Data

U. Connecticut

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   433,545   390,165   367,557   302,329   280,131   285,764   269,685   267,647   265,522   259,397
    Science   328,669   302,900   287,978   241,905   223,646   228,990   216,919   217,336   218,981   207,292
      Computer and information sciences   7,766   6,946   4,766   5,294   5,575   5,103   4,807   4,342   4,317   3,835
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   14,533   11,951   11,254   10,483   9,186   10,974   10,356   9,289   9,385   10,348
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,050   1,775   1,150   746   920   1,073   296   388   149   64
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   12,483   10,176   10,104   9,737   8,266   9,901   10,060   8,901   9,236   10,284
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   245,050   222,563   220,304   175,232   157,618   165,087   155,958   160,162   162,256   143,533
        Agricultural sciences   18,033   15,498   13,050   10,683   8,613   10,079   9,876   10,396   10,178   7,011
        Biological and biomedical sciences   104,639   93,727   105,565   79,715   75,806   69,141   62,683   62,173   66,416   68,185
        Health sciences   102,758   97,728   89,129   74,770   64,335   76,662   72,241   77,275   76,743   60,029
        Natural resources and conservation   8,363   7,435   5,190   3,616   3,203   2,905   2,321   2,810   2,459   0
        Life sciences nec   11,257   8,175   7,370   6,448   5,661   6,300   8,837   7,508   6,460   8,308
      Mathematics and statistics   2,882   2,934   2,616   2,119   2,344   2,362   2,296   1,805   1,586   1,481
      Physical sciences   17,099   15,372   11,245   17,682   18,546   16,829   16,816   15,352   14,796   10,993
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   8,325   7,895   5,492   4,998   5,868   4,713   5,170   5,319   5,753   5,900
        Materials science   0   0   0   7,202   6,644   5,786   5,673   5,162   4,477   0
        Physics   8,774   7,477   5,753   5,482   6,034   6,330   5,973   4,871   4,566   5,093
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   27,773   30,889   26,385   22,130   21,553   18,641   17,741   17,602   19,391   18,787
      Social sciences   12,747   9,126   9,724   6,705   6,645   8,455   8,481   6,803   6,335   6,838
        Anthropology   881   624   688   594   626   738   469   433   342   0
        Economics   4,690   3,386   3,536   2,195   1,683   2,790   2,629   2,548   2,019   1,795
        Political science and government   4,437   3,274   1,667   663   726   797   646   357   474   301
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,192   665   2,943   2,349   2,850   3,229   3,271   2,390   2,480   3,586
        Social sciences nec   1,547   1,177   890   904   760   901   1,466   1,075   1,020   1,156
      Sciences nec   819   3,119   1,684   2,260   2,179   1,539   464   1,981   915   11,477
    Engineering   84,479   72,672   68,902   54,185   46,751   44,044   39,907   39,840   38,977   44,329
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   8,321   8,183   5,736   4,486   3,677   3,414   3,192   2,767   1,675   746
      Chemical engineering   11,765   8,655   8,061   7,486   6,131   6,223   4,817   3,164   4,182   6,149
      Civil engineering   23,474   20,006   21,804   17,982   14,913   14,185   13,296   11,847   10,256   10,138
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   10,098   9,486   8,613   7,267   8,364   7,957   7,624   8,365   8,591   8,154
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   11,126   9,826   8,539   7,914   5,456   4,870   4,779   5,622   5,363   6,515
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   18,029   15,821   14,963   7,597   6,583   5,250   4,507   5,000   4,971   6,702
      Engineering nec   1,666   695   1,186   1,453   1,627   2,145   1,692   3,075   3,939   5,925
    Non-S&E   20,397   14,593   10,677   6,239   9,734   12,730   12,859   10,471   7,564   7,776
      Business management and business administration   642   921   1,684   870   939   1,792   310   403   112   709
      Communication and communications technologies   502   264   165   200   245   259   107   90   60   356
      Education   3,207   2,667   1,597   1,155   1,874   3,860   4,796   4,295   3,163   3,934
      Humanities   1,510   1,767   1,029   433   1,287   2,758   3,232   3,551   744   577
      Law   85   118   96   111   102   58   125   157   33   230
      Social work   11,219   5,657   3,091   1,521   2,885   1,966   1,175   1,216   1,641   1,819
      Visual and performing arts   1,109   1,061   1,515   587   607   965   773   445   242   151
      Non-S&E nec   2,123   2,138   1,500   1,362   1,795   1,072   2,341   314   1,569   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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