Data

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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   24,568   21,525   19,943   17,340   23,496   30,020   32,582   41,326   58,817   58,512
    Science   13,241   11,927   11,891   9,033   11,250   12,440   12,911   15,524   16,042   24,194
      Computer and information sciences   83   132   44   32   1   7   32   341   207   240
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   269   261   659   467   285   192   187   244   481   609
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   269   261   659   467   285   192   187   244   481   584
        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   0   25
      Life sciences   2,351   1,185   1,587   1,390   1,882   1,928   1,633   1,611   1,927   3,120
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,627   1,022   1,303   1,180   1,699   1,915   1,623   1,175   1,541   2,042
        Health sciences   340   151   284   210   183   13   10   436   386   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   384   12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,078
      Mathematics and statistics   47   78   191   161   82   178   210   533   249   482
      Physical sciences   9,923   9,555   8,690   6,703   8,576   9,643   10,305   11,144   11,686   17,406
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   9,823   9,524   8,686   6,703   8,576   9,571   10,295   11,100   11,618   17,346
        Materials science   0   30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   100   1   4   0   0   72   10   44   68   60
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   329   435   581   226   328   338   283   877   889   1,353
      Social sciences   239   131   139   54   95   154   261   653   431   984
        Anthropology   27   10   71   12   28   126   93   26   123   0
        Economics   1   51   29   18   8   0   9   11   5   637
        Political science and government   197   69   31   0   49   5   28   289   167   129
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   14   1   0   7   5   23   96   96   111   184
        Social sciences nec   0   0   8   17   5   0   35   231   25   34
      Sciences nec   0   150   0   0   1   0   0   121   172   0
    Engineering   10,504   8,851   7,558   7,714   11,345   16,650   18,878   24,042   41,309   29,895
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   7   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,563   840   768   811   1,151   1,211   1,172   1,970   2,594   1,903
      Chemical engineering   2,015   1,737   1,613   1,355   4,381   5,103   5,816   7,637   11,709   10,855
      Civil engineering   1,521   1,456   1,268   1,119   1,487   5,322   3,032   3,726   4,396   5,527
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,051   838   703   320   931   1,906   2,122   3,243   3,780   2,827
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,285   3,951   2,886   3,728   3,142   2,977   3,337   3,438   4,958   5,374
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   69   22   305   381   253   131   3,399   4,028   13,872   3,409
    Non-S&E   823   747   494   593   901   930   793   1,760   1,466   4,423
      Business management and business administration   120   111   126   147   165   201   130   289   552   726
      Communication and communications technologies   21   47   40   73   15   6   0   76   0   25
      Education   0   59   46   128   244   218   217   549   200   442
      Humanities   118   105   181   180   89   198   180   233   202   189
      Law   158   192   15   2   132   138   73   168   3   6
      Social work   21   49   0   0   0   56   2   175   11   73
      Visual and performing arts   129   77   51   63   256   86   154   211   139   167
      Non-S&E nec   256   107   35   0   0   27   37   59   359   2,795

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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