Data

U. Houston

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   231,942   240,126   202,536   200,428   195,398   177,484   169,431   162,049   150,628   140,597
    Science   128,922   144,627   121,288   119,372   117,103   108,496   95,298   90,446   78,418   69,072
      Computer and information sciences   9,325   6,539   4,352   5,599   4,819   7,068   5,442   5,964   5,682   5,019
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   12,509   10,320   9,292   9,437   10,516   8,002   6,124   5,365   5,656   8,039
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,620   10,015   4,960   1,992   1,664   1,489   221   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   4,063   18   3,501   6,790   8,490   6,375   5,878   5,365   5,656   8,039
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   434   0   331   435   238   110   22   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   392   287   500   220   124   28   3   0   0   0
      Life sciences   46,297   40,187   34,322   34,394   39,727   33,476   31,631   28,866   24,341   22,667
        Agricultural sciences   307   232   209   40   22   8   99   25   34   25
        Biological and biomedical sciences   14,160   8,119   14,588   12,625   12,863   10,112   11,012   12,399   10,502   8,898
        Health sciences   31,615   31,836   19,265   21,435   20,004   22,924   19,533   15,318   12,649   12,357
        Natural resources and conservation   180   0   244   255   131   12   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   35   0   16   39   6,707   420   987   1,124   1,156   1,387
      Mathematics and statistics   7,605   5,858   3,497   3,596   3,083   3,387   2,316   2,535   2,344   2,338
      Physical sciences   27,682   60,462   52,230   50,164   43,378   32,572   30,672   29,938   25,141   16,840
        Astronomy and astrophysics   293   0   85   118   36   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   15,585   50,262   43,502   40,835   34,730   25,126   21,216   21,419   16,915   7,621
        Materials science   536   0   322   200   64   226   1,823   0   0   0
        Physics   8,983   9,044   7,385   8,637   7,839   5,168   6,366   8,147   6,852   7,666
        Physical sciences nec   2,285   1,156   936   374   709   2,052   1,267   372   1,374   1,553
      Psychology   19,682   17,383   13,601   13,999   12,218   14,948   13,951   13,923   11,221   11,625
      Social sciences   4,721   3,842   2,404   1,536   2,714   7,860   5,162   3,846   3,951   2,133
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   17   0   0   0
        Economics   313   367   376   173   46   3,682   426   59   97   120
        Political science and government   2,653   2,480   1,598   473   960   508   416   1,712   908   639
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   714   325   113   195   376   2,923   2,123   2,075   2,464   1,360
        Social sciences nec   1,041   670   317   695   1,332   747   2,180   0   482   14
      Sciences nec   1,101   36   1,590   647   648   1,183   0   9   82   411
    Engineering   67,684   64,026   56,555   55,210   51,806   50,047   54,497   51,635   47,555   53,091
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,387   0   2,016   2,244   2,443   1,253   1,400   823   944   1,198
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   13,035   11,622   11,156   11,839   9,693   9,980   11,707   7,819   5,705   8,426
      Chemical engineering   14,593   14,041   12,136   12,273   11,307   8,853   9,174   10,510   7,879   8,016
      Civil engineering   9,358   9,167   8,173   6,515   6,788   6,579   6,905   6,218   8,007   8,003
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   12,308   11,191   8,927   8,165   7,465   6,703   6,159   9,771   6,932   6,754
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   621   551   405   722   385   71   223   354   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,815   7,554   5,890   6,834   5,169   6,063   5,236   5,149   5,884   7,611
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,669   904   1,714   603   1,231   6,218   11,125   8,856   7,515   7,358
      Engineering nec   6,898   8,996   6,138   6,015   7,325   4,327   2,568   2,135   4,689   5,725
    Non-S&E   35,336   31,473   24,693   25,846   26,489   18,941   19,636   19,968   24,655   18,434
      Business management and business administration   2,080   2,147   1,459   1,644   2,199   2,398   1,891   1,410   1,968   3,673
      Communication and communications technologies   724   667   172   37   199   51   19   213   0   0
      Education   8,475   9,258   5,093   3,404   4,430   3,451   5,699   7,339   6,350   4,432
      Humanities   3,313   1,733   1,546   1,371   1,252   465   1,158   282   2,406   1,742
      Law   1,466   1,106   943   409   379   194   504   615   423   337
      Social work   7,271   6,172   3,885   6,006   5,374   1,372   129   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   621   52   109   19   107   719   261   269   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   11,386   10,338   11,486   12,956   12,549   10,291   9,975   9,840   13,508   8,250

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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