Data

U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth

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   42,018   33,136   28,729   26,836   28,036   26,626   26,102   26,824   26,776   28,219
    Science   28,594   23,372   19,937   17,382   18,790   17,132   16,670   17,653   16,737   16,962
      Computer and information sciences   3,116   2,552   1,718   1,572   1,393   973   601   1,049   304   140
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   16,141   13,329   12,196   10,917   11,550   11,084   10,591   10,508   10,225   8,812
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   16,141   13,329   12,196   10,915   11,550   11,084   10,591   10,508   10,225   8,812
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   3,229   2,620   1,834   1,467   2,062   2,304   2,217   2,537   2,093   2,482
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   202
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,935   2,225   1,725   1,390   1,956   2,181   2,074   2,217   1,886   2,219
        Health sciences   1,294   395   109   77   106   123   143   320   58   13
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   149   48
      Mathematics and statistics   2,210   1,417   1,497   717   1,026   801   846   875   1,001   530
      Physical sciences   3,547   3,290   2,650   2,116   1,755   1,208   1,217   1,358   1,918   2,897
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   116   0
        Chemistry   2,378   2,435   1,934   1,601   1,314   996   949   840   1,315   1,931
        Materials science   0   0   0   16   0   0   0   69   0   0
        Physics   1,014   843   716   499   441   212   268   337   487   966
        Physical sciences nec   155   12   0   0   0   0   0   112   0   0
      Psychology   38   0   0   94   156   188   344   500   358   516
      Social sciences   313   164   42   499   848   574   854   824   536   1,162
        Anthropology   0   0   12   0   20   3   12   201   0   0
        Economics   121   1   2   4   53   8   149   20   8   261
        Political science and government   0   0   6   18   31   9   6   3   8   829
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7   0   0   105   131   0   101   8   86   72
        Social sciences nec   185   163   22   372   613   554   586   592   434   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   302   423
    Engineering   11,936   8,480   8,049   7,944   7,764   7,404   7,666   6,710   7,138   8,917
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,183   1,036   1,226   1,214   1,474   809   812   984   1,208   2,038
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   2,686   2,038   1,644   2,267   2,662   2,853   3,088   1,828   1,682   1,523
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,349   2,827   2,710   2,796   1,914   1,926   2,449   2,595   2,973   2,492
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,266   2,295   2,460   1,667   1,530   1,720   1,070   1,050   1,004   1,167
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   8   3
      Engineering nec   452   284   9   0   184   96   246   253   263   1,694
    Non-S&E   1,488   1,284   743   1,510   1,482   2,090   1,766   2,461   2,901   2,340
      Business management and business administration   4   13   11   11   295   172   233   413   570   1,314
      Communication and communications technologies   4   229   10   115   29   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   1,054   1,002   720   1,159   588   969   791   472   1,737   527
      Humanities   0   0   0   0   511   694   616   708   260   64
      Law   0   11   2   0   0   0   0   0   116   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   157   28   0   12   59   93   27   340   9   149
      Non-S&E nec   269   1   0   213   0   162   99   528   209   286

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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