Data

U. Arkansas, Little Rock

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   8,685   7,530   7,397   9,711   9,975   8,167   6,833   7,604   7,003   8,068
    Science   5,162   5,163   6,087   7,256   7,018   5,158   4,198   4,613   4,211   4,813
      Computer and information sciences   2,804   3,204   3,312   3,246   3,486   2,534   1,537   1,301   1,470   1,002
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   1   0   0   0   2   40   185   210   370
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
        Geological and earth sciences   0   1   0   0   0   2   40   185   210   360
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,821   1,519   1,997   2,878   2,483   1,647   2,295   2,023   1,318   1,763
        Agricultural sciences   6   17   17   0   0   1   17   34   8   105
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,771   1,502   1,957   2,833   2,380   1,542   1,761   1,180   822   1,224
        Health sciences   21   0   21   35   80   93   276   8   348   384
        Natural resources and conservation   23   0   2   10   23   11   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   241   801   140   50
      Mathematics and statistics   0   1   0   0   7   0   12   10   51   95
      Physical sciences   452   292   685   1,105   926   905   246   1,002   1,094   1,484
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   43   4   2   0
        Chemistry   383   279   685   1,088   896   901   82   490   317   989
        Materials science   0   0   0   17   30   4   105   0   0   0
        Physics   69   13   0   0   0   0   0   39   36   273
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   469   739   222
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
      Social sciences   85   146   93   27   116   70   68   92   68   93
        Anthropology   19   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   3   8   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   3   0   34   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   56   34   0   0   22   0   34   28   4   75
        Social sciences nec   10   112   93   27   88   58   0   64   64   18
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   2,063   1,571   809   1,627   2,116   1,921   1,852   2,358   2,065   2,242
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,917   1,439   703   1,347   1,838   1,560   1,154   1,065   1,214   1,305
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   139   76   0   1   2   0   482   61   24   0
      Chemical engineering   1   8   0   33   68   147   99   196   132   21
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   42
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   45   21   26
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   1   0   0   0   51   350   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   105   187   125   173   1   67   263   216
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   6   47   0   0   0   0   0   0   59   66
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   59   83   41   65   574   351   566
    Non-S&E   1,460   796   501   828   841   1,088   783   633   727   1,013
      Business management and business administration   31   0   0   0   11   0   98   26   28   325
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0
      Education   681   506   445   712   721   1,064   684   599   80   595
      Humanities   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   20   4
      Law   566   204   56   76   74   0   0   0   599   73
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   178   86   0   40   35   24   0   0   0   0

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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