Data

U. Alaska, Fairbanks

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   218,041   202,516   172,957   152,299   144,457   140,917   152,694   144,259   142,742   155,769
    Science   185,295   182,791   153,609   132,521   127,385   124,962   132,437   121,483   117,637   125,578
      Computer and information sciences   222   907   1,116   1,148   1,058   1,202   2,489   1,850   1,876   2,456
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   111,890   121,905   95,711   72,609   69,346   65,850   67,711   64,729   63,289   75,267
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   13,684   12,633   8,494   7,277   10,208   7,842   7,540   3,153   6,394   7,128
        Geological and earth sciences   64,913   67,635   52,713   34,852   26,816   31,604   24,963   24,749   27,301   25,880
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   32,857   40,094   33,542   24,396   29,040   25,290   32,970   30,661   23,613   35,132
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   436   1,543   962   6,084   3,282   1,114   2,238   6,166   5,981   7,127
      Life sciences   38,729   28,235   37,477   29,409   26,416   30,257   28,705   26,194   21,419   20,893
        Agricultural sciences   4,041   3,606   9,228   10,148   14,651   16,160   8,459   10,292   5,744   6,715
        Biological and biomedical sciences   23,753   16,875   24,022   12,603   7,064   6,607   11,550   7,522   11,188   10,983
        Health sciences   3,956   2,018   362   431   2,751   6,324   5,005   5,751   1,850   722
        Natural resources and conservation   6,714   5,709   3,859   6,015   1,860   867   2,338   1,892   0   0
        Life sciences nec   265   27   6   212   90   299   1,353   737   2,637   2,473
      Mathematics and statistics   338   181   191   346   507   454   514   260   36   74
      Physical sciences   13,507   13,832   16,441   15,551   13,534   13,107   14,459   12,644   12,980   11,526
        Astronomy and astrophysics   12,620   13,488   16,237   15,424   13,390   13,085   12,945   12,246   12,817   11,354
        Chemistry   73   67   87   57   75   11   1,085   398   163   172
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   512   263   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   302   14   117   70   69   11   429   0   0   0
      Psychology   3   59   0   367   0   664   889   0   0   35
      Social sciences   4,498   1,184   1,248   1,810   1,162   1,071   1,502   2,216   2,113   1,761
        Anthropology   461   412   132   119   235   637   337   625   0   0
        Economics   2,813   50   0   0   75   45   270   177   18   0
        Political science and government   52   36   2   0   10   0   0   0   9   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   23   0   11   20   64   53   0   39   393   627
        Social sciences nec   1,149   686   1,103   1,671   778   336   895   1,375   1,693   1,134
      Sciences nec   16,108   16,488   1,425   11,281   15,362   12,357   16,168   13,590   15,924   13,566
    Engineering   31,211   17,869   17,314   17,843   14,922   14,027   17,627   20,493   21,968   26,774
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7,457   401   399   616   1,493   3,063   4,493   4,958   6,805   6,724
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   131   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   49   277   156   298   0   1,143   1,107
      Civil engineering   5,923   5,916   4,248   6,410   5,274   5,138   7,477   7,752   4,630   5,363
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   13,061   8,429   9,918   8,186   5,572   4,416   3,875   4,719   7,152   12,333
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   46   443   369   96   132   595   603   407   335   235
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   462   339   135   417   45   483   474   476   1,294   388
      Engineering nec   4,262   2,341   2,245   2,069   1,998   176   407   2,181   609   624
    Non-S&E   1,535   1,856   2,034   1,935   2,150   1,928   2,630   2,283   3,137   3,417
      Business management and business administration   32   105   157   73   486   1,281   1,198   1,093   1,692   604
      Communication and communications technologies   47   20   0   0   0   0   0   17   104   40
      Education   996   632   1,294   1,788   1,092   505   1,400   702   1,119   1,838
      Humanities   3   81   366   0   21   0   0   0   124   819
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   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   457   1,018   217   74   551   142   32   471   98   116

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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