Data

U. Chicago

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   680,753   628,302   591,805   497,651   458,891   459,171   423,993   433,328   420,997   412,536
    Science   617,320   568,002   536,488   458,987   423,936   424,490   396,403   407,930   391,336   395,708
      Computer and information sciences   33,015   34,390   31,302   26,205   24,422   26,606   25,407   25,014   26,991   22,160
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   10,662   10,053   10,117   8,854   9,090   9,370   9,652   8,850   7,475   8,515
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   10,662   10,053   10,117   8,854   9,090   9,370   9,652   8,850   7,475   8,515
        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   423,438   395,289   384,527   336,114   302,820   299,549   274,000   279,975   270,358   272,591
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   93,192   91,330   91,684   82,092   83,295   86,619   81,872   83,892   81,325   90,646
        Health sciences   330,246   303,959   292,843   254,022   219,525   212,930   192,128   196,083   183,919   172,207
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5,114   9,738
      Mathematics and statistics   6,518   5,931   5,395   4,653   4,726   6,987   7,414   7,564   6,098   6,111
      Physical sciences   91,142   78,200   70,483   55,032   51,122   52,656   51,285   55,752   49,128   51,611
        Astronomy and astrophysics   19,280   15,707   13,872   9,618   8,611   9,882   10,536   12,328   13,309   16,215
        Chemistry   42,947   36,407   31,158   24,034   24,631   23,963   23,476   24,093   18,920   17,034
        Materials science   5,998   5,521   5,118   5,628   5,185   6,185   3,906   2,836   2,615   0
        Physics   21,643   18,877   19,896   15,752   12,688   12,617   13,301   16,495   13,434   13,561
        Physical sciences nec   1,274   1,688   439   0   7   9   66   0   850   4,801
      Psychology   7,997   9,445   7,883   6,041   8,006   7,744   8,360   8,229   8,930   11,503
      Social sciences   44,548   34,694   26,781   22,088   23,750   21,578   20,285   22,546   22,356   23,189
        Anthropology   270   84   185   52   83   80   123   102   107   0
        Economics   14,886   10,105   8,546   4,102   4,109   3,779   2,384   4,624   6,706   5,168
        Political science and government   1,106   1,191   1,268   1,187   1,699   1,361   1,599   1,775   2,137   2,342
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,368   2,169   1,832   2,456   3,201   3,685   3,371   2,802   2,187   1,651
        Social sciences nec   26,918   21,145   14,950   14,291   14,658   12,673   12,808   13,243   11,219   14,028
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   28
    Engineering   50,292   47,857   41,866   30,018   24,468   23,773   16,388   12,066   11,155   7,069
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   50,292   47,857   41,866   30,018   24,468   23,773   16,388   12,066   11,155   7,069
    Non-S&E   13,141   12,443   13,451   8,646   10,487   10,908   11,202   13,332   18,506   9,759
      Business management and business administration   2,846   1,991   1,490   421   897   1,106   610   1,314   1,406   3,106
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   3,841   4,387   3,422   3,595   4,249   4,015   4,911   5,103   5,673   0
      Humanities   813   698   882   557   784   1,495   1,348   1,283   4,166   969
      Law   0   362   181   14   0   78   34   24   46   388
      Social work   5,090   4,646   5,171   3,766   4,021   3,541   4,066   4,665   5,363   5,034
      Visual and performing arts   0   61   11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   551   298   2,294   293   536   673   233   943   1,852   262

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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