Data

U. Alaska, Fairbanks

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   246,295   218,041   202,516   172,957   152,299   144,457   140,917   152,694   144,259   142,742
    Science   207,961   185,295   182,791   153,609   132,521   127,385   124,962   132,437   121,483   117,637
      Computer and information sciences   1,511   222   907   1,116   1,148   1,058   1,202   2,489   1,850   1,876
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   135,045   111,890   121,905   95,711   72,609   69,346   65,850   67,711   64,729   63,289
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   14,080   13,684   12,633   8,494   7,277   10,208   7,842   7,540   3,153   6,394
        Geological and earth sciences   78,665   64,913   67,635   52,713   34,852   26,816   31,604   24,963   24,749   27,301
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   38,200   32,857   40,094   33,542   24,396   29,040   25,290   32,970   30,661   23,613
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   4,100   436   1,543   962   6,084   3,282   1,114   2,238   6,166   5,981
      Life sciences   41,835   38,729   28,235   37,477   29,409   26,416   30,257   28,705   26,194   21,419
        Agricultural sciences   4,684   4,041   3,606   9,228   10,148   14,651   16,160   8,459   10,292   5,744
        Biological and biomedical sciences   24,705   23,753   16,875   24,022   12,603   7,064   6,607   11,550   7,522   11,188
        Health sciences   2,489   3,956   2,018   362   431   2,751   6,324   5,005   5,751   1,850
        Natural resources and conservation   6,941   6,714   5,709   3,859   6,015   1,860   867   2,338   1,892   0
        Life sciences nec   3,016   265   27   6   212   90   299   1,353   737   2,637
      Mathematics and statistics   510   338   181   191   346   507   454   514   260   36
      Physical sciences   14,007   13,507   13,832   16,441   15,551   13,534   13,107   14,459   12,644   12,980
        Astronomy and astrophysics   12,926   12,620   13,488   16,237   15,424   13,390   13,085   12,945   12,246   12,817
        Chemistry   110   73   67   87   57   75   11   1,085   398   163
        Materials science   20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   502   512   263   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   449   302   14   117   70   69   11   429   0   0
      Psychology   0   3   59   0   367   0   664   889   0   0
      Social sciences   4,532   4,498   1,184   1,248   1,810   1,162   1,071   1,502   2,216   2,113
        Anthropology   89   461   412   132   119   235   637   337   625   0
        Economics   3,259   2,813   50   0   0   75   45   270   177   18
        Political science and government   34   52   36   2   0   10   0   0   0   9
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   107   23   0   11   20   64   53   0   39   393
        Social sciences nec   1,043   1,149   686   1,103   1,671   778   336   895   1,375   1,693
      Sciences nec   10,521   16,108   16,488   1,425   11,281   15,362   12,357   16,168   13,590   15,924
    Engineering   35,676   31,211   17,869   17,314   17,843   14,922   14,027   17,627   20,493   21,968
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14,553   7,457   401   399   616   1,493   3,063   4,493   4,958   6,805
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   131   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   49   277   156   298   0   1,143
      Civil engineering   6,658   5,923   5,916   4,248   6,410   5,274   5,138   7,477   7,752   4,630
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   10,728   13,061   8,429   9,918   8,186   5,572   4,416   3,875   4,719   7,152
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   103   46   443   369   96   132   595   603   407   335
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,246   462   339   135   417   45   483   474   476   1,294
      Engineering nec   2,388   4,262   2,341   2,245   2,069   1,998   176   407   2,181   609
    Non-S&E   2,658   1,535   1,856   2,034   1,935   2,150   1,928   2,630   2,283   3,137
      Business management and business administration   1,297   32   105   157   73   486   1,281   1,198   1,093   1,692
      Communication and communications technologies   253   47   20   0   0   0   0   0   17   104
      Education   1,050   996   632   1,294   1,788   1,092   505   1,400   702   1,119
      Humanities   0   3   81   366   0   21   0   0   0   124
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   25   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   33   457   1,018   217   74   551   142   32   471   98

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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