Data

U. Alabama, The, Huntsville

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   163,428   169,532   149,792   131,648   109,744   99,405   94,376   96,865   88,439   89,325
    Science   98,336   106,668   86,380   73,124   64,091   60,414   56,837   56,398   49,025   44,329
      Computer and information sciences   47,962   60,893   48,967   36,636   29,177   26,973   27,191   27,819   24,366   22,533
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   24,941   23,111   17,960   17,304   16,001   12,552   13,866   13,440   11,781   11,382
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   22,060   21,336   17,546   16,483   15,586   12,388   13,704   13,164   11,608   11,198
        Geological and earth sciences   2,767   1,540   399   664   327   144   162   276   173   179
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   114   207   15   157   88   20   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   28   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
      Life sciences   3,100   2,695   2,620   3,170   2,815   2,528   1,864   2,004   1,307   1,438
        Agricultural sciences   23   24   9   2   0   0   0   0   1   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,982   1,508   1,411   2,046   1,928   1,712   1,107   1,285   1,037   1,200
        Health sciences   1,091   1,159   1,179   1,122   887   108   98   9   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   4   4   21   0   0   708   659   710   269   238
      Mathematics and statistics   775   655   709   726   627   500   512   596   540   408
      Physical sciences   19,243   17,852   15,071   13,353   12,963   14,459   10,415   9,888   9,075   7,808
        Astronomy and astrophysics   15,296   13,777   11,601   10,224   9,766   10,761   6,566   5,487   5,223   4,490
        Chemistry   1,065   1,023   1,165   1,300   1,466   1,648   881   830   999   413
        Materials science   22   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,839   2,957   2,284   1,767   1,724   1,656   2,743   3,435   2,769   2,493
        Physical sciences nec   21   95   21   62   7   394   225   136   84   412
      Psychology   405   349   233   218   183   175   124   289   267   227
      Social sciences   1,910   1,113   820   1,717   2,325   3,227   2,865   2,362   1,689   533
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,668   773   611   1,501   1,304   2,553   2,370   1,239   747   336
        Political science and government   121   213   60   59   879   534   375   1,011   814   107
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   121   127   149   157   142   140   120   112   128   90
        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   55,164   53,958   55,510   51,198   40,733   34,105   32,555   35,151   35,720   41,665
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   32,825   32,628   35,286   30,622   22,743   22,335   20,978   23,205   25,122   33,867
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   294   120   151   254   218   30   11   0   10   17
      Chemical engineering   1,969   1,117   1,020   1,031   941   568   1,033   672   623   733
      Civil engineering   3,124   3,469   2,965   3,390   2,182   1,132   1,034   1,027   2,129   456
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,790   6,422   5,092   5,450   6,394   5,107   4,223   3,742   2,565   2,333
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   4,833   4,347   4,568   3,602   3,627   813   769   671   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,772   3,689   5,285   5,612   3,967   3,685   3,505   5,012   4,303   2,848
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   670   754   635   465   374   209   399   436   215   280
      Engineering nec   887   1,412   508   772   287   226   603   386   753   1,131
    Non-S&E   9,928   8,906   7,902   7,326   4,920   4,886   4,984   5,316   3,694   3,331
      Business management and business administration   3,213   2,817   2,530   2,675   2,606   2,931   2,852   3,674   2,241   1,881
      Communication and communications technologies   119   105   126   136   197   173   138   147   122   76
      Education   5,321   4,886   4,231   3,385   1,103   768   982   549   152   473
      Humanities   893   700   559   739   684   671   691   653   867   589
      Law   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   24
      Visual and performing arts   378   363   405   391   321   343   319   293   312   220
      Non-S&E nec   0   31   51   0   9   0   2   0   0   68

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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