Data
Spelman C.
| Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 4,877 | 2,686 | 2,282 | 2,750 | 2,751 | 2,350 | 2,079 | 1,929 | 1,524 | 1,595 | ||||||||||
| Science | 4,558 | 2,409 | 1,886 | 2,136 | 1,988 | 1,627 | 1,226 | 1,232 | 963 | 1,113 | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 69 | 26 | 13 | 34 | 86 | 63 | 25 | 111 | 147 | 161 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 336 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | 336 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 869 | 685 | 633 | 624 | 536 | 684 | 759 | 681 | 284 | 246 | ||||||||||
| Agricultural sciences | 0 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 783 | 347 | 484 | 604 | 478 | 554 | 588 | 541 | 200 | 162 | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 86 | 96 | 149 | 20 | 58 | 130 | 171 | 140 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 1,112 | 668 | 96 | 48 | 202 | 45 | 1 | 59 | 72 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 774 | 410 | 523 | 713 | 595 | 620 | 184 | 170 | 294 | 579 | ||||||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chemistry | 640 | 391 | 523 | 713 | 595 | 620 | 184 | 165 | 274 | 480 | ||||||||||
| Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physics | 134 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 941 | 565 | 568 | 588 | 526 | 7 | 200 | 207 | 166 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | 312 | 55 | 53 | 129 | 43 | 208 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Economics | 251 | 55 | 53 | 129 | 43 | 208 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences nec | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Sciences nec | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 46 | 1 | 59 | 72 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 72 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Engineering nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E | 319 | 277 | 396 | 614 | 747 | 677 | 852 | 638 | 489 | 410 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Humanities | 0 | 0 | 396 | 614 | 747 | 677 | 852 | 638 | 489 | 410 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E nec | 319 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 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

