919   17,893   11,350   13,007   9,965
      Computer and information sciences   1,217   1,297   983   944   661   935   1,252   944   748   411
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,140   1,540   1,320   803   553   395   568   290   458   683
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   451   204   66   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,180   735   789   662   354   395   568   290   458   620
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   509   601   465   141   199   0   0   0   0   63
      Life sciences   4,230   2,809   2,620   3,011   2,319   4,306   3,552   1,008   3,340   1,328
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,122   638   839   1,232   436   695   766   423   452   668
        Health sciences   2,752   1,922   1,628   1,660   1,854   3,604   2,786   556   2,685   351
        Natural resources and conservation   356   249   153   119   29   0   0   29   131   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   72   289
      Mathematics and statistics   191   114   62   40   76   129   136   164   208   131
      Physical sciences   7,330   6,765   6,220   5,454   5,560   6,106   6,446   4,661   3,629   2,560
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,456   2,619   2,789   1,579   1,536   1,283   1,458   407   547   444
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4,874   4,146   3,431   3,875   4,024   4,823   4,988   4,254   3,082   2,116
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   1,876   893   1,018   947   1,057   1,034   1,260   798   1,625   1,859
      Social sciences   6,802   5,104   4,365   4,024   4,982   4,014   4,679   3,485   2,830   2,964
        Anthropology   62   59   122   162   298   58   224   293   248   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   11   20   165   17   0   3
        Political science and government   6,660   4,961   4,128   3,738   4,375   3,558   3,894   2,169   2,537   2,566
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   25   20   3   23   8   62   11   10   0   203
        Social sciences nec   55   64   112   101   290   316   385   996   45   192
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   169   29
    Engineering   7,223   4,565   4,132   4,134   1,467   1,418   1,072   1,215   3,508   3,695
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      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   22
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,952   248   194   88   3   11   75   83   116   47
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   4,091   3,544   2,921   2,965   1,107   1,072   341   660   2,497   0
      Mechanical engineering   720   460   442   404   253   198   381   203   131   354
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   460   313   575   677   104   137   275   269   764   3,272
    Non-S&E   3,458   6,047   6,348   5,904   8,745   8,233   4,315   6,585   4,710   4,062
      Business management and business administration   705   445   868   489   808   421   279   41   121   158
      Communication and communications technologies   13   264   0   0   2   4   23   7   0   5
      Education   1,242   838   387   332   474   700   425   153   176   28
      Humanities   39   0   0   18   0   103   82   73   188   214
      Law   0   0   0   70   4   165   367   101   93   77
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   338   344   269   205   196   0   0   3   10   17
      Non-S&E nec   1,121   4,156   4,824   4,790   7,261   6,840   3,139   6,207   4,122   3,563

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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