Data

U. Alabama, Birmingham

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   865,868   780,479   713,480   644,330   618,226   607,863   588,207   561,851   537,825   516,229
    Science   822,501   740,753   671,131   589,607   555,515   547,806   526,958   505,921   488,133   472,364
      Computer and information sciences   1,238   1,013   898   1,356   1,502   827   919   575   2,466   940
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   66   436   701   870   1,199   1,496   2,022   8,362
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   66   436   701   870   1,199   1,496   2,022   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   500
        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   7,862
      Life sciences   804,993   721,450   653,373   571,525   542,308   533,536   511,345   491,477   472,114   455,478
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   204,343   198,509   167,234   132,380   132,963   137,196   122,978   121,086   120,456   126,233
        Health sciences   600,650   522,941   486,139   439,145   409,345   396,340   388,367   370,391   351,658   321,859
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,386
      Mathematics and statistics   328   169   263   383   916   876   320   324   1,157   137
      Physical sciences   7,068   5,624   6,282   9,885   4,678   5,961   7,211   5,667   4,898   3,003
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   3,201   2,164   1,560   2,415   1,018   2,177   2,239   1,781   1,060   781
        Materials science   49   156   1,570   5,131   1,169   1,365   2,297   1,476   1,553   0
        Physics   3,818   3,304   3,152   2,339   2,491   2,419   2,675   2,410   2,285   2,222
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   8,443   11,715   9,755   5,695   5,164   4,933   5,355   5,558   5,235   4,161
      Social sciences   431   782   494   317   246   803   609   824   241   283
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   535   557   1   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   219   517   311   170   16   2   10   57   101   151
        Social sciences nec   212   265   183   147   230   801   64   210   139   132
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   10   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   30,203   28,505   30,637   46,844   53,030   47,555   48,102   47,730   43,359   37,222
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   6,053   6,089   999   6,538   8,271   8,995   7,816   7,419   7,649   8,257
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   12,678   10,224   7,608   5,957   6,470   6,400   7,259   5,551   2,949   2,250
      Chemical engineering   623   103   349   942   3,507   4,368   6,122   8,933   10,340   3,900
      Civil engineering   2,284   2,010   1,765   609   693   1,033   985   1,320   1,201   1,095
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,466   1,917   3,155   6,491   5,960   3,121   1,737   2,776   1,528   1,008
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5,468   6,943   7,713   11,323   7,356   5,308   2,523   3,130   3,703   4,243
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   7,790   14,693   18,086   15,526   19,062   15,753   13,241   15,074
      Engineering nec   631   1,219   1,258   291   2,687   2,804   2,598   2,848   2,748   1,395
    Non-S&E   13,164   11,221   11,712   7,879   9,681   12,502   13,147   8,200   6,333   6,643
      Business management and business administration   576   0   25   209   94   98   221   178   156   129
      Communication and communications technologies   20   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   56
      Education   8,085   8,745   6,627   1,364   1,767   3,918   4,380   1,558   723   700
      Humanities   0   0   95   0   1   10   0   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   220   0   446   111   268   200   38   12   44   27
      Visual and performing arts   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0
      Non-S&E nec   4,262   2,475   4,517   6,195   7,551   8,276   8,508   6,452   5,396   5,731

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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