Data

U. Alaska, Anchorage

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   19,850   21,024   21,332   22,713   21,724   21,096   20,861   19,883   17,436   17,150
    Science   16,889   17,668   18,916   21,022   19,262   17,058   16,580   16,400   14,522   13,855
      Computer and information sciences   165   48   166   165   685   471   226   453   63   630
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,790   5,286   5,735   7,339   5,186   5,101   3,302   2,757   4,541   3,762
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   280   417   310   215   203   120   271   100   1,578   853
        Geological and earth sciences   680   3,254   4,732   5,068   3,735   3,095   2,071   2,296   1,309   321
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   1,830   1,615   650   1,103   674   341   451   89   226   102
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   43   953   574   1,545   509   272   1,428   2,486
      Life sciences   9,605   8,875   8,381   6,857   8,863   7,822   7,514   6,412   5,814   5,553
        Agricultural sciences   9   57   0   294   482   938   187   374   874   1,228
        Biological and biomedical sciences   3,910   5,216   6,250   4,665   4,874   3,713   4,960   3,114   3,033   3,114
        Health sciences   2,859   2,121   830   129   1,268   1,757   1,472   1,472   664   478
        Natural resources and conservation   2,827   1,481   878   952   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   423   817   2,239   1,414   895   1,452   1,243   733
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   171
      Physical sciences   505   577   1,160   184   16   17   22   106   0   116
        Astronomy and astrophysics   228   275   144   125   1   17   22   2   0   52
        Chemistry   249   260   984   59   15   0   0   104   0   64
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   28   42   32   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   0   57   277   181   177   0   0   11   89   77
      Social sciences   2,384   1,529   3,020   3,306   2,233   1,916   2,281   1,750   2,368   2,658
        Anthropology   7   26   161   19   0   0   46   2   0   0
        Economics   1,422   449   476   175   444   141   118   289   383   311
        Political science and government   73   137   60   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   567   118   0   0   0   115   75   42   110   55
        Social sciences nec   315   799   2,323   3,112   1,789   1,660   2,042   1,417   1,875   2,292
      Sciences nec   1,440   1,296   177   2,990   2,102   1,731   3,235   4,911   1,647   888
    Engineering   1,878   1,957   1,674   1,101   1,393   2,196   2,066   1,982   874   1,257
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   206   32   0   0   0   149   0   0   0   3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   58   2   31   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   746   1,060   617   241   476   496   514   933   427   543
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   434   219   267   71   186   322   203   541   89   444
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   26   0   0   0   27   64   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   398   409   529   128   6   15   5   81   146   15
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   83   144   0   0   0   54   15   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   11   93   235   603   723   1,129   1,302   363   212   252
    Non-S&E   1,083   1,399   742   590   1,069   1,842   2,215   1,501   2,040   2,038
      Business management and business administration   105   334   247   332   141   730   419   586   743   360
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   487   525   386   225   338   447   1,121   391   316   591
      Humanities   0   0   23   0   0   15   0   0   0   352
      Law   0   0   0   0   590   647   627   520   978   724
      Social work   214   497   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   277   43   86   32   0   3   48   4   3   11

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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