Data

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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   100,042   71,271   67,092   69,463   58,700   64,297   49,695   48,321   46,675   55,566
    Science   52,983   42,413   40,657   43,452   37,761   41,013   33,115   32,501   29,668   35,464
      Computer and information sciences   8,935   6,795   7,957   8,486   9,482   13,831   8,164   2,128   2,202   4,129
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   4,386   4,298   4,089   5,493   4,117   4,629   4,132   3,868   4,228   4,358
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   4,322   4,046   4,089   5,493   4,117   4,629   4,132   3,868   4,228   4,358
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   56   252   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   10,618   10,731   9,537   10,395   10,521   11,041   9,160   8,812   10,391   8,316
        Agricultural sciences   18   0   179   232   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   4,174   3,665   3,805   4,754   5,032   5,330   4,104   2,216   2,379   2,715
        Health sciences   6,260   5,848   5,201   5,192   5,463   5,681   4,852   3,173   8,012   2,767
        Natural resources and conservation   154   174   4   0   26   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   12   1,044   348   217   0   30   204   3,423   0   2,834
      Mathematics and statistics   510   1,138   1,250   1,241   892   845   1,015   1,039   1,072   873
      Physical sciences   3,870   3,012   3,372   3,014   2,157   1,883   1,414   1,880   1,549   1,569
        Astronomy and astrophysics   98   84   106   80   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,615   2,043   2,347   2,143   1,579   1,409   1,055   1,564   1,041   1,095
        Materials science   78   21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,079   404   770   791   578   474   359   316   508   474
        Physical sciences nec   0   460   149   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,084   6,817   5,431   5,455   6,101   5,044   4,579   8,236   7,168   7,115
      Social sciences   10,088   8,068   7,319   7,750   4,052   3,548   2,915   2,437   3,053   4,991
        Anthropology   575   466   253   548   211   217   99   18   0   0
        Economics   194   743   784   1,906   1,758   1,748   319   1,152   1,520   2,076
        Political science and government   2,057   335   281   280   266   253   686   891   840   705
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,798   2,068   1,802   866   395   310   1,121   175   250   645
        Social sciences nec   4,464   4,456   4,199   4,150   1,422   1,020   690   201   443   1,565
      Sciences nec   7,492   1,554   1,702   1,618   439   192   1,736   4,101   5   4,113
    Engineering   14,577   11,825   9,464   10,741   9,464   9,806   8,077   7,873   7,871   8,887
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   242   51   13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,061   2,020   1,736   2,298   2,249   2,258   1,945   2,009   2,326   2,261
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   5,839   5,773   5,490   5,836   4,671   4,267   4,209   4,076   4,151   4,909
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,264   1,374   562   803   497   832   1,240   1,305   1,117   1,200
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   41   18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,924   1,006   986   1,109   1,203   740   428   352   68   297
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   92   28   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   1,206   1,583   585   667   844   1,709   255   131   209   220
    Non-S&E   32,482   17,033   16,971   15,270   11,475   13,478   8,503   7,947   9,136   11,215
      Business management and business administration   3,297   4,961   4,923   4,474   3,437   4,384   2,431   2,011   2,664   2,303
      Communication and communications technologies   379   379   380   440   347   300   139   100   104   172
      Education   2,783   3,625   3,656   3,263   2,703   3,027   2,962   3,375   3,595   5,981
      Humanities   3,119   1,652   1,929   1,995   863   1,002   524   776   733   459
      Law   886   869   1,066   1,099   703   762   147   57   47   63
      Social work   1,029   310   1,224   857   1,028   1,285   894   478   465   343
      Visual and performing arts   1,882   1,655   1,694   1,989   1,141   1,237   1,059   511   649   966
      Non-S&E nec   19,107   3,582   2,099   1,153   1,253   1,481   347   639   879   928

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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