Data

U. Louisville

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   224,969   220,568   229,582   200,362   198,818   177,862   176,655   177,588   172,907   163,262
    Science   179,129   181,459   193,819   166,807   166,764   149,820   151,112   151,370   145,447   137,410
      Computer and information sciences   87   91   119   71   97   309   262   225   238   345
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   222   65   166   185   180   197   192   152   263   235
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   16   36   102   114   37   39   190   133   127   68
        Geological and earth sciences   206   29   43   63   143   158   2   6   2   7
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   21   8   0   0   0   0   1   21
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13   133   139
      Life sciences   169,510   171,778   185,107   157,735   158,677   141,409   144,645   144,917   138,699   130,689
        Agricultural sciences   110   119   23   8   0   4   9   72   67   29
        Biological and biomedical sciences   72,228   62,107   71,947   66,095   60,608   55,219   56,117   52,018   52,938   48,316
        Health sciences   94,539   98,442   99,867   87,611   91,134   82,529   87,100   92,566   84,404   82,183
        Natural resources and conservation   14   44   51   79   109   0   128   134   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,619   11,066   13,219   3,942   6,826   3,657   1,291   127   1,290   161
      Mathematics and statistics   340   519   661   697   494   67   104   141   136   125
      Physical sciences   2,120   3,003   3,872   3,254   2,954   3,058   1,805   1,654   1,678   2,075
        Astronomy and astrophysics   136   82   52   115   147   138   106   125   76   29
        Chemistry   1,079   2,149   2,879   1,813   1,820   1,824   1,260   1,063   1,301   1,746
        Materials science   25   37   187   172   192   512   0   58   0   0
        Physics   621   422   297   702   426   291   379   408   301   297
        Physical sciences nec   259   313   457   452   369   293   60   0   0   3
      Psychology   4,320   3,767   2,457   1,757   2,050   1,662   1,445   1,571   1,598   1,660
      Social sciences   1,456   1,653   1,130   1,330   1,593   2,342   1,269   1,061   1,121   758
        Anthropology   287   244   88   50   114   253   49   77   0   0
        Economics   57   37   19   0   48   0   0   13   127   12
        Political science and government   294   268   186   172   93   286   301   405   669   320
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   227   276   218   199   266   108   8   14   13   41
        Social sciences nec   591   828   619   909   1,072   1,695   911   552   312   385
      Sciences nec   1,074   583   307   1,778   719   776   1,390   1,649   1,714   1,523
    Engineering   25,846   24,702   23,630   20,965   18,105   16,302   17,321   17,536   18,924   17,188
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5   8   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   70
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   6,976   6,647   6,652   5,795   4,476   4,844   4,516   5,409   7,097   5,820
      Chemical engineering   1,182   1,921   2,259   1,595   781   1,295   1,092   1,116   1,288   1,304
      Civil engineering   2,967   1,868   1,870   1,513   1,956   1,510   1,357   1,675   1,886   1,958
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,604   5,693   5,224   5,518   4,368   3,563   3,690   3,221   2,675   1,883
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,847   1,617   1,186   978   1,605   845   524   531   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,890   2,919   2,713   1,899   1,140   1,461   1,743   1,360   1,350   565
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   22   24   9   0   0   71   65   24   185   626
      Engineering nec   4,353   4,005   3,717   3,666   3,777   2,713   4,334   4,200   4,443   4,962
    Non-S&E   19,994   14,407   12,133   12,590   13,949   11,740   8,222   8,682   8,536   8,664
      Business management and business administration   7,524   3,222   3,084   2,464   2,986   2,871   1,912   2,482   1,480   1,198
      Communication and communications technologies   180   392   346   455   263   19   1   192   182   183
      Education   3,904   3,126   2,552   3,620   2,805   2,303   1,913   3,000   3,694   4,865
      Humanities   942   959   792   726   872   141   218   229   355   405
      Law   182   357   514   742   856   861   363   568   610   461
      Social work   2,926   3,367   3,056   3,588   4,308   3,336   3,142   2,056   2,028   1,275
      Visual and performing arts   861   883   890   750   766   65   31   69   61   108
      Non-S&E nec   3,475   2,101   899   245   1,093   2,144   642   86   126   169

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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