Data

U. Iowa

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   703,326   662,134   594,215   553,876   538,583   508,353   511,973   494,280   473,362   443,218
    Science   606,684   568,267   511,420   474,419   462,360   433,432   433,405   412,262   400,621   373,052
      Computer and information sciences   4,524   4,037   4,187   4,180   3,547   3,599   3,017   2,327   2,496   1,661
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,560   3,415   3,663   1,971   2,441   2,088   2,113   2,434   1,941   2,839
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,475   1,504   1,684   579   1,196   830   809   1,199   745   1,410
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,085   1,911   1,979   1,392   1,245   1,258   1,304   1,235   1,196   1,429
      Life sciences   512,503   478,820   431,761   415,734   414,459   385,909   386,776   368,252   348,075   322,019
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   159,176   148,336   132,705   134,116   126,870   122,729   127,863   118,976   110,542   91,361
        Health sciences   350,855   327,000   295,198   278,735   284,636   260,702   255,499   245,202   233,618   207,186
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,472   3,484   3,858   2,883   2,953   2,478   3,414   4,074   3,915   23,472
      Mathematics and statistics   1,157   1,074   690   406   624   710   749   773   835   924
      Physical sciences   61,770   63,779   55,128   32,013   23,226   24,300   25,142   21,629   22,073   21,033
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,122   1,154   486   267   712   1,178   794   1,113   1,393   1,315
        Chemistry   5,627   6,051   6,339   5,342   5,415   4,659   5,293   5,738   6,596   6,420
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   55,021   56,574   48,303   26,404   17,099   18,463   19,055   14,778   14,084   13,298
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   13,687   10,435   10,399   10,981   8,817   8,086   7,115   7,556   7,653   7,519
      Social sciences   5,008   4,172   3,682   6,010   6,875   7,575   6,913   6,625   13,457   12,656
        Anthropology   249   214   28   17   78   118   41   85   349   0
        Economics   1,070   453   356   598   505   564   793   702   619   403
        Political science and government   600   583   501   518   473   338   275   388   538   9,249
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   564   569   621   728   754   651   32   43   118   210
        Social sciences nec   2,525   2,353   2,176   4,149   5,065   5,904   5,772   5,407   11,833   2,794
      Sciences nec   4,475   2,535   1,910   3,124   2,371   1,165   1,580   2,666   4,091   4,401
    Engineering   58,044   57,579   49,233   47,722   48,433   50,377   50,848   54,200   47,097   50,476
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,039   2,706   1,377   1,021   588   787   973   906   839   1,004
      Chemical engineering   2,181   1,359   948   699   1,529   1,060   1,357   2,327   1,558   1,689
      Civil engineering   26,583   26,022   19,430   21,349   21,652   23,273   24,490   26,376   24,754   24,706
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,598   2,085   2,174   2,457   3,616   3,905   4,493   4,584   4,785   4,007
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   159   617   681   973   757   798   817   1,013   888   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,152   1,607   1,740   1,879   1,946   1,803   1,731   1,790   2,830   3,205
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   21,332   23,183   22,883   19,344   18,345   18,751   16,987   17,204   11,443   15,865
    Non-S&E   38,598   36,288   33,562   31,735   27,790   24,544   27,720   27,818   25,644   19,690
      Business management and business administration   9,061   8,882   7,487   6,482   5,337   5,043   5,909   5,283   4,404   3,999
      Communication and communications technologies   1,407   1,045   891   655   347   428   400   715   1,343   507
      Education   14,030   11,668   12,175   12,265   11,774   9,138   10,129   10,578   10,587   7,349
      Humanities   6,200   6,479   5,426   4,320   2,441   2,738   3,391   3,597   3,405   2,928
      Law   872   1,063   737   656   829   1,221   1,248   567   504   458
      Social work   330   603   998   1,007   1,405   958   361   387   556   821
      Visual and performing arts   371   475   199   337   184   276   266   276   460   434
      Non-S&E nec   6,327   6,073   5,649   6,013   5,473   4,742   6,016   6,415   4,385   3,194

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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