Data

U. Delaware

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   465,780   428,128   368,107   231,532   220,445   206,270   186,192   183,428   176,295   175,724
    Science   262,078   242,269   219,562   134,328   140,259   134,488   126,628   136,278   130,017   120,007
      Computer and information sciences   13,694   12,538   5,740   4,182   6,648   5,274   5,267   5,171   4,709   4,930
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   30,537   26,658   33,416   18,173   17,697   18,346   20,689   21,126   18,814   18,610
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   5,838   4,817   6,372   3,575   4,140   3,953   2,968   2,002   2,547   2,639
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   12,680   11,565   18,079   8,990   9,841   9,855   11,239   12,250   11,339   10,697
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   12,019   10,276   8,965   5,608   3,716   4,538   6,482   6,874   4,928   5,274
      Life sciences   91,284   89,502   81,458   60,823   66,097   60,535   55,454   62,222   59,725   58,329
        Agricultural sciences   34,694   34,194   30,550   30,290   32,048   29,062   27,344   31,177   31,939   32,695
        Biological and biomedical sciences   21,125   17,302   11,850   5,050   5,344   4,551   3,928   3,952   4,156   4,399
        Health sciences   35,465   38,006   39,058   25,483   28,705   26,922   24,182   27,093   23,630   0
        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   0   21,235
      Mathematics and statistics   6,987   6,401   5,684   1,384   1,887   2,227   1,908   2,030   1,833   1,820
      Physical sciences   62,130   56,483   50,077   26,015   25,192   27,410   23,634   23,387   23,187   15,947
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   3,204   2,938   1,110   1,080   1,070   1,073   949   1,474   1,798
        Chemistry   22,824   19,940   19,259   9,404   8,146   9,124   8,752   8,919   9,044   8,529
        Materials science   22,619   20,279   15,899   10,978   10,537   11,717   8,204   8,565   8,048   0
        Physics   16,687   13,060   11,981   4,523   5,429   5,499   5,605   4,954   4,621   5,620
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   13,411   12,376   12,949   7,990   7,485   5,486   4,409   4,553   5,346   4,008
      Social sciences   30,450   26,345   22,727   13,326   12,936   12,868   13,731   16,667   15,357   15,872
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   4,552   4,405   3,587   3,332   3,488   3,176   3,162   3,025   2,957   2,789
        Political science and government   2,719   2,586   2,303   131   141   13   32   24   10   27
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   8,109   6,177   5,000   2,664   2,525   2,219   2,785   2,566   1,751   1,864
        Social sciences nec   15,070   13,177   11,837   7,199   6,782   7,460   7,752   11,052   10,639   11,192
      Sciences nec   13,585   11,966   7,511   2,435   2,317   2,342   1,536   1,122   1,046   491
    Engineering   174,863   161,894   123,997   90,327   74,258   66,447   52,932   40,177   39,367   47,897
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   11,969   11,485   10,569   6,236   5,239   4,621   11,265   4,713   2,307   1,942
      Chemical engineering   98,438   91,873   74,497   54,225   41,292   36,874   19,795   15,651   15,692   14,951
      Civil engineering   17,404   18,223   11,799   9,288   8,565   8,746   7,588   7,862   7,481   7,136
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   22,294   17,655   14,130   11,892   11,012   7,874   7,175   5,299   6,594   9,426
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   17,054   14,089   9,265   7,640   6,898   7,241   6,430   6,302   5,239   5,571
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,522
      Engineering nec   7,704   8,569   3,737   1,046   1,252   1,091   679   350   2,054   1,349
    Non-S&E   28,839   23,965   24,548   6,877   5,928   5,335   6,632   6,973   6,911   7,820
      Business management and business administration   741   1,010   1,512   914   478   38   161   557   663   961
      Communication and communications technologies   2,246   2,106   0   1,001   444   24   0   0   0   0
      Education   10,295   6,682   6,887   4,797   4,703   5,115   6,185   6,294   6,031   6,443
      Humanities   12,979   11,270   10,938   143   303   158   286   122   217   274
      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   2,497   2,377   2,486   22   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   81   520   2,725   0   0   0   0   0   0   142

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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