Data

U. Kansas

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   466,222   405,267   385,637   368,811   352,643   339,046   300,319   297,933   311,383   301,534
    Science   326,175   296,690   283,437   272,655   261,773   252,013   233,284   224,655   237,774   231,554
      Computer and information sciences   6,179   4,418   3,652   4,416   4,004   4,073   4,214   3,608   1,710   1,093
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   15,975   13,717   11,923   10,485   10,594   11,329   12,792   15,059   18,357   17,947
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   950   1,174   842   605   317   385   443   412   1,007   949
        Geological and earth sciences   15,025   12,543   11,081   8,718   9,211   10,123   11,400   14,366   16,983   16,755
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   549   299   225   283   197   142   243
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   613   767   596   666   84   225   0
      Life sciences   258,443   237,780   230,059   226,786   212,241   202,119   187,893   179,404   192,916   187,458
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   735   858   927   1,406   1,411   1,714   2,106
        Biological and biomedical sciences   46,438   46,127   46,912   62,277   62,491   58,052   61,354   61,766   72,257   72,547
        Health sciences   195,349   172,748   168,897   154,245   142,295   135,493   120,687   113,298   104,659   96,355
        Natural resources and conservation   3,261   3,357   1,779   8,906   5,670   6,981   977   234   0   0
        Life sciences nec   13,395   15,548   12,471   623   927   666   3,469   2,695   14,286   16,450
      Mathematics and statistics   751   682   543   672   999   1,166   1,425   1,593   1,652   823
      Physical sciences   19,261   16,123   15,492   7,502   8,686   8,845   12,224   11,159   15,690   17,069
        Astronomy and astrophysics   683   746   748   560   396   1,373   756   721   766   863
        Chemistry   13,643   11,717   11,480   4,499   5,932   4,670   6,746   6,451   11,562   12,461
        Materials science   0   0   0   333   68   209   52   0   0   0
        Physics   4,935   3,660   3,264   2,108   2,269   2,578   3,714   3,343   3,350   3,745
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   2   21   15   956   644   12   0
      Psychology   11,333   11,416   11,469   16,106   17,811   15,843   7,040   6,523   1,677   1,438
      Social sciences   2,220   2,768   1,918   6,450   7,043   7,991   5,894   5,222   3,574   3,236
        Anthropology   865   894   258   176   260   277   230   13   0   0
        Economics   436   292   384   367   288   1,109   1,384   962   417   673
        Political science and government   218   403   290   250   407   606   1,709   2,275   303   148
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   226   699   748   277   597   1,119   732   850   1,247   1,219
        Social sciences nec   475   480   238   5,380   5,491   4,880   1,839   1,122   1,607   1,196
      Sciences nec   12,013   9,786   8,381   238   395   647   1,802   2,087   2,198   2,490
    Engineering   25,610   22,075   21,363   19,830   20,869   17,481   17,856   17,001   19,992   19,632
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,517   2,269   1,379   896   1,057   748   1,071   1,074   1,570   2,418
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   19   5,398   4,556   2,023   1,829   1,574   2,790   2,835
      Chemical engineering   8,878   7,420   8,407   3,005   3,861   4,719   4,708   5,686   7,153   6,276
      Civil engineering   9,349   6,504   5,459   3,125   3,696   3,180   2,568   2,672   3,333   4,154
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,231   3,308   3,566   4,759   5,193   5,176   5,009   3,848   4,695   3,356
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,128   2,232   1,919   782   707   310   168   176   199   264
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   18   4   0   24   21   87   102
      Engineering nec   507   342   614   1,847   1,795   1,325   2,479   1,950   165   227
    Non-S&E   114,437   86,502   80,837   76,326   70,001   69,552   49,179   56,277   53,617   50,348
      Business management and business administration   1,594   1,210   1,015   311   148   19   72   62   634   462
      Communication and communications technologies   1,085   1,567   866   35   25   74   104   36   86   104
      Education   89,662   64,951   62,676   60,801   54,547   56,728   38,418   40,171   37,643   34,903
      Humanities   1,771   2,104   2,513   1,426   586   803   341   1,007   1,309   1,456
      Law   34   18   18   119   4   1   102   271   166   50
      Social work   18,065   15,433   12,905   12,160   10,195   9,123   7,382   13,499   13,603   13,055
      Visual and performing arts   847   342   112   26   280   636   891   328   169   176
      Non-S&E nec   1,379   877   732   1,448   4,216   2,168   1,869   903   7   142

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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