Data

U. Louisville

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   220,568   229,582   200,362   198,818   177,862   176,655   177,588   172,907   163,262   183,376
    Science   181,459   193,819   166,807   166,764   149,820   151,112   151,370   145,447   137,410   138,632
      Computer and information sciences   91   119   71   97   309   262   225   238   345   520
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   65   166   185   180   197   192   152   263   235   265
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   36   102   114   37   39   190   133   127   68   62
        Geological and earth sciences   29   43   63   143   158   2   6   2   7   8
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   21   8   0   0   0   0   1   21   27
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   13   133   139   168
      Life sciences   171,778   185,107   157,735   158,677   141,409   144,645   144,917   138,699   130,689   132,260
        Agricultural sciences   119   23   8   0   4   9   72   67   29   60
        Biological and biomedical sciences   62,107   71,947   66,095   60,608   55,219   56,117   52,018   52,938   48,316   41,033
        Health sciences   98,442   99,867   87,611   91,134   82,529   87,100   92,566   84,404   82,183   79,096
        Natural resources and conservation   44   51   79   109   0   128   134   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   11,066   13,219   3,942   6,826   3,657   1,291   127   1,290   161   12,071
      Mathematics and statistics   519   661   697   494   67   104   141   136   125   93
      Physical sciences   3,003   3,872   3,254   2,954   3,058   1,805   1,654   1,678   2,075   2,506
        Astronomy and astrophysics   82   52   115   147   138   106   125   76   29   67
        Chemistry   2,149   2,879   1,813   1,820   1,824   1,260   1,063   1,301   1,746   977
        Materials science   37   187   172   192   512   0   58   0   0   0
        Physics   422   297   702   426   291   379   408   301   297   413
        Physical sciences nec   313   457   452   369   293   60   0   0   3   1,049
      Psychology   3,767   2,457   1,757   2,050   1,662   1,445   1,571   1,598   1,660   1,882
      Social sciences   1,653   1,130   1,330   1,593   2,342   1,269   1,061   1,121   758   1,060
        Anthropology   244   88   50   114   253   49   77   0   0   0
        Economics   37   19   0   48   0   0   13   127   12   5
        Political science and government   268   186   172   93   286   301   405   669   320   320
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   276   218   199   266   108   8   14   13   41   256
        Social sciences nec   828   619   909   1,072   1,695   911   552   312   385   479
      Sciences nec   583   307   1,778   719   776   1,390   1,649   1,714   1,523   46
    Engineering   24,702   23,630   20,965   18,105   16,302   17,321   17,536   18,924   17,188   24,567
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   8   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   70   6
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,647   6,652   5,795   4,476   4,844   4,516   5,409   7,097   5,820   6,584
      Chemical engineering   1,921   2,259   1,595   781   1,295   1,092   1,116   1,288   1,304   1,762
      Civil engineering   1,868   1,870   1,513   1,956   1,510   1,357   1,675   1,886   1,958   2,371
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,693   5,224   5,518   4,368   3,563   3,690   3,221   2,675   1,883   2,768
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,617   1,186   978   1,605   845   524   531   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,919   2,713   1,899   1,140   1,461   1,743   1,360   1,350   565   999
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   24   9   0   0   71   65   24   185   626   665
      Engineering nec   4,005   3,717   3,666   3,777   2,713   4,334   4,200   4,443   4,962   9,412
    Non-S&E   14,407   12,133   12,590   13,949   11,740   8,222   8,682   8,536   8,664   20,177
      Business management and business administration   3,222   3,084   2,464   2,986   2,871   1,912   2,482   1,480   1,198   495
      Communication and communications technologies   392   346   455   263   19   1   192   182   183   177
      Education   3,126   2,552   3,620   2,805   2,303   1,913   3,000   3,694   4,865   5,453
      Humanities   959   792   726   872   141   218   229   355   405   497
      Law   357   514   742   856   861   363   568   610   461   520
      Social work   3,367   3,056   3,588   4,308   3,336   3,142   2,056   2,028   1,275   1,587
      Visual and performing arts   883   890   750   766   65   31   69   61   108   119
      Non-S&E nec   2,101   899   245   1,093   2,144   642   86   126   169   11,329

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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