Data

U. Iowa

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   662,134   594,215   553,876   538,583   508,353   511,973   494,280   473,362   443,218   449,147
    Science   568,267   511,420   474,419   462,360   433,432   433,405   412,262   400,621   373,052   388,717
      Computer and information sciences   4,037   4,187   4,180   3,547   3,599   3,017   2,327   2,496   1,661   2,142
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,415   3,663   1,971   2,441   2,088   2,113   2,434   1,941   2,839   2,766
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,504   1,684   579   1,196   830   809   1,199   745   1,410   1,363
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,911   1,979   1,392   1,245   1,258   1,304   1,235   1,196   1,429   1,403
      Life sciences   478,820   431,761   415,734   414,459   385,909   386,776   368,252   348,075   322,019   339,591
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   148,336   132,705   134,116   126,870   122,729   127,863   118,976   110,542   91,361   92,446
        Health sciences   327,000   295,198   278,735   284,636   260,702   255,499   245,202   233,618   207,186   226,085
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   3,484   3,858   2,883   2,953   2,478   3,414   4,074   3,915   23,472   21,060
      Mathematics and statistics   1,074   690   406   624   710   749   773   835   924   1,119
      Physical sciences   63,779   55,128   32,013   23,226   24,300   25,142   21,629   22,073   21,033   20,704
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,154   486   267   712   1,178   794   1,113   1,393   1,315   1,393
        Chemistry   6,051   6,339   5,342   5,415   4,659   5,293   5,738   6,596   6,420   5,236
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   56,574   48,303   26,404   17,099   18,463   19,055   14,778   14,084   13,298   14,075
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   10,435   10,399   10,981   8,817   8,086   7,115   7,556   7,653   7,519   8,776
      Social sciences   4,172   3,682   6,010   6,875   7,575   6,913   6,625   13,457   12,656   9,753
        Anthropology   214   28   17   78   118   41   85   349   0   0
        Economics   453   356   598   505   564   793   702   619   403   106
        Political science and government   583   501   518   473   338   275   388   538   9,249   6,161
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   569   621   728   754   651   32   43   118   210   437
        Social sciences nec   2,353   2,176   4,149   5,065   5,904   5,772   5,407   11,833   2,794   3,049
      Sciences nec   2,535   1,910   3,124   2,371   1,165   1,580   2,666   4,091   4,401   3,866
    Engineering   57,579   49,233   47,722   48,433   50,377   50,848   54,200   47,097   50,476   48,135
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,706   1,377   1,021   588   787   973   906   839   1,004   445
      Chemical engineering   1,359   948   699   1,529   1,060   1,357   2,327   1,558   1,689   1,795
      Civil engineering   26,022   19,430   21,349   21,652   23,273   24,490   26,376   24,754   24,706   24,440
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,085   2,174   2,457   3,616   3,905   4,493   4,584   4,785   4,007   3,341
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   617   681   973   757   798   817   1,013   888   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,607   1,740   1,879   1,946   1,803   1,731   1,790   2,830   3,205   3,485
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   23,183   22,883   19,344   18,345   18,751   16,987   17,204   11,443   15,865   14,629
    Non-S&E   36,288   33,562   31,735   27,790   24,544   27,720   27,818   25,644   19,690   12,295
      Business management and business administration   8,882   7,487   6,482   5,337   5,043   5,909   5,283   4,404   3,999   823
      Communication and communications technologies   1,045   891   655   347   428   400   715   1,343   507   730
      Education   11,668   12,175   12,265   11,774   9,138   10,129   10,578   10,587   7,349   3,439
      Humanities   6,479   5,426   4,320   2,441   2,738   3,391   3,597   3,405   2,928   2,784
      Law   1,063   737   656   829   1,221   1,248   567   504   458   65
      Social work   603   998   1,007   1,405   958   361   387   556   821   398
      Visual and performing arts   475   199   337   184   276   266   276   460   434   632
      Non-S&E nec   6,073   5,649   6,013   5,473   4,742   6,016   6,415   4,385   3,194   3,424

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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