Data

U. Alaska, Anchorage

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   24,649   19,850   21,024   21,332   22,713   21,724   21,096   20,861   19,883   17,436
    Science   22,029   16,889   17,668   18,916   21,022   19,262   17,058   16,580   16,400   14,522
      Computer and information sciences   0   165   48   166   165   685   471   226   453   63
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,394   2,790   5,286   5,735   7,339   5,186   5,101   3,302   2,757   4,541
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   307   280   417   310   215   203   120   271   100   1,578
        Geological and earth sciences   811   680   3,254   4,732   5,068   3,735   3,095   2,071   2,296   1,309
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   802   1,830   1,615   650   1,103   674   341   451   89   226
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   474   0   0   43   953   574   1,545   509   272   1,428
      Life sciences   13,081   9,605   8,875   8,381   6,857   8,863   7,822   7,514   6,412   5,814
        Agricultural sciences   240   9   57   0   294   482   938   187   374   874
        Biological and biomedical sciences   4,832   3,910   5,216   6,250   4,665   4,874   3,713   4,960   3,114   3,033
        Health sciences   3,350   2,859   2,121   830   129   1,268   1,757   1,472   1,472   664
        Natural resources and conservation   4,659   2,827   1,481   878   952   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   423   817   2,239   1,414   895   1,452   1,243
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   806   505   577   1,160   184   16   17   22   106   0
        Astronomy and astrophysics   288   228   275   144   125   1   17   22   2   0
        Chemistry   292   249   260   984   59   15   0   0   104   0
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   226   28   42   32   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   795   0   57   277   181   177   0   0   11   89
      Social sciences   3,994   2,384   1,529   3,020   3,306   2,233   1,916   2,281   1,750   2,368
        Anthropology   15   7   26   161   19   0   0   46   2   0
        Economics   2,386   1,422   449   476   175   444   141   118   289   383
        Political science and government   0   73   137   60   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   284   567   118   0   0   0   115   75   42   110
        Social sciences nec   1,309   315   799   2,323   3,112   1,789   1,660   2,042   1,417   1,875
      Sciences nec   959   1,440   1,296   177   2,990   2,102   1,731   3,235   4,911   1,647
    Engineering   1,833   1,878   1,957   1,674   1,101   1,393   2,196   2,066   1,982   874
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   537   206   32   0   0   0   149   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   58   2   31   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   594   746   1,060   617   241   476   496   514   933   427
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   297   434   219   267   71   186   322   203   541   89
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   26   0   0   0   27   64   0
      Mechanical engineering   57   398   409   529   128   6   15   5   81   146
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   177   83   144   0   0   0   54   15   0   0
      Engineering nec   171   11   93   235   603   723   1,129   1,302   363   212
    Non-S&E   787   1,083   1,399   742   590   1,069   1,842   2,215   1,501   2,040
      Business management and business administration   11   105   334   247   332   141   730   419   586   743
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   390   487   525   386   225   338   447   1,121   391   316
      Humanities   24   0   0   23   0   0   15   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   590   647   627   520   978
      Social work   0   214   497   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   362   277   43   86   32   0   3   48   4   3

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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