Data

Portland State 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   51,677   46,324   41,483   41,311   43,667   50,045   46,911   48,964   56,572   53,872
    Science   31,835   29,703   27,435   26,428   26,935   29,566   27,516   29,107   31,626   27,566
      Computer and information sciences   1,834   1,971   1,521   1,644   1,164   1,370   1,167   1,485   2,034   1,703
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,022   2,147   1,826   1,818   2,212   2,090   2,094   1,999   1,411   6,580
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   576   660   476   278   226   174   19   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,401   1,383   1,271   1,287   1,810   1,817   1,798   1,728   1,411   1,208
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   45   104   79   249   171   63   4   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   4   5   36   273   271   0   5,372
      Life sciences   15,912   14,371   14,531   13,784   13,547   15,844   13,266   11,670   10,548   2,335
        Agricultural sciences   4   0   46   16   46   111   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   8,088   8,533   8,790   9,159   7,666   2,702   2,835   2,280   2,333   2,226
        Health sciences   1,188   1,639   1,368   1,184   2,224   9,112   6,510   6,092   4,020   0
        Natural resources and conservation   6,486   4,049   4,228   3,393   3,611   3,515   3,921   3,298   4,195   0
        Life sciences nec   146   150   99   32   0   404   0   0   0   109
      Mathematics and statistics   2,019   1,505   1,192   947   1,115   933   832   1,267   782   521
      Physical sciences   1,221   1,932   2,410   1,977   2,326   2,911   3,450   4,101   3,946   3,403
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,166   1,775   2,161   1,646   1,782   2,667   3,360   3,576   3,268   2,744
        Materials science   19   0   0   14   126   49   0   0   0   0
        Physics   36   157   249   317   418   195   90   525   678   659
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   1,274   1,554   1,497   1,257   1,766   1,400   1,418   1,425   1,697   2,256
      Social sciences   7,234   6,170   3,900   4,338   3,882   5,018   5,289   6,210   10,287   8,523
        Anthropology   1,082   1,048   896   655   590   672   742   616   957   0
        Economics   79   40   85   124   123   492   260   591   367   251
        Political science and government   463   374   178   254   172   106   175   603   332   829
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,286   1,617   1,025   795   823   781   534   522   720   1,399
        Social sciences nec   4,324   3,091   1,716   2,510   2,174   2,967   3,578   3,878   7,911   6,044
      Sciences nec   319   53   558   663   923   0   0   950   921   2,245
    Engineering   6,803   7,108   5,582   6,668   6,719   9,160   9,010   7,488   7,091   8,789
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   148   134   200   122   221   193   73   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   89   15   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   3,712   3,441   1,988   2,730   3,088   4,479   3,873   3,799   4,024   5,046
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,673   1,758   2,079   2,229   1,794   2,038   2,419   1,793   1,512   1,323
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   21   150   257   218   0   1   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   550   682   716   589   559   1,307   1,898   713   1,257   1,711
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   51   125   170   458   702   639   508   424   134   269
      Engineering nec   669   947   279   283   137   415   223   759   164   440
    Non-S&E   13,039   9,513   8,466   8,215   10,013   11,319   10,385   12,369   17,855   17,517
      Business management and business administration   495   0   42   31   0   21   262   86   12   39
      Communication and communications technologies   43   172   310   59   7   48   39   90   77   76
      Education   3,624   3,618   1,824   2,790   2,068   2,717   2,439   3,460   3,277   2,537
      Humanities   68   3   733   280   84   286   156   344   315   134
      Law   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   3,911   2,186   1,797   2,115   3,000   3,756   3,659   4,205   14,038   14,731
      Visual and performing arts   73   61   105   14   0   7   5   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   4,825   3,473   3,655   2,926   4,849   4,484   3,825   4,184   136   0

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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