Data

U. Idaho

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   140,413   135,901   115,603   105,895   112,810   113,107   111,590   109,537   102,457   97,493
    Science   118,122   115,464   98,478   89,692   92,149   89,854   88,388   88,581   85,487   82,484
      Computer and information sciences   6,411   5,340   3,673   2,184   1,595   1,238   1,493   1,967   2,646   2,415
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,531   5,351   5,991   4,803   4,933   5,923   5,244   5,241   4,765   5,219
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   241   231   177   115   137   234   179   128   154   237
        Geological and earth sciences   6,261   5,060   5,711   4,612   4,725   5,689   5,061   5,108   4,610   4,704
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   29   60   103   76   71   0   4   5   1   278
      Life sciences   91,415   93,469   78,351   73,435   73,933   71,656   68,744   67,050   64,623   63,040
        Agricultural sciences   50,346   52,219   39,305   34,593   41,232   43,426   46,634   44,710   42,421   40,350
        Biological and biomedical sciences   23,784   25,376   24,647   25,070   22,764   19,378   17,385   18,303   18,461   17,357
        Health sciences   912   438   280   97   121   169   88   50   1,028   5,110
        Natural resources and conservation   16,320   15,422   14,111   13,612   9,725   8,567   4,621   3,976   2,632   0
        Life sciences nec   53   14   8   63   91   116   16   11   81   223
      Mathematics and statistics   1,115   812   128   194   205   213   599   755   1,029   329
      Physical sciences   3,372   3,021   2,177   1,646   1,539   2,030   1,871   3,007   3,238   2,470
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,099   900   1,045   609   630   630   670   840   536   357
        Chemistry   1,198   985   719   683   613   1,068   881   1,336   2,063   1,602
        Materials science   113   111   17   108   48   5   102   232   217   0
        Physics   962   1,025   396   246   245   326   210   561   410   484
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   3   1   8   38   12   27
      Psychology   337   364   125   189   320   135   110   56   54   155
      Social sciences   4,450   3,845   5,960   4,453   5,076   2,108   1,848   2,127   1,977   3,049
        Anthropology   57   82   94   81   196   90   17   14   13   0
        Economics   823   737   3,525   2,503   2,346   213   171   207   53   1,579
        Political science and government   369   323   145   5   0   0   150   116   190   568
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,707   1,125   955   882   802   299   140   500   112   89
        Social sciences nec   1,494   1,578   1,241   982   1,732   1,506   1,370   1,290   1,609   813
      Sciences nec   4,491   3,262   2,073   2,788   4,548   6,551   8,479   8,378   7,155   5,807
    Engineering   14,091   13,229   13,720   12,944   17,035   17,497   17,190   16,894   13,867   12,975
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,314   1,580   1,463   1,161   1,031   1,304   1,709   1,048   1,001   1,401
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,015   1,281   1,129   1,046   1,473   779   758   311   233   293
      Chemical engineering   653   749   775   654   725   375   162   265   412   218
      Civil engineering   1,855   1,418   2,104   1,993   3,114   3,385   3,365   4,449   4,340   4,719
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,203   980   1,006   1,067   1,644   2,452   2,906   2,471   907   680
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   196   71   11   9   8   1   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,751   1,691   1,031   480   610   598   706   539   391   279
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   354   255   328   637   727   612   364   600   436   723
      Engineering nec   5,750   5,204   5,873   5,897   7,703   7,991   7,220   7,211   6,147   4,662
    Non-S&E   8,200   7,208   3,405   3,259   3,626   5,756   6,012   4,062   3,103   2,034
      Business management and business administration   626   884   19   32   28   908   1,094   720   106   26
      Communication and communications technologies   141   131   1   0   88   131   119   37   13   6
      Education   2,549   1,976   1,759   2,006   1,939   3,076   3,353   1,836   1,434   1,683
      Humanities   856   460   328   44   83   123   231   192   225   121
      Law   590   572   0   33   65   32   21   11   31   3
      Social work   0   0   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   498   473   15   14   40   51   62   82   53   5
      Non-S&E nec   2,940   2,712   1,275   1,130   1,383   1,435   1,132   1,184   1,241   190

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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