Data

U. Alabama, Huntsville

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   154,494   163,428   169,532   149,792   131,648   109,744   99,405   94,376   96,865   88,439
    Science   89,589   98,336   106,668   86,380   73,124   64,091   60,414   56,837   56,398   49,025
      Computer and information sciences   37,913   47,962   60,893   48,967   36,636   29,177   26,973   27,191   27,819   24,366
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   27,921   24,941   23,111   17,960   17,304   16,001   12,552   13,866   13,440   11,781
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   23,623   22,060   21,336   17,546   16,483   15,586   12,388   13,704   13,164   11,608
        Geological and earth sciences   4,295   2,767   1,540   399   664   327   144   162   276   173
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   3   114   207   15   157   88   20   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   28   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   3,118   3,100   2,695   2,620   3,170   2,815   2,528   1,864   2,004   1,307
        Agricultural sciences   0   23   24   9   2   0   0   0   0   1
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,857   1,982   1,508   1,411   2,046   1,928   1,712   1,107   1,285   1,037
        Health sciences   1,261   1,091   1,159   1,179   1,122   887   108   98   9   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   4   4   21   0   0   708   659   710   269
      Mathematics and statistics   883   775   655   709   726   627   500   512   596   540
      Physical sciences   18,131   19,243   17,852   15,071   13,353   12,963   14,459   10,415   9,888   9,075
        Astronomy and astrophysics   13,518   15,296   13,777   11,601   10,224   9,766   10,761   6,566   5,487   5,223
        Chemistry   1,970   1,065   1,023   1,165   1,300   1,466   1,648   881   830   999
        Materials science   23   22   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,547   2,839   2,957   2,284   1,767   1,724   1,656   2,743   3,435   2,769
        Physical sciences nec   73   21   95   21   62   7   394   225   136   84
      Psychology   279   405   349   233   218   183   175   124   289   267
      Social sciences   1,344   1,910   1,113   820   1,717   2,325   3,227   2,865   2,362   1,689
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,097   1,668   773   611   1,501   1,304   2,553   2,370   1,239   747
        Political science and government   111   121   213   60   59   879   534   375   1,011   814
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   136   121   127   149   157   142   140   120   112   128
        Social sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   54,721   55,164   53,958   55,510   51,198   40,733   34,105   32,555   35,151   35,720
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   29,557   32,825   32,628   35,286   30,622   22,743   22,335   20,978   23,205   25,122
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   223   294   120   151   254   218   30   11   0   10
      Chemical engineering   1,662   1,969   1,117   1,020   1,031   941   568   1,033   672   623
      Civil engineering   812   3,124   3,469   2,965   3,390   2,182   1,132   1,034   1,027   2,129
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   13,202   6,790   6,422   5,092   5,450   6,394   5,107   4,223   3,742   2,565
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   5,425   4,833   4,347   4,568   3,602   3,627   813   769   671   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,006   3,772   3,689   5,285   5,612   3,967   3,685   3,505   5,012   4,303
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   436   670   754   635   465   374   209   399   436   215
      Engineering nec   398   887   1,412   508   772   287   226   603   386   753
    Non-S&E   10,184   9,928   8,906   7,902   7,326   4,920   4,886   4,984   5,316   3,694
      Business management and business administration   3,116   3,213   2,817   2,530   2,675   2,606   2,931   2,852   3,674   2,241
      Communication and communications technologies   123   119   105   126   136   197   173   138   147   122
      Education   5,822   5,321   4,886   4,231   3,385   1,103   768   982   549   152
      Humanities   731   893   700   559   739   684   671   691   653   867
      Law   16   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   2   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   372   378   363   405   391   321   343   319   293   312
      Non-S&E nec   2   0   31   51   0   9   0   2   0   0

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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