Data

U. Illinois, Chicago

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   492,936   440,573   429,585   412,147   382,949   361,690   372,619   337,296   354,560   347,888
    Science   424,031   383,107   376,229   364,565   337,183   318,175   328,722   294,755   323,052   318,483
      Computer and information sciences   12,543   12,880   12,103   12,999   10,522   11,653   12,708   12,101   10,225   10,533
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,331   948   943   1,021   701   653   650   346   2,193   2,903
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,331   948   943   1,021   701   653   650   346   894   1,639
        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   1,299   1,264
      Life sciences   347,162   325,514   324,053   314,296   289,366   269,169   277,145   243,697   258,065   250,528
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   89,704   77,134   77,533   81,071   74,126   71,150   70,453   56,968   57,638   60,009
        Health sciences   256,515   241,065   237,347   222,385   207,754   193,010   201,986   183,831   184,251   175,814
        Natural resources and conservation   943   7,315   9,173   10,840   7,486   5,009   4,706   2,898   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16,176   14,705
      Mathematics and statistics   5,823   4,213   4,021   4,109   4,386   4,197   4,526   5,276   4,408   3,100
      Physical sciences   28,674   21,497   17,718   15,752   14,456   12,602   13,332   13,920   11,360   12,665
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   13,743   10,467   9,326   7,868   8,664   7,653   8,130   8,402   6,296   7,276
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   14,931   11,030   8,392   7,884   5,792   4,949   5,202   5,518   5,064   5,389
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,041   3,620   2,928   3,621   4,352   5,607   4,469   4,010   10,645   13,303
      Social sciences   11,499   8,851   8,351   7,905   6,741   6,787   8,762   9,249   14,077   12,959
        Anthropology   273   176   252   152   164   41   168   181   0   0
        Economics   976   858   679   582   684   395   700   563   464   366
        Political science and government   624   195   53   202   232   47   40   100   360   426
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   345   224   340   307   302   229   206   320   467   366
        Social sciences nec   9,281   7,398   7,027   6,662   5,359   6,075   7,648   8,085   12,786   11,801
      Sciences nec   12,958   5,584   6,112   4,862   6,659   7,507   7,130   6,156   12,079   12,492
    Engineering   46,820   39,656   35,675   31,496   28,226   25,079   23,478   19,610   21,567   21,161
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   17,086   15,275   14,699   12,534   10,735   9,537   8,126   8,748   8,208   8,324
      Chemical engineering   3,859   2,508   1,872   1,754   1,456   1,361   1,269   1,033   1,170   827
      Civil engineering   4,101   3,980   4,078   3,922   3,971   3,543   3,518   2,395   2,714   2,725
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   7,528   4,772   4,292   4,262   3,429   3,244   3,281   2,632   2,621   3,390
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13,758   12,789   10,457   8,580   8,345   7,325   7,235   4,792   6,831   5,878
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   264   269   268   376   262   46   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   224   63   9   68   28   23   49   10   23   17
    Non-S&E   22,085   17,810   17,681   16,086   17,540   18,436   20,419   22,931   9,941   8,244
      Business management and business administration   714   1,273   377   845   344   697   1,294   1,349   1,204   1,676
      Communication and communications technologies   357   147   207   274   272   275   231   199   168   232
      Education   4,476   4,801   5,669   5,777   6,891   7,031   8,666   10,459   3,416   2,732
      Humanities   8,933   5,726   5,307   4,347   5,045   5,460   5,005   4,924   1,285   1,047
      Law   6   0   7   3   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   3,783   2,394   2,448   1,684   1,607   2,101   2,196   2,450   3,785   2,462
      Visual and performing arts   638   423   389   195   383   260   389   290   78   92
      Non-S&E nec   3,178   3,046   3,277   2,961   2,998   2,612   2,638   3,260   5   3

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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