Data

U. Alabama, The, Birmingham

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   780,479   713,480   644,330   618,226   607,863   588,207   561,851   537,825   516,229   428,563
    Science   740,753   671,131   589,607   555,515   547,806   526,958   505,921   488,133   472,364   403,628
      Computer and information sciences   1,013   898   1,356   1,502   827   919   575   2,466   940   1,010
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   66   436   701   870   1,199   1,496   2,022   8,362   342
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   66   436   701   870   1,199   1,496   2,022   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   500   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   342
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,862   0
      Life sciences   721,450   653,373   571,525   542,308   533,536   511,345   491,477   472,114   455,478   396,805
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   198,509   167,234   132,380   132,963   137,196   122,978   121,086   120,456   126,233   103,498
        Health sciences   522,941   486,139   439,145   409,345   396,340   388,367   370,391   351,658   321,859   282,484
        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   7,386   10,823
      Mathematics and statistics   169   263   383   916   876   320   324   1,157   137   264
      Physical sciences   5,624   6,282   9,885   4,678   5,961   7,211   5,667   4,898   3,003   2,819
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,164   1,560   2,415   1,018   2,177   2,239   1,781   1,060   781   440
        Materials science   156   1,570   5,131   1,169   1,365   2,297   1,476   1,553   0   0
        Physics   3,304   3,152   2,339   2,491   2,419   2,675   2,410   2,285   2,222   2,379
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   11,715   9,755   5,695   5,164   4,933   5,355   5,558   5,235   4,161   2,085
      Social sciences   782   494   317   246   803   609   824   241   283   303
        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   535   557   1   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   517   311   170   16   2   10   57   101   151   152
        Social sciences nec   265   183   147   230   801   64   210   139   132   151
      Sciences nec   0   0   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   28,505   30,637   46,844   53,030   47,555   48,102   47,730   43,359   37,222   17,847
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   6,089   999   6,538   8,271   8,995   7,816   7,419   7,649   8,257   7,179
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   10,224   7,608   5,957   6,470   6,400   7,259   5,551   2,949   2,250   2,935
      Chemical engineering   103   349   942   3,507   4,368   6,122   8,933   10,340   3,900   0
      Civil engineering   2,010   1,765   609   693   1,033   985   1,320   1,201   1,095   1,161
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,917   3,155   6,491   5,960   3,121   1,737   2,776   1,528   1,008   160
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,943   7,713   11,323   7,356   5,308   2,523   3,130   3,703   4,243   2,874
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   7,790   14,693   18,086   15,526   19,062   15,753   13,241   15,074   2,188
      Engineering nec   1,219   1,258   291   2,687   2,804   2,598   2,848   2,748   1,395   1,350
    Non-S&E   11,221   11,712   7,879   9,681   12,502   13,147   8,200   6,333   6,643   7,088
      Business management and business administration   0   25   209   94   98   221   178   156   129   133
      Communication and communications technologies   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   56   0
      Education   8,745   6,627   1,364   1,767   3,918   4,380   1,558   723   700   1,637
      Humanities   0   95   0   1   10   0   0   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   446   111   268   200   38   12   44   27   7
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0   9
      Non-S&E nec   2,475   4,517   6,195   7,551   8,276   8,508   6,452   5,396   5,731   5,302

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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