Data

U. California, Irvine

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   644,948   609,614   534,947   523,752   490,597   448,967   426,610   361,414   345,319   329,798
    Science   514,533   487,891   427,304   422,026   396,758   366,786   328,846   286,293   270,562   273,338
      Computer and information sciences   24,652   26,089   24,680   23,444   21,573   19,463   15,705   14,736   12,722   13,204
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   14,167   11,236   11,555   13,034   12,705   11,580   10,922   11,305   9,962   8,414
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   132   133   112   176   156   156   163   202   75   87
        Geological and earth sciences   699   11,103   11,443   12,858   12,549   11,424   10,730   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   13,336   0   0   0   0   0   29   11,103   9,887   8,327
      Life sciences   382,400   369,735   318,016   315,900   289,422   266,485   239,122   201,661   192,789   195,401
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   166,159   152,147   130,710   125,642   114,449   103,711   87,482   68,604   74,111   78,549
        Health sciences   216,241   217,588   187,306   190,252   174,686   162,497   151,640   133,046   118,678   116,852
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   6   287   277   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   8,891   8,818   7,424   6,314   7,106   5,442   5,289   4,273   4,345   4,558
      Physical sciences   47,756   43,790   40,171   38,794   40,964   40,872   37,914   39,032   35,534   35,628
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   26,179   24,009   21,156   18,924   21,988   22,169   21,325   22,957   21,203   22,280
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   20,692   19,630   18,914   19,684   18,770   18,441   16,589   16,075   14,331   13,348
        Physical sciences nec   885   151   101   186   206   262   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   20,572   14,662   11,147   10,898   11,448   8,961   6,983   4,576   3,736   4,313
      Social sciences   15,756   13,104   13,324   12,606   12,741   13,071   12,368   10,572   11,474   11,707
        Anthropology   1,109   1,380   1,260   1,161   867   1,311   1,380   1,204   0   0
        Economics   824   885   592   888   1,429   1,580   1,394   825   849   858
        Political science and government   1,473   1,561   3,820   3,626   2,974   3,551   2,983   2,681   3,249   3,230
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,274   743   934   912   1,089   1,236   1,086   1,358   2,859   2,861
        Social sciences nec   11,076   8,535   6,718   6,019   6,382   5,393   5,525   4,504   4,517   4,758
      Sciences nec   339   457   987   1,036   799   912   543   138   0   113
    Engineering   95,016   84,902   75,898   65,454   59,695   55,995   70,449   53,016   55,020   40,460
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   16,519   16,739   15,980   12,086   10,443   9,942   9,381   8,116   6,746   6,702
      Chemical engineering   8,231   7,564   6,486   5,718   6,490   8,339   9,044   6,888   6,247   4,007
      Civil engineering   12,706   11,092   9,889   9,317   9,983   10,785   24,621   11,408   16,890   6,792
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   17,473   15,240   14,587   12,743   14,476   13,077   13,954   14,938   12,880   12,418
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   21,853   19,186   14,816   15,403   12,313   12,402   12,210   11,097   11,170   10,049
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   13,086   12,257   9,620   7,220   4,603   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   5,148   2,824   4,520   2,967   1,387   1,450   1,239   569   1,087   492
    Non-S&E   35,399   36,821   31,745   36,272   34,144   26,186   27,315   22,105   19,737   16,000
      Business management and business administration   983   1,038   757   4,428   5,039   5,125   5,079   1,295   761   718
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   1   31   4   0   0   0   0
      Education   22,442   24,019   21,638   24,032   20,942   13,720   10,862   10,111   9,318   6,526
      Humanities   8,773   8,202   7,131   6,392   7,246   6,211   10,416   10,194   9,381   8,043
      Law   1,464   1,472   672   878   641   498   275   229   154   564
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,737   2,090   1,547   540   244   588   666   276   123   149
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   0   1   1   40   17   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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