Data

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Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields   19,943   17,340   23,496   30,020   32,582   41,326   58,817   58,512   69,528   69,640
    Science   11,891   9,033   11,250   12,440   12,911   15,524   16,042   24,194   26,597   25,947
      Computer and information sciences   44   32   1   7   32   341   207   240   117   79
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   659   467   285   192   187   244   481   609   501   493
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   659   467   285   192   187   244   481   584   483   453
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   25   18   40
      Life sciences   1,587   1,390   1,882   1,928   1,633   1,611   1,927   3,120   2,576   2,631
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,303   1,180   1,699   1,915   1,623   1,175   1,541   2,042   2,086   1,794
        Health sciences   284   210   183   13   10   436   386   0   0   3
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,078   490   834
      Mathematics and statistics   191   161   82   178   210   533   249   482   429   493
      Physical sciences   8,690   6,703   8,576   9,643   10,305   11,144   11,686   17,406   20,889   20,338
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   8,686   6,703   8,576   9,571   10,295   11,100   11,618   17,346   20,778   20,276
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4   0   0   72   10   44   68   60   111   62
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   581   226   328   338   283   877   889   1,353   1,226   967
      Social sciences   139   54   95   154   261   653   431   984   859   946
        Anthropology   71   12   28   126   93   26   123   0   0   0
        Economics   29   18   8   0   9   11   5   637   187   18
        Political science and government   31   0   49   5   28   289   167   129   358   272
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   7   5   23   96   96   111   184   269   625
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified   8   17   5   0   35   231   25   34   45   31
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   1   0   0   121   172   0   0   0
    Engineering   7,558   7,714   11,345   16,650   18,878   24,042   41,309   29,895   37,673   36,384
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   768   811   1,151   1,211   1,172   1,970   2,594   1,903   1,506   1,196
      Chemical engineering   1,613   1,355   4,381   5,103   5,816   7,637   11,709   10,855   13,447   12,861
      Civil engineering   1,268   1,119   1,487   5,322   3,032   3,726   4,396   5,527   6,436   6,936
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   703   320   931   1,906   2,122   3,243   3,780   2,827   3,188   2,562
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,886   3,728   3,142   2,977   3,337   3,438   4,958   5,374   5,614   5,508
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified   305   381   253   131   3,399   4,028   13,872   3,409   7,482   7,321
    Non-S&E   494   593   901   930   793   1,760   1,466   4,423   5,258   7,309
      Business management and business administration   126   147   165   201   130   289   552   726   426   460
      Communication and communications technologies   40   73   15   6   0   76   0   25   102   49
      Education   46   128   244   218   217   549   200   442   638   633
      Humanities   181   180   89   198   180   233   202   189   476   155
      Law   15   2   132   138   73   168   3   6   9   19
      Social work   0   0   0   56   2   175   11   73   30   25
      Visual and performing arts   51   63   256   86   154   211   139   167   176   274
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified   35   0   0   27   37   59   359   2,795   3,401   5,694

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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