Data

Tufts U.

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   247,276   231,224   224,956   216,241   213,285   213,457   223,409   189,085   168,314   160,825
    Science   202,690   194,240   197,012   182,621   164,929   170,348   196,858   158,880   143,070   136,110
      Computer and information sciences   4,526   2,568   1,045   4,273   3,777   3,392   3,710   3,801   3,141   2,281
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,008   982   377   472   482   1,151   212   107   160   192
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   148   184   611   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,963   797   219   299   218   306   50   78   160   192
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   7   142   109   20   29   94   115   29   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   38   43   49   5   51   140   47   0   0   0
      Life sciences   138,203   134,584   149,664   136,826   114,635   71,546   173,969   119,885   110,856   106,310
        Agricultural sciences   4,674   3,836   1,450   5,500   1,048   3,280   29,339   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   104,627   102,498   91,403   92,119   80,921   34,372   100,615   74,507   76,067   77,389
        Health sciences   16,148   19,825   48,230   31,949   19,295   22,399   25,840   45,378   34,789   28,921
        Natural resources and conservation   10,100   0   0   39   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,654   8,425   8,581   7,219   13,371   11,495   18,175   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   4,607   6,353   7,181   3,409   1,811   1,839   1,489   1,975   2,606   3,022
      Physical sciences   10,498   11,206   9,212   15,438   11,377   68,855   7,207   9,492   6,504   6,381
        Astronomy and astrophysics   663   236   8   281   2,028   716   265   0   0   0
        Chemistry   7,629   8,074   7,178   10,325   5,517   42,537   5,626   7,927   4,861   4,783
        Materials science   859   0   0   2,793   2,835   24,862   0   0   0   0
        Physics   669   2,686   1,872   1,621   234   467   1,316   1,565   1,643   1,598
        Physical sciences nec   678   210   154   418   763   273   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   6,701   5,146   5,486   2,420   1,739   1,811   1,575   9,802   8,651   8,983
      Social sciences   17,786   19,308   15,859   12,852   14,063   15,495   8,696   13,818   11,152   8,941
        Anthropology   586   1,317   2,830   443   1,606   1,588   0   0   0   0
        Economics   2,857   2,215   1,385   1,585   459   218   951   794   483   377
        Political science and government   650   339   22   991   0   145   0   12,904   10,653   8,563
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   9   85   2,157   1,419   2,598   1,750   6   16   1
        Social sciences nec   13,693   15,428   11,537   7,676   10,579   10,946   5,995   114   0   0
      Sciences nec   18,361   14,093   8,188   6,931   17,045   6,259   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   34,614   32,535   24,017   26,662   31,630   27,130   20,037   22,131   19,440   20,301
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   337   183   102   294   225   287   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   16,668   13,580   11,696   13,766   19,575   13,522   6,718   9,683   7,996   10,416
      Chemical engineering   2,838   2,814   2,918   3,193   3,937   2,794   1,962   1,383   1,297   1,427
      Civil engineering   4,289   5,069   3,456   3,875   3,001   3,409   5,823   3,791   3,144   2,822
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,047   4,267   2,901   2,842   2,408   4,218   3,424   4,198   3,196   3,159
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,802   3,532   1,937   2,382   2,248   2,900   2,062   3,008   3,710   2,477
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   849   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   3,633   2,241   1,007   310   236   0   48   68   97   0
    Non-S&E   9,972   4,449   3,927   6,958   16,726   15,979   6,514   8,074   5,804   4,414
      Business management and business administration   13   76   31   109   49   192   184   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   50   0   37   38
      Education   1,375   1,503   1,304   3,128   2,979   8,349   2,097   2,596   2,276   496
      Humanities   2,731   1,188   779   1,135   1,126   1,118   3,293   1,155   676   1,492
      Law   1,908   211   63   0   0   50   50   3,201   1,636   1,041
      Social work   0   91   67   11   13   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   236   292   94   156   72   0   0   140   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   3,709   1,088   1,589   2,419   12,487   6,270   840   982   1,179   1,347

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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