Data

U. California, Riverside

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   231,596   214,802   199,135   189,600   184,894   177,655   167,847   163,632   152,233   144,511
    Science   177,394   170,005   160,477   148,526   145,984   143,126   132,848   129,334   121,150   113,112
      Computer and information sciences   9,592   7,414   7,468   8,295   8,974   9,450   7,398   7,040   6,069   4,726
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   12,600   12,654   11,310   10,303   10,855   10,774   9,880   9,611   8,887   8,129
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   3,692   3,330   2,988   2,839   3,680   4,168   3,875   3,557   3,566   3,621
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   8,908   9,324   8,322   7,464   7,175   6,606   6,005   6,054   5,321   4,508
      Life sciences   114,372   108,803   107,118   98,539   95,431   91,835   85,128   81,455   77,607   75,624
        Agricultural sciences   19,420   25,563   28,479   22,645   21,969   22,199   19,160   18,544   17,790   16,754
        Biological and biomedical sciences   71,480   63,568   60,605   60,318   60,674   58,738   56,847   55,461   52,774   52,477
        Health sciences   20,029   19,672   18,034   15,576   12,788   10,797   8,756   7,441   7,043   6,358
        Natural resources and conservation   1,084   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,359   0   0   0   0   101   365   0   0   35
      Mathematics and statistics   2,418   2,694   2,207   1,994   1,682   2,251   1,689   1,406   967   711
      Physical sciences   22,175   18,535   17,938   17,559   17,037   16,166   16,505   17,562   17,972   14,759
        Astronomy and astrophysics   682   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   14,027   10,291   10,604   9,556   9,260   9,249   8,602   9,142   9,179   7,400
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   7,466   8,244   7,334   8,003   7,777   6,917   7,903   8,420   8,793   7,359
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   5,695   6,971   5,411   3,791   2,950   4,923   4,638   5,150   3,681   2,695
      Social sciences   10,542   10,057   6,764   5,224   5,132   4,568   3,279   4,881   4,026   5,067
        Anthropology   54   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   14   126   51   66   110   33   28   146   120   60
        Political science and government   337   178   97   110   67   67   36   118   154   352
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   685   1,998   1,544   1,269   1,507   2,045   1,692   2,130   2,303   2,320
        Social sciences nec   9,452   7,755   5,072   3,779   3,448   2,423   1,523   2,487   1,449   2,335
      Sciences nec   0   2,877   2,261   2,821   3,923   3,159   4,331   2,229   1,941   1,401
    Engineering   42,901   36,650   32,758   34,888   31,937   29,020   29,206   29,971   26,118   23,381
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,376   2,688   2,135   1,899   2,336   2,369   1,672   1,467   1,532   1,178
      Chemical engineering   9,580   7,856   6,741   7,505   5,855   5,761   5,665   7,286   5,867   4,721
      Civil engineering   13,444   10,529   9,555   10,604   10,158   9,083   10,116   9,776   9,011   8,694
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,133   9,505   8,992   8,670   7,790   5,865   6,645   6,675   5,285   5,446
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,710   4,679   4,136   4,410   3,694   4,751   4,829   4,331   3,731   2,302
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,914   130   184   628   845   284   6   210   310   832
      Engineering nec   744   1,263   1,015   1,172   1,259   907   273   226   382   208
    Non-S&E   11,301   8,147   5,900   6,186   6,973   5,509   5,793   4,327   4,965   8,018
      Business management and business administration   2,581   219   109   2   23   85   21   23   20   21
      Communication and communications technologies   22   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   3,463   2,521   2,359   2,695   3,335   2,721   2,720   1,580   1,206   1,422
      Humanities   2,021   2,634   1,416   1,295   1,670   1,358   1,191   1,400   1,346   5,056
      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   286   219   24   32   19   48   321   152   185   38
      Non-S&E nec   2,928   2,554   1,992   2,162   1,926   1,297   1,540   1,172   2,208   1,481

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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