Data

U.S. Air Force Academy

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   44,880   36,506   32,086   42,197   43,941   35,925   48,287   55,358   38,326   44,663
    Science   8,313   3,335   2,954   3,496   6,451   4,822   6,804   13,644   10,889   10,051 i
      Computer and information sciences   1,285   210   150   490   640   1,044   703   4,585   3,401   836 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   53   120   34   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,399 i
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   738 i
        Geological and earth sciences   7   97   34   0   0   0   0   0   0   918 i
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   46   23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   743 i
      Life sciences   4,130   244   369   0   140   341   338   485   526   1,026 i
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
        Biological and biomedical sciences   4,130   194   317   0   140   341   338   485   526   1,026 i
        Health sciences   0   0   19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   33   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   50   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Mathematics and statistics   34   451   0   0   0   535   657   572   549   738 i
      Physical sciences   1,679   2,310   2,398   2,714   2,933   1,521   3,433   5,231   4,044   4,004 i
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,104   661   0   0   0   50   0   0   0   0 i
        Chemistry   0   74   552   0   330   627   703   1,169   801   446 i
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   575   1,150   1,846   2,714   2,603   844   2,730   4,062   3,243   3,558 i
        Physical sciences nec   0   425   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   274   0   0   0   1,053   1 i
      Social sciences   118   0   3   292   2,464   1,381   1,673   2,771   1,316   1,047 i
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   3   0   24   268   365   428   574   849 i
        Political science and government   27   0   0   203   2,133   484   470   597   580   124 i
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   24   307   629   838   1,746   162   0 i
        Social sciences nec   91   0   0   65   0   0   0   0   0   74 i
      Sciences nec   1,014   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
    Engineering   36,441   33,169   29,132   29,812   28,489   28,645   33,831   37,015   24,268   31,488 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   4,963   1,772   2,823   4,358   2,830   2,775   3,178   6,072   5,214   2,894 i
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   231   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Chemical engineering   203   0   0   0   0   42   0   0   0   0 i
      Civil engineering   0   479   0   0   50   359   590   473   501   385 i
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   242   327   923   325   140   748   699   1,424   1,006   580 i
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   73   895   482   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   74   28,282   24,904   25,073   25,090   24,556   29,364   29,046   17,547   27,604 i
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   30,509   314   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Engineering nec   146   1,100   0   56   379   165   0   0   0   25 i
    Non-S&E   126   2   0   8,889   9,001   2,458   7,652   4,699   3,169   3,124 i
      Business management and business administration   65   2   0   802   833   717   694   707   913   130 i
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Education   0   0   0   7,841   7,814   29   34   34   446   2,890 i
      Humanities   0   0   0   0   108   691   1,016   631   821   104 i
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   215   230   230   222   0 i
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Non-S&E nec   61   0   0   246   246   806   5,678   3,097   767   0 i

i=imputed

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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