Data

U. Illinois, Chicago

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   532,181   492,936   440,573   429,585   412,147   382,949   361,690   372,619   337,296   354,560
    Science   458,451   424,031   383,107   376,229   364,565   337,183   318,175   328,722   294,755   323,052
      Computer and information sciences   13,828   12,543   12,880   12,103   12,999   10,522   11,653   12,708   12,101   10,225
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,297   1,331   948   943   1,021   701   653   650   346   2,193
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,297   1,331   948   943   1,021   701   653   650   346   894
        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   0   1,299
      Life sciences   377,159   347,162   325,514   324,053   314,296   289,366   269,169   277,145   243,697   258,065
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   101,769   89,704   77,134   77,533   81,071   74,126   71,150   70,453   56,968   57,638
        Health sciences   274,575   256,515   241,065   237,347   222,385   207,754   193,010   201,986   183,831   184,251
        Natural resources and conservation   815   943   7,315   9,173   10,840   7,486   5,009   4,706   2,898   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16,176
      Mathematics and statistics   5,818   5,823   4,213   4,021   4,109   4,386   4,197   4,526   5,276   4,408
      Physical sciences   29,158   28,674   21,497   17,718   15,752   14,456   12,602   13,332   13,920   11,360
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   15,457   13,743   10,467   9,326   7,868   8,664   7,653   8,130   8,402   6,296
        Materials science   37   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   13,663   14,931   11,030   8,392   7,884   5,792   4,949   5,202   5,518   5,064
        Physical sciences nec   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,776   4,041   3,620   2,928   3,621   4,352   5,607   4,469   4,010   10,645
      Social sciences   12,321   11,499   8,851   8,351   7,905   6,741   6,787   8,762   9,249   14,077
        Anthropology   814   273   176   252   152   164   41   168   181   0
        Economics   1,183   976   858   679   582   684   395   700   563   464
        Political science and government   179   624   195   53   202   232   47   40   100   360
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   323   345   224   340   307   302   229   206   320   467
        Social sciences nec   9,822   9,281   7,398   7,027   6,662   5,359   6,075   7,648   8,085   12,786
      Sciences nec   13,094   12,958   5,584   6,112   4,862   6,659   7,507   7,130   6,156   12,079
    Engineering   45,603   46,820   39,656   35,675   31,496   28,226   25,079   23,478   19,610   21,567
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   15,953   17,086   15,275   14,699   12,534   10,735   9,537   8,126   8,748   8,208
      Chemical engineering   4,304   3,859   2,508   1,872   1,754   1,456   1,361   1,269   1,033   1,170
      Civil engineering   4,141   4,101   3,980   4,078   3,922   3,971   3,543   3,518   2,395   2,714
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   7,661   7,528   4,772   4,292   4,262   3,429   3,244   3,281   2,632   2,621
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13,365   13,758   12,789   10,457   8,580   8,345   7,325   7,235   4,792   6,831
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   119   264   269   268   376   262   46   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   60   224   63   9   68   28   23   49   10   23
    Non-S&E   28,127   22,085   17,810   17,681   16,086   17,540   18,436   20,419   22,931   9,941
      Business management and business administration   1,532   714   1,273   377   845   344   697   1,294   1,349   1,204
      Communication and communications technologies   235   357   147   207   274   272   275   231   199   168
      Education   4,688   4,476   4,801   5,669   5,777   6,891   7,031   8,666   10,459   3,416
      Humanities   9,781   8,933   5,726   5,307   4,347   5,045   5,460   5,005   4,924   1,285
      Law   22   6   0   7   3   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   6,837   3,783   2,394   2,448   1,684   1,607   2,101   2,196   2,450   3,785
      Visual and performing arts   433   638   423   389   195   383   260   389   290   78
      Non-S&E nec   4,599   3,178   3,046   3,277   2,961   2,998   2,612   2,638   3,260   5

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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