Data

State U. New York, The, U. at Buffalo

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   471,569   439,709   425,349   422,038   413,817   410,220   401,591   389,569   382,935   386,562
    Science   322,096   307,188   307,072   288,797   299,239   298,007   292,421   278,625   278,644   288,007
      Computer and information sciences   20,464   20,493   17,679   18,747   15,899   16,731   16,352   13,314   13,215   13,402
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,700   4,848   4,912   3,739   3,533   4,479   4,212   3,325   2,883   3,470
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   6,529   4,848   4,912   3,739   3,533   4,441   4,204   3,325   2,883   3,464
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   44   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2   0   0   0   0   38   8   0   0   6
      Life sciences   263,888   257,060   254,314   241,467   249,349   244,106   241,186   232,401   238,676   243,710
        Agricultural sciences   563   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   105,597   95,707   95,200   88,070   82,365   76,477   71,749   66,792   77,658   63,526
        Health sciences   156,207   159,310   154,302   150,541   164,551   165,515   167,111   163,179   156,492   173,063
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   1,521   2,043   4,812   2,856   2,433   2,114   2,326   2,430   4,526   7,121
      Mathematics and statistics   2,886   1,926   1,730   1,067   1,083   901   949   857   748   1,287
      Physical sciences   15,320   11,990   13,431   11,161   11,644   13,301   13,498   13,533   13,614   16,872
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   11,496   9,376   10,122   7,461   7,311   9,069   9,102   8,746   8,565   10,301
        Materials science   3   4   26   174   97   5   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,821   2,610   3,283   3,526   4,236   4,227   4,396   4,787   5,049   6,571
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   5,809   4,111   5,677   5,113   4,752   4,908   3,820   4,266   4,138   3,501
      Social sciences   4,321   6,573   8,687   6,356   9,937   10,024   8,662   9,420   4,556   4,857
        Anthropology   2,037   4,448   4,783   3,984   4,956   5,919   6,245   5,958   0   0
        Economics   0   0   32   30   430   547   108   38   198   129
        Political science and government   0   457   1,564   22   1,839   1,688   755   2,151   938   719
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,162   1,668   2,308   2,320   2,693   1,794   1,553   1,273   92   124
        Social sciences nec   122   0   0   0   19   76   1   0   3,328   3,885
      Sciences nec   2,708   187   642   1,147   3,042   3,557   3,742   1,509   814   908
    Engineering   123,383   109,870   100,194   112,843   95,040   95,234   93,965   94,683   88,489   82,076
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   11,091   12,279   15,010   16,026   11,817   14,649   16,610   104   91   484
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   18,601   12,264   9,847   15,771   14,478   13,963   19,017   22,433   14,994   11,049
      Chemical engineering   17,346   14,783   13,887   16,072   13,211   18,741   19,225   19,589   23,771   24,423
      Civil engineering   11,452   8,297   7,680   10,690   11,149   10,958   10,230   11,428   11,812   12,051
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,789   5,354   7,382   5,146   3,946   5,519   4,384   4,925   5,024   5,118
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   9,439   7,407   8,562   12,273   13,373   7,647   3,287   2,100   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   31,671   25,052   19,203   20,311   14,834   12,435   10,893   13,570   12,002   9,807
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   5,009   3,223   3,079   2,245   276   98   0   142   1,443   266
      Engineering nec   13,985   21,211   15,544   14,309   11,956   11,224   10,319   20,392   19,352   18,878
    Non-S&E   26,090   22,651   18,083   20,398   19,538   16,979   15,205   16,261   15,802   16,479
      Business management and business administration   8,572   6,747   2,475   3,913   2,798   1,749   567   995   1,237   1,533
      Communication and communications technologies   451   202   378   161   1   0   0   0   215   238
      Education   15,297   14,153   13,691   14,352   14,929   13,216   12,603   12,644   12,525   12,402
      Humanities   825   517   587   457   554   751   800   573   323   947
      Law   327   631   588   524   358   267   332   318   323   430
      Social work   246   175   67   0   0   0   0   0   876   897
      Visual and performing arts   54   19   7   217   256   57   52   32   36   32
      Non-S&E nec   318   207   290   774   642   939   851   1,699   267   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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