Data

U. Kentucky

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   527,658   504,005   476,517   429,241   417,674   410,581   393,034   378,374   349,661   331,705
    Science   440,578   426,510   402,070   366,439   359,155   347,641   335,152   322,518   289,529   276,606
      Computer and information sciences   5,595   5,019   5,913   4,011   4,054   3,165   3,138   2,997   2,890   2,149
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,368   3,438   2,948   3,356   2,966   2,331   2,385   2,608   2,672   2,332
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   3,368   3,438   2,948   3,356   2,966   2,331   2,385   2,608   2,672   2,332
        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   0
      Life sciences   394,244   381,193   352,400   323,030   322,077   314,547   294,776   275,761   250,625   232,829
        Agricultural sciences   62,469   66,265   61,281   63,522   69,756   62,898   68,360   62,780   62,745   59,511
        Biological and biomedical sciences   233,442   216,881   204,821   181,729   175,026   178,030   161,764   142,104   133,389   56,694
        Health sciences   98,333   98,047   86,296   77,779   77,295   73,619   64,652   70,791   54,379   109,868
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   86   112   6,756
      Mathematics and statistics   1,570   1,448   1,582   1,512   1,336   1,685   809   903   828   1,096
      Physical sciences   7,951   8,370   9,118   8,722   8,553   8,173   7,069   7,525   8,254   7,163
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   4,513   4,968   5,609   5,598   4,802   5,236   4,703   4,092   3,934   3,562
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,438   3,402   3,509   3,124   3,751   2,937   2,366   3,433   4,320   3,601
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   6,972   6,526   5,066   4,185   3,537   4,047   4,110   4,542   5,017   10,568
      Social sciences   5,458   6,340   5,072   4,075   3,696   765   1,659   1,348   1,556   8,205
        Anthropology   204   147   119   59   56   108   201   208   376   0
        Economics   3,589   4,088   3,160   2,661   2,527   0   8   0   0   4,353
        Political science and government   98   82   256   168   92   82   413   125   59   1,233
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,370   1,589   1,151   636   559   92   263   279   265   1,273
        Social sciences nec   197   434   386   551   462   483   774   736   856   1,346
      Sciences nec   15,420   14,176   19,971   17,548   12,936   12,928   21,206   26,834   17,687   12,264
    Engineering   67,561   62,529   61,287   52,361   46,976   50,743   47,821   45,416   50,766   48,952
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   548   1,169   2,449   3,595   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,055   2,820   3,028   2,522   1,756   909   1,112   1,342   953   1,127
      Chemical engineering   3,078   2,943   3,262   3,360   3,512   4,707   4,298   4,127   3,526   1,499
      Civil engineering   13,714   13,599   11,874   10,230   8,775   10,129   9,928   9,947   10,354   11,708
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,964   3,093   2,243   2,366   2,510   1,746   1,399   2,061   2,077   1,886
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,727   1,805   1,109   809   206   295   641   595   337   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,824   6,512   5,732   3,834   3,462   2,565   1,348   3,628   4,611   3,795
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,624   3,136   5,093   4,508   4,557   5,275   4,252   2,817   2,632   2,901
      Engineering nec   30,575   28,621   28,946   24,184   21,029   22,668   21,248   20,899   26,276   26,036
    Non-S&E   19,519   14,966   13,160   10,441   11,543   12,197   10,061   10,440   9,366   6,147
      Business management and business administration   3,727   4,124   3,551   3,829   4,446   3,838   3,169   2,704   2,574   1,022
      Communication and communications technologies   355   361   370   115   320   205   183   231   242   379
      Education   2,240   1,303   1,057   684   792   921   1,039   1,445   1,446   901
      Humanities   3,090   1,948   1,492   647   330   234   120   305   310   655
      Law   21   45   124   240   74   61   78   23   4   88
      Social work   4,518   1,938   1,854   749   1,454   1,197   1,132   1,226   360   1,055
      Visual and performing arts   959   930   697   578   602   638   556   542   642   661
      Non-S&E nec   4,609   4,317   4,015   3,599   3,525   5,103   3,784   3,964   3,788   1,386

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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