Data
Providence C.
| Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 5,533 | 2,012 | 766 | 1,092 | 1,042 | 1,215 | 1,014 | 1,196 | 1,329 | 1,087 | ||||||||||
| Science | 2,014 | 1,284 | 738 | 1,060 | 975 | 1,163 | 955 | 1,127 | 1,302 | 1,042 | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 248 | 75 | 144 | 160 | 166 | 103 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 231 | 0 | 144 | 160 | 166 | 103 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences | 1,320 | 764 | 442 | 422 | 589 | 606 | 572 | 733 | 836 | 673 | ||||||||||
| Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,102 | 0 | 414 | 422 | 589 | 606 | 572 | 733 | 836 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences nec | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 253 | 36 | 99 | 390 | 93 | 175 | 165 | 100 | 144 | 211 | ||||||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 20 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chemistry | 233 | 0 | 74 | 370 | 93 | 175 | 150 | 97 | 144 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 105 | 44 | 35 | 70 | 122 | 231 | 172 | 290 | 317 | 158 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | 88 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 48 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Anthropology | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Economics | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Political science and government | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sciences nec | 0 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 0 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 41 | 23 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 40 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Engineering nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E | 3,519 | 707 | 11 | 32 | 26 | 29 | 17 | 45 | 18 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Education | 3,006 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Humanities | 41 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 37 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Visual and performing arts | 109 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E nec | 363 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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

