Data

SUNY, U. Buffalo

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   541,880   471,569   439,709   425,349   422,038   413,817   410,220   401,591   389,569   382,935
    Science   365,678   322,096   307,188   307,072   288,797   299,239   298,007   292,421   278,625   278,644
      Computer and information sciences   22,035   20,464   20,493   17,679   18,747   15,899   16,731   16,352   13,314   13,215
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,528   6,700   4,848   4,912   3,739   3,533   4,479   4,212   3,325   2,883
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   163   125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   6,302   6,529   4,848   4,912   3,739   3,533   4,441   4,204   3,325   2,883
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   63   44   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   2   0   0   0   0   38   8   0   0
      Life sciences   307,957   263,888   257,060   254,314   241,467   249,349   244,106   241,186   232,401   238,676
        Agricultural sciences   1,039   563   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   140,166   105,597   95,707   95,200   88,070   82,365   76,477   71,749   66,792   77,658
        Health sciences   165,492   156,207   159,310   154,302   150,541   164,551   165,515   167,111   163,179   156,492
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   1,260   1,521   2,043   4,812   2,856   2,433   2,114   2,326   2,430   4,526
      Mathematics and statistics   2,352   2,886   1,926   1,730   1,067   1,083   901   949   857   748
      Physical sciences   15,999   15,320   11,990   13,431   11,161   11,644   13,301   13,498   13,533   13,614
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   12,151   11,496   9,376   10,122   7,461   7,311   9,069   9,102   8,746   8,565
        Materials science   0   3   4   26   174   97   5   0   0   0
        Physics   3,848   3,821   2,610   3,283   3,526   4,236   4,227   4,396   4,787   5,049
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   5,304   5,809   4,111   5,677   5,113   4,752   4,908   3,820   4,266   4,138
      Social sciences   4,091   4,321   6,573   8,687   6,356   9,937   10,024   8,662   9,420   4,556
        Anthropology   1,859   2,037   4,448   4,783   3,984   4,956   5,919   6,245   5,958   0
        Economics   0   0   0   32   30   430   547   108   38   198
        Political science and government   93   0   457   1,564   22   1,839   1,688   755   2,151   938
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,986   2,162   1,668   2,308   2,320   2,693   1,794   1,553   1,273   92
        Social sciences nec   153   122   0   0   0   19   76   1   0   3,328
      Sciences nec   1,412   2,708   187   642   1,147   3,042   3,557   3,742   1,509   814
    Engineering   124,566   123,383   109,870   100,194   112,843   95,040   95,234   93,965   94,683   88,489
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   10,877   11,091   12,279   15,010   16,026   11,817   14,649   16,610   104   91
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   15,742   18,601   12,264   9,847   15,771   14,478   13,963   19,017   22,433   14,994
      Chemical engineering   15,304   17,346   14,783   13,887   16,072   13,211   18,741   19,225   19,589   23,771
      Civil engineering   13,963   11,452   8,297   7,680   10,690   11,149   10,958   10,230   11,428   11,812
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,805   4,789   5,354   7,382   5,146   3,946   5,519   4,384   4,925   5,024
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   8,998   9,439   7,407   8,562   12,273   13,373   7,647   3,287   2,100   0
      Mechanical engineering   33,927   31,671   25,052   19,203   20,311   14,834   12,435   10,893   13,570   12,002
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   4,195   5,009   3,223   3,079   2,245   276   98   0   142   1,443
      Engineering nec   17,755   13,985   21,211   15,544   14,309   11,956   11,224   10,319   20,392   19,352
    Non-S&E   51,636   26,090   22,651   18,083   20,398   19,538   16,979   15,205   16,261   15,802
      Business management and business administration   17,836   8,572   6,747   2,475   3,913   2,798   1,749   567   995   1,237
      Communication and communications technologies   919   451   202   378   161   1   0   0   0   215
      Education   28,785   15,297   14,153   13,691   14,352   14,929   13,216   12,603   12,644   12,525
      Humanities   1,030   825   517   587   457   554   751   800   573   323
      Law   496   327   631   588   524   358   267   332   318   323
      Social work   305   246   175   67   0   0   0   0   0   876
      Visual and performing arts   8   54   19   7   217   256   57   52   32   36
      Non-S&E nec   2,257   318   207   290   774   642   939   851   1,699   267

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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