Data

Northwestern 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   1,114,269   1,000,695   913,178   874,671   857,069   805,672   751,809   713,491   656,167   645,333
    Science   981,193   880,452   807,366   770,529   747,194   694,796   639,540   600,524   549,644   534,429
      Computer and information sciences   13,831   10,117   8,957   8,441   3,035   2,512   2,530   2,197   40   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,795   1,443   1,342   1,351   1,547   1,627   1,821   1,655   1,924   1,990
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,795   1,443   1,342   1,351   1,547   1,627   1,821   1,655   1,924   1,990
        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   816,739   721,230   659,195   619,270   604,875   555,160   515,893   481,869   451,943   436,439
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   205,479   189,086   166,594   153,629   141,523   128,409   130,422   122,935   100,231   95,577
        Health sciences   596,679   514,642   474,272   451,059   446,421   406,467   370,779   346,275   327,972   320,206
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   2,242   2,868   1,823   1,234   0   0
        Life sciences nec   14,581   17,502   18,329   14,582   14,689   17,416   12,869   11,425   23,740   20,656
      Mathematics and statistics   2,311   2,215   1,490   2,275   2,461   2,869   2,461   2,293   2,228   2,096
      Physical sciences   97,816   90,194   83,618   78,168   82,072   82,409   71,743   67,071   43,551   42,499
        Astronomy and astrophysics   7,498   6,681   6,676   6,604   5,274   4,566   3,438   2,564   0   0
        Chemistry   42,247   40,697   36,484   35,130   40,651   39,150   38,954   39,855   34,334   33,303
        Materials science   19,933   18,052   16,535   16,418   13,853   18,211   15,094   12,620   0   0
        Physics   22,886   19,886   19,296   15,418   17,918   18,337   12,441   10,125   7,521   6,978
        Physical sciences nec   5,252   4,878   4,627   4,598   4,376   2,145   1,816   1,907   1,696   2,218
      Psychology   3,316   4,231   3,352   3,706   4,157   3,923   4,177   4,667   3,602   4,264
      Social sciences   23,363   24,515   21,988   18,762   16,211   15,007   16,447   16,924   19,787   18,806
        Anthropology   1,577   951   553   1,106   963   822   842   820   0   0
        Economics   8,318   8,819   6,455   3,721   1,556   1,819   1,548   2,015   1,797   1,563
        Political science and government   834   641   584   758   801   918   847   502   14,427   14,311
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   493   275   249   443   523   607   688   551   1,842   1,731
        Social sciences nec   12,141   13,829   14,147   12,734   12,368   10,841   12,522   13,036   1,721   1,201
      Sciences nec   22,022   26,507   27,424   38,556   32,836   31,289   24,468   23,848   26,569   28,335
    Engineering   93,785   88,008   80,735   77,150   80,413   81,662   84,520   84,243   77,676   87,075
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,128   17,376   14,826   14,678   11,844   15,052   14,133   12,628   12,994   12,703
      Chemical engineering   12,688   13,889   15,296   14,434   15,264   10,304   9,541   7,077   8,924   13,746
      Civil engineering   7,457   6,071   4,883   5,619   4,211   5,536   5,034   5,247   4,459   3,635
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   8,452   8,475   8,204   7,501   12,630   12,339   11,654   12,742   7,213   6,866
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,127   4,615   3,995   3,948   3,530   3,380   3,347   2,983   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   8,038   7,448   6,274   6,525   6,845   7,181   9,458   10,923   9,463   8,866
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   18,076   16,229   16,709   15,415   16,820   17,293   21,207   17,752   18,397   21,738
      Engineering nec   15,819   13,905   10,548   9,030   9,269   10,577   10,146   14,891   16,226   19,521
    Non-S&E   39,291   32,235   25,077   26,992   29,462   29,214   27,749   28,724   28,847   23,829
      Business management and business administration   15,511   15,461   10,181   11,847   11,085   8,845   5,791   6,115   8,415   6,501
      Communication and communications technologies   3,353   3,090   3,019   3,298   3,575   4,673   5,574   7,195   6,677   4,787
      Education   12,464   8,171   7,353   6,237   8,202   9,087   10,078   9,650   7,363   6,334
      Humanities   4,761   3,470   2,970   3,986   4,475   4,172   3,673   3,166   1,776   1,442
      Law   1,509   1,216   1,108   993   1,260   1,300   1,317   1,492   1,486   1,847
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,693   827   446   631   865   1,135   1,098   1,104   969   848
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   0   0   0   2   218   2   2,161   2,070

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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