Data

Princeton 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   558,624   513,365   461,185   404,448   396,502   385,739   365,007   334,125   307,653   279,851
    Science   444,623   408,392   365,594   322,421   315,400   305,700   283,847   251,692   226,846   196,705
      Computer and information sciences   31,282   29,801   28,066   23,518   24,160   19,725   15,110   15,501   13,640   11,508
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   38,860   33,668   29,942   29,203   23,819   24,755   28,636   25,660   25,990   24,049
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   19,748   16,488   13,198   12,846   8,301   9,457   11,296   11,495   11,939   8,090
        Geological and earth sciences   9,660   8,817   8,865   7,670   8,028   6,755   9,723   6,542   6,468   6,407
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   386   4,200   4,880   3,987   3,803   150   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   9,452   8,363   7,879   8,301   3,290   3,663   3,630   3,820   7,433   9,552
      Life sciences   143,985   128,054   112,932   95,938   91,903   95,882   86,341   75,292   66,251   41,457
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   127,277   112,622   102,181   87,346   81,137   87,248   80,786   69,507   63,535   41,457
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   16,708   15,432   10,751   8,592   10,766   8,634   5,555   5,785   2,716   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   22,256   16,810   15,763   11,672   13,550   11,703   11,313   9,915   10,166   7,820
      Physical sciences   126,669   109,961   101,461   99,326   94,815   88,235   82,329   70,706   66,914   69,410
        Astronomy and astrophysics   41,566   36,251   29,410   27,282   24,682   23,786   22,585   16,796   11,334   8,620
        Chemistry   39,979   32,016   28,604   29,163   25,095   22,317   21,060   18,701   18,810   24,018
        Materials science   7,842   7,240   4,663   6,744   3,611   3,287   3,387   3,416   2,994   0
        Physics   34,090   33,192   37,325   35,249   40,161   38,060   34,551   31,045   33,776   36,772
        Physical sciences nec   3,192   1,262   1,459   888   1,266   785   746   748   0   0
      Psychology   6,538   6,305   4,568   5,441   9,240   6,482   6,295   8,948   3,594   17,778
      Social sciences   75,033   83,793   72,862   57,323   57,913   58,918   50,613   45,670   40,291   24,524
        Anthropology   1,239   662   227   305   541   508   206   171   95   0
        Economics   11,398   14,908   15,755   8,419   9,014   8,620   6,536   6,764   5,822   1,315
        Political science and government   30,627   33,277   32,212   27,318   27,497   30,137   24,279   28,038   23,026   21,285
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   22,103   19,635   18,334   17,047   15,765   14,972   14,898   6,793   8,289   1,222
        Social sciences nec   9,666   15,311   6,334   4,234   5,096   4,681   4,694   3,904   3,059   702
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   3,210   0   0   159
    Engineering   101,614   87,035   78,831   67,231   67,014   65,000   67,450   70,261   58,887   75,674
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   4,660   5,518   4,480   2,029   2,799   2,313   2,255   2,478   5,265   7,214
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   11,982   9,028   5,643   6,069   6,731   7,354   6,849   5,781   2,831   4,350
      Chemical engineering   9,226   7,873   8,167   5,304   5,921   4,114   4,305   5,019   5,573   7,160
      Civil engineering   9,476   8,067   7,730   3,830   5,014   5,585   6,639   11,109   7,269   10,993
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   37,260   33,261   32,101   17,483   17,156   17,186   17,526   17,008   12,382   12,985
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,480   4,672   3,898   2,734   2,810   2,847   3,046   0   3,357   0
      Mechanical engineering   8,557   6,763   5,306   8,114   7,421   8,814   9,484   9,683   5,006   7,217
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   743   14,256   11,788   10,340   11,507   12,438   12,270   21,475
      Engineering nec   16,973   11,853   10,763   7,412   7,374   6,447   5,839   6,745   4,934   4,280
    Non-S&E   12,387   17,938   16,760   14,796   14,088   15,039   13,710   12,172   21,920   7,472
      Business management and business administration   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   17   41   148   103   0   0   0   0   0   231
      Education   2,667   1   12   1,381   746   866   708   803   1,239   202
      Humanities   8,507   13,340   11,047   8,403   8,544   8,732   8,492   7,737   10,980   5,128
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   40   0   0   8   44   21   36   26   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   226   3,005   4,332   2,955   3,451   3,662   3,102   2,026   7,398   1,330
      Non-S&E nec   930   1,551   1,221   1,946   1,303   1,758   1,372   1,580   2,303   581

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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