Data

Rice 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   277,683   255,115   216,202   207,404   198,681   182,564   161,831   167,277   154,543   144,679
    Science   127,444   119,818   99,662   99,931   100,300   99,827   89,418   90,015   82,742   80,169
      Computer and information sciences   12,861   12,530   11,172   11,623   10,760   11,939   11,281   12,583   11,729   9,717
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,304   6,249   4,738   4,786   5,152   4,341   3,958   5,491   4,775   6,013
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   43   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   7,056   6,249   4,738   4,786   5,152   4,341   3,958   5,491   4,775   6,013
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   205   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   22,098   19,778   18,022   15,766   16,008   13,966   14,193   13,593   13,400   11,821
        Agricultural sciences   45   13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   21,982   19,765   18,013   15,766   16,008   13,966   14,193   13,593   13,400   11,821
        Health sciences   19   0   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   38   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   7,776   7,338   6,937   7,349   9,363   9,477   9,435   8,903   6,687   6,675
      Physical sciences   42,238   43,704   31,638   33,015   33,656   34,759   29,448   32,195   33,165   34,639
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,284   1,129   1,307   2,183   1,276   1,456   1,686   1,442   3   0
        Chemistry   19,897   20,909   13,489   15,332   16,251   16,975   13,430   15,323   17,721   18,164
        Materials science   2,297   1,894   1,191   1,034   22   94   272   360   0   0
        Physics   17,383   19,681   15,651   14,466   16,107   16,234   14,060   15,070   15,429   16,347
        Physical sciences nec   377   91   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   128
      Psychology   7,336   5,420   4,805   5,772   4,798   3,821   3,182   4,026   2,600   1,265
      Social sciences   24,903   24,172   21,779   21,092   19,959   20,720   17,208   12,014   9,310   8,841
        Anthropology   770   736   496   171   365   273   269   407   292   0
        Economics   781   773   498   353   586   767   533   746   357   340
        Political science and government   15,659   10,382   12,303   8,572   6,914   8,410   9,249   4,928   3,419   4,041
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   6,418   11,279   7,453   11,427   11,692   10,796   6,636   5,452   4,958   4,251
        Social sciences nec   1,275   1,002   1,029   569   402   474   521   481   284   209
      Sciences nec   2,928   627   571   528   604   804   713   1,210   1,076   1,198
    Engineering   137,077   129,719   110,648   100,872   91,913   77,299   67,934   73,297   69,113   61,766
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   57,121   53,640   45,583   41,219   37,712   29,222   23,315   22,935   26,390   21,506
      Chemical engineering   11,476   12,796   8,892   8,848   8,133   9,233   8,740   10,105   8,159   8,001
      Civil engineering   10,208   13,484   12,211   11,679   9,307   9,114   8,780   10,314   7,302   5,575
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   33,769   31,905   27,727   23,293   21,554   16,178   14,282   16,450   15,177   16,216
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   52   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5,796   6,666   6,847   5,695   4,535   4,308   3,518   2,585   1,504   1,984
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   9,874   8,076   7,535   7,745   7,864   6,963   7,088   8,513   8,865   6,778
      Engineering nec   8,781   3,141   1,853   2,393   2,808   2,281   2,211   2,395   1,716   1,706
    Non-S&E   13,162   5,578   5,892   6,601   6,468   5,438   4,479   3,965   2,688   2,744
      Business management and business administration   2,550   716   694   1,471   877   846   1,036   786   490   340
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
      Education   7,666   2,578   3,633   3,336   3,996   2,381   1,024   1,541   667   1,358
      Humanities   2,158   1,669   1,262   1,351   1,286   1,857   2,136   1,470   1,290   906
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   123   227   32   83   75   143   108   70   104   134
      Non-S&E nec   665   388   271   360   234   211   175   98   137   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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