Data

U. Maine

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   198,870   188,690   171,931   146,801   134,183   129,913   106,694   99,502   79,222   79,500
    Science   116,163   105,112   92,819   89,733   87,872   89,253   78,351   76,683   61,696   60,717
      Computer and information sciences   2,795   2,517   2,084   2,585   1,967   1,377   1,339   1,331   910   788
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   29,038   27,518   25,600   24,778   24,874   25,039   22,741   25,031   21,622   22,189
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   175   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   10,243   9,057   7,634   6,687   7,773   8,803   7,270   7,616   7,072   7,202
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   18,741   18,285   17,930   18,068   17,075   16,191   15,457   17,380   14,538   14,954
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   54   1   36   23   26   45   14   35   12   33
      Life sciences   58,059   46,999   41,542   38,598   39,357   38,713   36,865   35,527   26,079   28,621
        Agricultural sciences   28,908   21,727   19,721   17,566   18,398   18,217   19,742   18,903   13,479   19,415
        Biological and biomedical sciences   14,533   12,393   10,501   9,846   10,949   10,759   9,760   9,747   7,547   8,633
        Health sciences   4,144   1,721   1,006   466   385   417   44   62   0   26
        Natural resources and conservation   10,474   11,158   10,314   10,720   9,625   9,320   7,319   6,815   5,053   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   547
      Mathematics and statistics   761   718   660   657   845   1,115   101   124   154   136
      Physical sciences   6,772   7,816   6,427   6,803   6,427   7,628   5,451   3,978   3,389   1,405
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,218   1,206   762   1,157   1,160   2,171   888   755   25   112
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   5,554   6,610   5,637   5,645   5,267   5,457   4,442   3,181   3,303   1,293
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   28   1   0   0   121   42   61   0
      Psychology   784   742   1,217   1,108   1,183   852   113   185   256   87
      Social sciences   2,133   2,212   2,169   2,316   2,274   2,293   1,666   1,834   1,523   1,454
        Anthropology   601   390   337   354   260   283   0   36   161   0
        Economics   31   28   74   82   125   121   122   100   43   48
        Political science and government   127   125   277   148   194   198   1   0   0   8
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   445   465   259   303   159   175   0   0   0   7
        Social sciences nec   929   1,204   1,222   1,429   1,536   1,516   1,543   1,698   1,319   1,391
      Sciences nec   15,821   16,590   13,120   12,888   10,945   12,236   10,075   8,673   7,763   6,037
    Engineering   71,425   72,340   68,261   46,986   37,127   32,368   27,459   22,065   16,880   17,891
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   18   16   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   380   214   97   99   20   53   17   21   0   140
      Chemical engineering   8,703   9,425   9,990   10,771   8,189   8,306   7,581   7,515   4,799   3,860
      Civil engineering   3,093   2,150   1,948   1,159   1,153   1,232   675   601   574   521
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,988   3,397   1,961   1,795   1,616   2,268   1,758   1,618   1,147   1,058
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,464   1,522   1,395   1,101   1,291   1,937   2,977   1,236   1,234   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,882   1,916   2,371   2,195   2,751   2,286   924   501   589   819
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   51,204   52,147   49,355   27,956   21,200   15,707   12,362   9,430   7,955   9,097
      Engineering nec   711   1,551   1,128   1,910   907   579   1,165   1,143   582   2,396
    Non-S&E   11,282   11,238   10,851   10,082   9,184   8,292   884   754   646   892
      Business management and business administration   1,976   1,992   1,627   1,570   1,684   1,381   0   0   40   0
      Communication and communications technologies   794   1,038   1,043   1,042   865   859   231   245   243   253
      Education   2,047   2,122   1,865   1,849   1,452   1,162   399   367   334   592
      Humanities   2,220   2,291   2,278   2,305   2,366   1,890   170   142   29   32
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   938   761   751   596   548   341   0   0   0   15
      Visual and performing arts   575   594   548   675   651   639   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   2,732   2,440   2,739   2,045   1,618   2,020   84   0   0   0

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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