Data

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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   21,525   19,943   17,340   23,496   30,020   32,582   41,326   58,817   58,512   69,528
    Science   11,927   11,891   9,033   11,250   12,440   12,911   15,524   16,042   24,194   26,597
      Computer and information sciences   132   44   32   1   7   32   341   207   240   117
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   261   659   467   285   192   187   244   481   609   501
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   261   659   467   285   192   187   244   481   584   483
        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   25   18
      Life sciences   1,185   1,587   1,390   1,882   1,928   1,633   1,611   1,927   3,120   2,576
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,022   1,303   1,180   1,699   1,915   1,623   1,175   1,541   2,042   2,086
        Health sciences   151   284   210   183   13   10   436   386   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,078   490
      Mathematics and statistics   78   191   161   82   178   210   533   249   482   429
      Physical sciences   9,555   8,690   6,703   8,576   9,643   10,305   11,144   11,686   17,406   20,889
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   9,524   8,686   6,703   8,576   9,571   10,295   11,100   11,618   17,346   20,778
        Materials science   30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1   4   0   0   72   10   44   68   60   111
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   435   581   226   328   338   283   877   889   1,353   1,226
      Social sciences   131   139   54   95   154   261   653   431   984   859
        Anthropology   10   71   12   28   126   93   26   123   0   0
        Economics   51   29   18   8   0   9   11   5   637   187
        Political science and government   69   31   0   49   5   28   289   167   129   358
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1   0   7   5   23   96   96   111   184   269
        Social sciences nec   0   8   17   5   0   35   231   25   34   45
      Sciences nec   150   0   0   1   0   0   121   172   0   0
    Engineering   8,851   7,558   7,714   11,345   16,650   18,878   24,042   41,309   29,895   37,673
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   840   768   811   1,151   1,211   1,172   1,970   2,594   1,903   1,506
      Chemical engineering   1,737   1,613   1,355   4,381   5,103   5,816   7,637   11,709   10,855   13,447
      Civil engineering   1,456   1,268   1,119   1,487   5,322   3,032   3,726   4,396   5,527   6,436
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   838   703   320   931   1,906   2,122   3,243   3,780   2,827   3,188
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,951   2,886   3,728   3,142   2,977   3,337   3,438   4,958   5,374   5,614
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   22   305   381   253   131   3,399   4,028   13,872   3,409   7,482
    Non-S&E   747   494   593   901   930   793   1,760   1,466   4,423   5,258
      Business management and business administration   111   126   147   165   201   130   289   552   726   426
      Communication and communications technologies   47   40   73   15   6   0   76   0   25   102
      Education   59   46   128   244   218   217   549   200   442   638
      Humanities   105   181   180   89   198   180   233   202   189   476
      Law   192   15   2   132   138   73   168   3   6   9
      Social work   49   0   0   0   56   2   175   11   73   30
      Visual and performing arts   77   51   63   256   86   154   211   139   167   176
      Non-S&E nec   107   35   0   0   27   37   59   359   2,795   3,401

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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